CABLE NEWS.
(BY BLKOTRIC TIiLBQW PH. —COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITKI) l'KKSft ASSOCIATION.) London, Dec. <J. A rumor has been circulated to the effect that Sir J. E. Gorst is to succeed Sir H. C. Lopes as Judge ■of the Queen's Bench Division of j the High Court of Justice, the j 1 latter succeeding the Right Mon. ; Sir It. Baggallay as one of the Lord Justices of Appeal. Sir J. E. Gorst has denied the minor, so far as it applies to himseif. In » sculling match between Courtney and Edgecumb, the latter was defeated. The Standard, commenting on the action of the War Office m refusing [to allow Major Downes to draw I half pay while m the employment i of the Victorian Government, urges j the abolition of such an obsolete regulation. It is proposed to organise a committee of merchants and shipowners m opposition to the Australian shipping ring. The Danish Government are willing to supply indented laborers j to Queensland for work on planta- ! tions. The Captain of the Orient steamer John Elder denies that his vessel had a narrow escape from going on to the rocks at Ushant on Sunday last. King Theebaw is proceeding to Calcutta.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1575, 7 December 1885, Page 2
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201CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1575, 7 December 1885, Page 2
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