CABLE NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TKLKGK\PH, — 0 •PYRWIIT) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PREBS ASSOCIATION.) London. F«b. 12. At the next meeting «»f tl»o Royal Colonial Tn«iitnt<-, .» papr "Imperial Federation " will be read i»y Sir George Bowen. • Tho two eight-inch twelve and a-hnlf tnu br«prh-loa<ling guns, tn-ide to the order of the Victorian Government at ! Sir William Armstrong's Factory at ' Elswick have been shipped by the ship Midlothian. The frozen meat by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Coptic is selling at 5d per lb. . Hordern's Western Australia Land Company have iucreased their capital to £300,000. Rear-Admiral Hoskin and Admiral Erskine have been appointed Naval Lords of the Admiralty. February 14. The Times states that Servia has finally resolved to adopt a peaceful atti tude m future. It is reported that Sir Charles Dilke will resign his seat m the Ministry f peaking at Paddiugton, Lord Randolph Churchill pre.lictod a civil war would occur m Ireland, if » separate Parliament was granted. Tha Standard states that th*' Great Powers would not allow the offensive and defensive agreement of Turkey and Bulgaria. Mr John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland; has been re-elected by a majority of 2660. Russia and France will not coerce Greece.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1636, 16 February 1886, Page 2
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200CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1636, 16 February 1886, Page 2
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