CABLE NEWS.
(electric telegraph. — copyright,) (special to unltet) press association.) London* May I. the first issue of shares m the North British and New Zealand Investment Company is one hundred thousand, of which four-fifths is already subscribed. The Fijian, a new steamer which has been built for the fruit trade between Sydney and Fiji, has beon launched. Mr Graham Berry is expected to arrive here on Monday. A great diversity of tenders has been received for the Federal mail contract, but it is believed that foreign tenderers will be unsuccessful. ' m - -• The eight hours' agitation m America^ is becoming general. Sir Luke S. Leake, Speaker of the Legislative Council, Western Australia, is seriously ill. _ ;. The Mayor of Manchester will shortly entertain 200 colonists at a banquet. The shipment of fruit by steamer Au«tral from Victoria surpasses that sent by the John Elder.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1699, 4 May 1886, Page 2
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142CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1699, 4 May 1886, Page 2
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