CABLE NEWS.
(ELECTRIC TELSGKAPK. — COPYRIGET. (SPECIAL JNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Lt-ndon, May 5. The Queen did not wear her crown or royal robes nt the opening of the Exhibition. Her Majvsty was received with cheers on entering the building. Mr Murray, of Sydney, has gained Chancellor Gainsford s prizes for Latin and Greek verses. The appointment of a successor to Bishop Moorhouse has been deferred for a fortnight. The first meeting of the Conference to take into consideration the question of the protection of cables m time of war, will meet at Paris ou the I2th instant. It is unlikely that Sir Arthur Blyth, representative of (South Australia, will be present. The departure of the British -Indian Steam Navigation Company's steamer Merkara, for Queensland, via the usual port, has been delayed, m consequence of one of her piston-rods having broken. The Queen has accepted a number of photo .raphs of New Guinea by Lindt and Company;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1703, 8 May 1886, Page 2
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155CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1703, 8 May 1886, Page 2
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