CABLE NEWS.
(electeio telegraph. — copyriget.) (special to united press association.) London, May 12. The Adelaide fruits have been awarded a silver medal by the Horfi cultural Society, England. Mr Walling" and Sir Arthur Blyth have been selected as British delegates to the Protection of Cables Conference at Paris. Sir Arthur Blyth has not a3C epted the position. The Earl of Granville is seeking to maintain the status quo of the New Hebrides until the objections of the colonies have been modified. The terms of the Anglo-Spanish wine treaty will also apply to colonial wines, and they will come into operation m July next, aud remain m force for six years. <• The work of delimiting the Afghan frontier has been resumed. The, French loan of forty million pounds his been successfully floated. The Times publishes a rumour to-day to the effect that the Government intend to extend the Anns Act to Ulster as a precautionary measure. ■■' Apples from Castleinaine have been awarded the. Horticultural Society's medal. The South Australian loan is quoted at I per cent premium. The Russian Charge d'Affaires is prepared to leave Athens.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1708, 14 May 1886, Page 2
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185CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1708, 14 May 1886, Page 2
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