NEW HEBRIDES TO BE SEIZED.
(slectkic telegraph. —copyright.) (rkdter's telegrams.) Sydney, Monday. Mr Layarat'British^Cdnsul at Noumea, lias forwarded a despatch to His Excellency Lord Garington, m which ho informs His Excellency that the French war vessel Dives,: has left Noumea m fighting trhny nsvft.g; taken oni board three mouths' provisions. The Dires is bound for the New Hebndeß, where it is intended to hoist, the Fren«h flag. No vewH was allowed to leave Noumea within 48 hours from th« time of the departure of the warship. Lord Carington has telegraphed th« substance of the despntch to Earl Granville, Secretary for the colonitf. The Dives took ft number of troops and a qnantity of building material. a\;< '. '■-.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1728, 8 June 1886, Page 3
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116NEW HEBRIDES TO BE SEIZED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1728, 8 June 1886, Page 3
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