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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1024, 20 April 1883, Page 3

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f REUTER—COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 20th, 150 p.m.) LONDON, April 19. The Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Undersecretary for the Colonies, in the course of a speech which he made last evening at Northampton, stated that he expected that the annexation of New Guinea would have to be undertaken by England in self-defence, to prevent its acqueistion by another power.

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The trial of Timothy Kelly, for the morder of Lord Cavendish and Mi Burke, commenced at J)ublin 10-dny.

Whitehead, proprietor of the dynamite factory which was seized at Birmingham’, and dynamite conspirators who were arrested in London, were again brought np at Bow-street police court to-day. Norman, a former accomplice of the prisoners, who has turned informer, gave evidence to the effect that the Fenian fraternity in New York . had hatched a plot to destroy the public buildings in London, that O’Donovan Rossa had been one of the abettors, and that Gallagher, one of the prisoners before the Court; had directed the movements of the gang. The case is still proceeding. In the House of Commons to-day, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, in reply to a qhestion, stated that no steps would be taken by the Imperial, Government in regard to the annexation of New Guinea pending the receipt of a despatch from Sir A. Kennedy on the subject.

, AUSTRALIAN. ! [REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 20, 1 50 p.m.) : ' SYDNEY, This day. The New South Wales Government has telegraphed to the Agent-General, London, expressing views in favour of the annexation of New Guinea.