WAR IN CHINA.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4936, 4 November 1884, Page 2

WAR IN CHINA.

London, November 2,

Some anxiety is felt for the French position in Tonquin, on account of the Chinese blockading it.

[Specials to the Peess Association]

London, November 2

Mr P. Tungoyne's exhibition of Austra lian wines at the Health Exhibition has been awarded a gold medal. Parleying is now proceeding with the view of effecting a compromise on the franchise question.

New' Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, is realising 6|d per lb. The shipment of frozen beef ex Tongariro is selling at 7£d per lb.

The Dorsetshire regiment is at present at Chatham, prepared to embark for the Transvaal at a moment's notice.

The several A gents-General were enter" tamed at a banquet by the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce. In tho course of their remarks Sir Dillon Bell,, Sir Saul

Samuel, and Sir Arthur Blyth eulogised Plymouth as a port of departure for emigrants, and Mr J. F. Garrick, AgentGeneral tor Queensland, promised to reconsider the claims of Plymouth in this respect with regard to the shipping of emigrants for Queensland. Sir P. D. Bell and Sir Saul Samuel made special reference to the immense trade that had sprang up between Plymouth and the colonies, and Mr Murray Smith also alluded to the elastic character of the protectorate established over New Guinea. Earl Morley presided at the banquet.