CABLE SUMMARY.
The French having established a post 20 miles on the Tripoli side of the boundary between the French protectorate of Tunis end Tripoli, which is in dispute, the Sultan of Turkey has given the Emperor of Germany permission to settle a German colony along the frontier and so act as a buffer to France. General Brault, of the 11th Army Corps, succeeds General Renouard as head of the general staff of the French army. The Canadian Government has subsidised a Manchester cattle steamer with £BOOO per aunutn. By the casting vote of the Speaker, a resolution was carried in the Cape Legislative Assembly authorising Mr Schreiner to confer with the Opposition with reference to the new Redistribution of Seats Bill. The plans of the Belgian army mobilisation maps have been stolen from the Brussels barracks. Mr Sydney Grundy's new drama " The Musketeers" has been produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. It was a superb pageant. Mrs Brown-Potter assumed the character of Milady. The performance was a remarkable success. The Lord Mayor of London, Alderman D. Davies, has been created a baronet. Wm., Pitt-Brown, believed to be a well-known Sydney tea merchant, was found dead in Southampton. His watch and money had not been taken from his pockets. At the inquest an open verdict was returned.
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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 364, 8 November 1898, Page 3
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216CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 364, 8 November 1898, Page 3
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