LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday.
Thk local banks were kept busy on Saturday exchanging note-* for gold for those about proceeding to Kimberley, and in on« bank alone over (WO sovereigns was paid over the counter in a couple of hour«. The Premier has received a cable message from the Agent-General confirming the press messages as to the French Government having gi\ en instructions for hauling down the Fieuch flag, should it have been h(ii«!ted at the New Hebrides Dr. Hector has returned from the Lake district. The following reply has been received to the City Council cablegram congratulating Her Majesty on entering upon the jubilee of hor reign: — "The Queen sends thanks for kind congratulating " In S. John's Presbyterian Church ye«>ter day, the Rev. Mr Paterson announced th.it news had been received from the New Hebrides of the death of the R<jv. Chas. Murray, Presbyterian Missionary at Ambytu, one of the New Hebrides group. Mr P.iterson, in referring to the proposed annexation of the New Hebrides by Fiance, said, "We know 'that when a Catholic Power prevails, Ohrist-like missions aie not allowed to be carried on with freedom, :tnd experience tells us that such missions are in time broken up. I trust th.it U-ieat Britain will stand firm in opposing the annexation, as it would bs cruel and unjust to hand over these islands to a nation which has professed for its object the taking of the natives from their horn >.s for the purpose of working in other islands." The commencement of Her Mije«ty's jubilee w.is signalled yesterday by loyal demonstrations in most local places of woiship. A youth named Wilfred Daunt had his leg broken on Saturday while ph.yiuj in a football match. The Government intend sending Piofessor Hittton to report on the uilo.inic difturbancps, and Professors Buotm and Thomas, of the Auckland University, will accompany him.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2177, 22 June 1886, Page 2
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313LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2177, 22 June 1886, Page 2
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