CABLEGRAMS.
London, May 1.
The Lord Mayor of London is taking active steps for the organisation of a movement to provide a fund to be presented as a testimonial to Captain Murrell, of the ship Missouri, for his gallant conduct in rescuing the Danish emigrants on board the Atlanta. A terrible tragedy has occurred at the village of Bamtree in Essex. During a quarrel between a father and eon the latter struck the former with a farm instrument and killed him. The son then committed suicide.
The Lord Mayor of London is organising a testimonial to Captain Murrell, of the ship Missouri, in recognition of his gallant conduct in saving the lives of the Danish emigrants who were on board the Atlanta.
A shocking tragedy has occurred at Briantree, in Essex. During a quarrel between father and son, the latter murdered his father with a farming implement, and then oommited suicide.
Sir Dillon Bell has succeeded in forming a committee in London for the Dunedin Exhibition, and has made arrangements for forwarding 40 of the pictures of the Loan collection that were exhibited at Melbourne. It is reported that Mr John Henry Bedrib, better known by his stage name of Henry
trving, the celebrated actor, is to be offered the honor of Knighthood.
The Sugar Bounties Commission has resumed its sittings at London.
Ottawa, May 1. The Canadian Government are asking Parliament to vote a subsidy of £25,000 per annum for a fortnightly steam service between Vancouver Island and New Zealand. The Haovs, May 1. The King of Holland, whose recovery was despaired of a little while ago, is sufficiently convalescent to take the reins of Government again.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 294, 4 May 1889, Page 2
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278CABLEGRAMS. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 294, 4 May 1889, Page 2
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