LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1347, 11 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

•+■»■•■ — (per reuter's agency. ) Eeceived Jan. 9, 1.10 a.m. Cairo, 7. -'■ilihas transpired that the Khedive acquiesced to iiu- demand of the British Government regarding Soudan, and it is now definitely decided to withdraw the troops therefrom, and to post a strong garrison at the. «u trance to the desert,: in We neighbourhood of the sec6nd cataract on the Nile. It is believed here thsit the Khedive will ultimately place ihc-- Government in the hands of a Cabinet formed exclusively of British subjects. No official declaration, has, however, yet been made, and the position of affairs in connection with the political crisis is unchanged. London, 7. In the last telegram read " space they will require and announced that the time for the reception of exhibits has been extended." (Eeceived Jan. 9, 1113I 1 13 p.m.) i ONDON, 8 _ The • I ciyfgQ ) of. frozen muttop by the lonic; froth tayttelton, arrived "in good condition generally, but a part was damaged by fire. A quantity of the shipment was placed on the market today, and realised, s|d per ft. The cargo of mutton ex steamship Chimborazo, from Sydney, is fetching 4f d per R). • Melbourne, 9. Sailed— Waihora, for Bluff. Eeceived Jan. 10, I*s a.m. ; Sydnky, 9. Captain Lancaster, of the brig John Wesley, from the South Sea Islands, reports having seen the American schooner Greyhound, of San Francisco, ashore at Wamaba, with the loss of rudder and false keel. Later. Intelligence from Haabis states that the Greyhound floated off and safely anchored at Lifuka. Cairo, 8. Nnbar Pasha, who has been charged by the Khedive with the formation of a new Ministry has declared himself a supporter of ihe policy of the British .Goy-erum^nt. i « HNufiL.-S&isßik has partially succeededin forming a Cabinet. No Europeans are included among those who have already ar.copted office under his leadership. London, 9. Lord JX'i-by has agreed to a modification of th'j Transvaal frontier readjustment boundary line, this is being effect od in order to secure the. rights of iby.il chiefs, and to protect 1 them from molestation by Doers or by

Natives who have not accepted British rule. Hppe8 | ft[esßtilt^nt(ftKJbamect^'iat the Received Jan. 10, 12-40 p.m. , „,,,, __ .Mb^bournEj 10^ A disastrous fire occurred this 'indrrtfrfgjjat the Apollo Candle Company's works, Footscray. The whole y fi^ ti'oy.od , and the loss-v.is M?e#y heavy. The supply of water. was. deficient, and it wag consequently, almost impossible to check, the spread of the flames. . (BeeeiVed ; Jan. lObh, 1.20 p.m) , Alexander; ?.^ Clifford .Llojid,* who for some Vine acted as advised of the^Miiiister/ of .the Interior, has ' I tfee'k i 'app' ointed ' Under-, Secretary for Home ' WtM.rio \vj Egyptian,. Ministry. .., '^J ,<,*.,.... | A Commission, of which Sir Evelyn 5 Wood is "President, has been appointed to devise the' best means for the'eyatu] ation of Soudan by Egyptian trobps. Hong Kong, 9. Intelligence is to hand from Tonqnin that an explosion has occurred .at!, iihq French position at Btanvi, Tonqujn resulting in the destruction n of *itw<> batteries" arid ttte loßtfofa CODsidetfabhi quantity: dfmaienal. 1 ' ' '-'■' -.' : ';'«*S 1 ' Five ' mferf 'Bave" beeri ' a'rrest^d -here ch^vge^! wt|n vi b^iH|f 'implicated' in the .'a^BAgs)nati,bn,j(^ ? 'QpJQ9eLj',^u'deiken,'x>f the* Russian gendarmes, on the 30th •ttlMr^o.^ lSi "■< •*'• "' •'•• •.'•■: ■■ ■ : ; : •)• • i- ir-ii I .■<<-•>,- . . .. . .-,,. ■• . :,.* - : >..'■.' -ir '".'I "Til ■■ — r, '. -\ -,-.-!