EUROPEAN ITEMS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1300, 8 July 1884, Page 2

EUROPEAN ITEMS.

3 London, June 23 J The negotiations between t.e British . and the French Governments as to the ; conditions upon which the proposed Egypi tian Conference is to be held have > onr eluded satisfactorily. One of the terms l agreed to between the two countries is that 5 France shall never sen 1 troops to Egypt • without the conssnt of the Englis ’ Government. : la the House of Commons the supI porter iof the Government are diminishing, but it is probabl i that the Opposition | will remain quiet until after the Confer- . enco on Egyptian aff irs has been, coni eluded. : The Pall Mall Gazette last night on- ■ tained a reference to the decision given by Mr Justice Mol sworth in favor of the : local winding up of the affairs of the Oriental B ink, Victoria, and expressed the : opinion tha this decision would he reI versed on appeal. The prospectus of the new Oriental Bank Corporation is now being issued, and it is expected that the company will be floated next month. London, June 26. Speaking in the Reichstag yesterday, 1 Prince Bismarck referred to the proposed 1 annexation of New Guinea and other islands of the Pacific, and ridiculed the idea that the Australian colonies had any .claim to monopolise tnem. Berlin newspapers d ny that England is entitled to annex New Guinea.