TOWN EDITION Special to "Stiff?

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 18, 14 February 1884, Page 3

TOWN E DITION Special to "Stiff?

KEUTER'S ThLKGRAMS. Received Fehruary 14. 1.20 p.m. London, Feb. 13. The cargo of frozen mutton c*n board the steamship Tongariro, from .New Zealand, comprising 12.001J carcases, has been examined, and found to be in excellent condition. lhe report of Lord Gran-rille's speech on Salisbury's motion in the House of Lords yesterday was incorrect as telegraphed, so far as it referred to the British responsibility in Cairo. His Lordship did not say that it. was intended to appoint a diplomatic agent of the first rank, but stated that that sue/i an official had been appointed, meaning Mai or Sir Evelyn Baring, at present acting as Consul-General and Minister Plenipotentiary in Egypt. Caibo, February 13. The Ist battalion of .Royal Biff'i landers, Ist batalion of King's Royal Rifle Corps. Ist battalion of Gordon Highlanders, and 19th Hussans. now stationed in this city, have been orde ed to proceed f >rthw it to Souakim. . he troops from Alexandria will be replaced by a detachment of sailors from the ressels in the Mediterranean. Sydney, This Day. In theJLeglislative Assemblj'last night, the motion of no confidence was rejected without a division. Blenheim, This Day. Second day's races — Fine weather. Hurdle Bace, Orient, 1 ; Liability, 2. Foxton. This Day. The s.s. Jane Douglas sails for Wi Ilington on Saturday next at 10 p.m.