CABLE NEWS.
Special to " Star."
[kkutkk's tei,el»eams.] London, October IG. Colonel Warren with a detachment of infantry has been ordered to proceed to the Cape for the purpose of restoring British authority in Bechuana Land. A Hungarian has been arrested at Liverpool whilo landing from a vessel culled the Lord Clive with thirty packages of dynamite ia his possession. Intelligence to hand from Suakim states that the inhabitants of Amara have joined Osman Digna. England is urging that the dealings of the Conference to be held in Berlin should be limited to the unoccupied African territory. The offer of assistance recently made by Canada to the- Cape Government has not been confirmed. The Meridian Conference har* accorded the meridian of Greenwich as the standard the representatives of France and Brazil alone objecting to it. Received October 18, 1 a.m. London, October 17. It is reported that the Hungarian who was arrested at Liverpool with dynamite in his possession is innocent and he has been released from custody. An attempt was made yesterday to blow up the grand stand on the Houghton Eace Course. A tin containing dynamite was found on the spot, with a burnt fuse attached ; but it had failed to ignite the explosive, and the attempt therefore failed.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 55, 18 October 1884, Page 2
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210CABLE NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 55, 18 October 1884, Page 2
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