CABLE NEWS.
♦ " Special to Star." [beutek's telegbams.l London, December 12. The ship Carnmoney, bound from Liverpool to Sydney, has been towed into Falmouth partially dismasted. It i» believed that the cargo is undamaged. 1 The sentence of death passed upon I Captain Dudley and the mate Stephens of the Mignonette waa commuted to six months' imprisonment. Mr Upington, Premier of Cape Colony, has been mobbed at Kimberley, the capital of the diamond fields, in conse* quence of his expressed sympathy with the Dutch party of Boer raiders in Bechuana Land. Calcutta, December 13. Eail Dufferin, Viceroy-elect, arrived to-day, and was accorded A most enthusiastic reception. Cairo, December 13. Intelligence has been received from Dongoia that the Mounted Infantry Guards and Camel Corps under Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart are now advancing to Koiti, near Ambukol. December 15. Latest despatches from Dongola state that Wolseley has proceeded from Debbah to Kowti, near Ambukol, where the British forces will concentrate. Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart, with his staff, has already reached Kowti, and reports that he finds ample supplies forthcoming and the attitude of the tribes friendly.
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 81, 16 December 1884, Page 2
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183CABLE NEWS. Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 81, 16 December 1884, Page 2
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