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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 71, 13 December 1888, Page 2

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fpE'-i U JJ IT J£I> PRKS> ASSOCIATION | London, December 10/. John Bright, is *till in a serious c'ondiiioi.. lie is greatly weakened by tho rooent attacks. It ia reported that in the oyout ot' the impending aUack on the rebel position at Suakini tailing. Great Britain will embark m a war in defence of Lower Egypt. which would piobablv result iv the recouquofit of the Soudan. It is alleged that the Government instigated the recent reoonnaisauc© from Suakiui in order to find an excuse for sending the reinforcements for the garrison. General Greufell telegraphs that the enemy are more numerous than ever and eager to fight. Orders have been sent to Cairo to forward a strong reinforcement to Suakim at once. The neces-^ sary force will be drawn from the troopson the Mediterranean stations. A squadron of the 20th Hussars and .SOU men from the Welsh regiment will also be sent. The Tongariro arrived at Plymouth yesterday *, all well. Her frozen mert is in good condition. The Ruapehu left the Cape of Good Hope for Hobart on December 7. The County Cricket Council has refused to allow Spoffbrth to play for Derbyshire until ho has resided in the county two years.. The match between the Maori football team and the Batley Club was drawn, no score being made on either side. December 11. During the discussion of the Estimates in the House of Commons the votes for the Irish police were violently opposed, and a scene occurred in which Mr Parnell took part. The closure was twice applied, and the votes were eventually carried. Mr Bright has greatly improved and his condition is now more hopeful. Suakim, December 10. In the reconnaisance yesterday Colouel Kitchener lost three men. December 11. A rebel redoubt out side this town has been destroyed. 2000 men are now assisting in the defence of the trenches. General Grenfell expresses himself confident of success. Washington, December 11. Beside the nine men who were killed in the attack on the gaol at Birmingham, Alabama, thirty more were seriously wounded. The sheriff who ordered the mob to be fired on has been arrested. Senator Frye brought forward a motion in the Senate to the effect that the Com- | mittee of Foreign Affairs be directed to inquire iuto the recent proceedings at ', Samoa affecting the rights of America. He insisted that the United States were . bound to resist the encroachments of Germany. He believed that England was conniving at Germany's actions, which he characterised as outrageous in- > suits to America. ' St. Petersburg, December 11. In consequence of the strong feeling excited against Persia, the Russian i authorities have prohibited the sale of corn by Russian subjects to Persians, ' A portion of the great Russian loan, offered in Frauco, has been subscribed sixfold. \ Naples, December 10. ! A dynamite bomb was thrown at the German Consulate to-day, but no harm j was done. Several arrests were effected. i Paris, Dt'ccmbr 11. ; The commission of experts, consulted " by M". Fioquet regarding the Panama i Canal, agree that it is absolutely necessary that the scheme be assisted finanL cially. ' M. Hermit, specialist. ir. ear diseases, ' asserts that the Emperor William's life is ' hanging by a thread, owing to the danger of rneuingitis or abscess of the brain supervening. It is rumoured that the German doctors are considering the . adyisabieness of having recourse to tre- ' panning, but this statement has not been confirmed. Zanzibar, December 11. i The leader of the rebel natives who rer cently made an attack on Bagomayo, . looted the town before setting it on fire. The fire spread with great rapidity and ' the whole city was destroyed. The mer.chants in Bagomayo were doing extensive ■ trade with the interior of Eastern Africa, ■ and the destruction of their property will ;' have a disastrous effect. The Sultan of Zanzibar and British Indians are the greatest sufferers. The Germans assert that it is impossible to restrict their action at sea or preyent 1 British subjects suffering loss therefrom.