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[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. WRECKAGE OP THE SIMLA. TWO MILLIONS FOR BRITISH DEFENCES. DECEASE OF M. EUGENE ROUHER. FORAGING PARTIES CUT TO PIECES BY ARABS. UNITED STATES BILL FOR REDUCTION OF DUTIES, DECEASE OF WENDELL PHILLIPS THE AMERICAN ORATOR, (Received February 5, 1.5 a.m.) London, February 4. Wreckage belonging to the ill-fated ship Simla has been washed ashore on the Sussex coast. lb has transpired that the Government has decided to apply to Parliament for a sum of £2,000,000, to be devoted to defences at home and abroad. Paius, February 3. M. Eugene Rouher, formerly Pesident of the Senate, died to-day ; aged 70. (Received February 5, 1.5 a.m.) Cairo, February 3. News to hand from Sinkat, "where the garrison is without provisions, is to the effect that some foraging parties which were sent out to obtain supplies were cut to pieces by Arabs. Washington, February 3. The Tariff Bill which is now before Congress provides for a geueral reduction of the Custom duties to the extent of 20 per cent. The proposed reduction will be applied to woollen goods,
The death is announced of Wendel] Phillips, the well-known American orator; aged 73.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2321, 5 February 1884, Page 2
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