LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2494, 17 June 1884, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. >_._< _ MEASURES FOR RETREAT FROM DONGOLA. (Received June 17, 1 a.m.) London, June 16. Arrived, at Plymouth to-day, the Orient steamship Cuzco, from Melbourne May 3. Cairo, June 15. In view of an advance against Dongola of the rebel army, Government has ordered that measures shall at once be taken to facilitate the retreat from the town of the garrisou and inhabitants. ♦ . [united press assooiation.l London, Jane 9. The Queen expresses herself as deeply grateful for the sympathy expressed to her by "Victoria in regard to the death of the Duke of Alba Dy. Mr Murray Smith is urging Lord Derby to pass the Australasian Federation Bill at once, so aB to enable the colonies to take action if necessary. June 10. In the disturbance between the Orangemen and National party at Newry, the former were the aggressors. The Government has consented not to pledge England with respect to Egypt before consulting Parliament. At Kieff, a Russian town on the river Dnieper, forty officers have been arrested on suspicion of being connected with Nihilist plots. Mr Murray Smith is pressing Mr Fawcett, Postmaster-General, for a settlement of the question regarding letters for New Zealand and Queensland, intended for transmission by the P. and 0. service, requiring to be specially addressed.

The statement published by the Pall Mall Gazette in reference to the .settlement of the Egyptian question, is not exact, through the details not being known. It is believed that the concession granted by England will provoke the defeat of the Ministry, and a dissolution of Parliament will probably take place in the autumn. The provincial Liberals and Press insist on the Htßhtimi ot complete influence in Egvi.t. New Australian hops are selling freely from M to .£8 per bale. June 11. At a meeting of the Colonial Institute, Mr Forster, Chairman, Htrongly advocated the Imperial federation. Sir Thomas M'llwraith, Premier of Queensland, will leave by the Messagerifs Maritime steamer on July 2nd Mr Barry Sullivan, the celebrated actor, is arranging for a tour through the Australian colonies. The Oriental Bank will probably make only one call, payment of which extends over a period of two years. A Committee has been appointed to assist the liquidation of the Bank. The latest information from Cairo states that Wady Haifa in now being attacked by the rebels. The French Government are sending presents to Abyssinia, including a number of cannon. June 12. The massacre of the Governor of Berber and the ganison, and all Europeans iii the town, is now confirmed.

Abyssinia is sending troops to relieve Kussalx, which is menaced by the rebels.

The fast passage recently made by the New Zealand Shipping Company's Ruapehn has been beaten by the Tongariro by eight minutes. The person whom it is alleged assassinated General Suderim, chief of the Russian police, has been arrested in Germany.

The Telegraph's Paris correspondent is of opinion that the speech recently made by Sir H. B. Loch, Governor of Victoria, indicates* much less aggressive colonial feeling. The National asserts the necessity of the present Senate settling the recidiviste question quickly. M. Courmeaux recommends the annexation of the New Hebrides by France.