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[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. THE FEDERAL COUNCIL BILL AMENDMENTS. DISMASTING OP A SYDNEY-BOUND VESSEL. THE CAPTAIN AND MATE OP THE MIGNONETTE. EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE ON LONDON BRIDGE. CLAIMS OF GERMANY AND RUSSIA ON EGYPTIAN CAISSE OF PUBLIC DEBT. THE GUARDS AND CAMEL CORPS IN SOUDAN. ARRIVAL OF THE NEW VICEROY IN INDIA. (Received December 13, 12.40 p.m.) London, December 12. The amendments proposed by the Imperial Government in the Draft Bill to constitute a Federal Council in | Australasia is now shown to be chiefly 1 verbal and likely to prove quite unobjectionable to the colonies. (Received December 15, 0.35 a.m.) December 13. The ship Carmoney, bound from Liverpool for Sydney, has been towed into Falmouth, partially dismasted. It is believed the cargo is undamaged. (Received December 15, 11 a.m.) Evening. The sentence of death passed upon Captain Stephens and the mate Dudley, I of the Mignonette, has beeu commuted to six months' imprisonment. December 14. An explosion of dynamite took place to-night, under one of the arches of the London Bridge. Little damage was caused to the structure, but the shock of the explosion was felt for miles around. (Received December 13, 12.40 p.m.) Cairo, December 12. The Austrian, French, and Italian Governments supported the claims of Germany and Russia to seats on the Caisse of Public Debt. (Received December 15, 11 a.m.) December 13. Intelligence is received from Dongola that the Mounted Infantry Guards and Camel Corps, under Colonel Sir Herbert Stewart, ig now advancing to Koita, near Ambukol. Calcutta, December 13. Earl Dufferin, Viceroy elect, arrived to-day, and was accorded a most enthusiastic reception. [special to press association.] London, December 9. There is no truth in the report current that Sir William Jervois, Governor of New Zealand, was to succeed Lord Augustus Loftus in the Governorship of New South Wales. December 11. A Blue Book published at the Berlin Conference provides for additional Consulates for the colonies, and also that an increased display of strength among the Polynesian Group of Islands is imperative.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2583, 15 December 1884, Page 2
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