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[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] Uy Electric Telegraph—Copyright. *-•■«> ! CESSION OF DELAGOA BAY ; TO GERMANY. THE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT LONDON BRIDGE. LORD WOLSELEY AND STAFF AT KORTI. (Received December 18, 1.20 p.m.) London, December 17. The Pall Mall Gazette to-day states that the cession to Germany of Delagon Bay, on the east coast of Africa, is meditated. An inspection of the London Bridge at low water revealed thirteen clockwork machines deposited on an abutment, thus confirming the belief that the recent explosions were caused by dynamite. Arrived, at Plymouth, the P. and 0. steamship Cathay, from Melbourne, October 23. (Received December 18, 4.36 a.ra.) Cairo, December 16. Intelligence has reached here of the arrival at Korti of General Lord Wolseley and the head-quarters staff. [special to press association.] London, December 14, A quantity of dvn ■ m:!e was dropped on to one of the of Loudon
Bridge on the Surrey side. The shock caused by the explosion was felt as far Woolwich. No clue at present has been obtained as to the perpetrator of the outrage. Prince Bismarck has been urged to appoint permanent officers in the islands of New Britain, New Zealand, Apia, and Tonga, to conduct German affairs.
December 15. Lord Reay will succeed Sir James Fergusson as Governor of Bombay. It is rumoured in Berlin that Germany intends shortly to establish several colonies iu the Pacific and New Guinea.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2586, 18 December 1884, Page 2
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