LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2606, 13 January 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

• —> < [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] !>y I'jLectiiic Telegraph—Copyright. TRANSPORTATION OF GRIMINALS TO NEW CALEDONIA. THE RECIDIVISTS BILL. THE GARRISON AT CAIRO. PROPOSED GERMANIC - AUSTR \- LIAN STEAMSHIP LINES. PUNISHING REBELLIOUS CAMAROON NATIVES. THE “INVINCIBLE” OUTRAGE. (Received January 12, 12.15 p.m.) Paris, January 10. In a supplementary report on the Recidivists Bill, the Committee of the Senate admits that New Caledonia is glutted with convicts, and considers the transportation of further shipments to Noumea undesirable. London, January 10. In commenting on the present position of the Recidiviste Bill, the Times to-day believes that the mersure will ultimately pass but that it will remain practically a dead letter. January 12. A re-examination of the cargo of frozen meat ex Dorundt shows that a portion is bad, owing to premature freezing. Mnstapha Pasha Fehmi is about to visit London. The Standard publishes an article to-day statiug that negotiations are

proceeding between the British and German Governments regarding the Navigator Islands with a view to arrange matters on such a basis that neither Power shall assume a protector, ate over Samoa. The Standard to day publishes a telegram from Egypt announcing that Mustaphi Pasha Echini demands the services of a small force of Turkish troops to garrison Carry (1 Cairo) in conjunction with the British troops now doing duty there. (Received January 12, 12.15 p.m.) Berlin, January 10. A lengthy and animated debate occupied the Reichstag in committee on the bill for subsidising lines of mail steamships to Australia and the East, and, despite the efforts of the Government, a sub-committee was appointed to consider the details of the scheme. News from the West African Coast states that the war vessels Olga and Bismarck recently landed some marines in Camaroon’s coast and severely punished the natives who have rebelled against rule. (Received January 13, 1.5 a.m.) New York, January 11. The victim of the “ Invincible ” outrage at O’Donovan Rossa’s office was not killed by the assailant, and although the wounds are serious, his recovery is expected. The man is of Irish extraction, and his name is Phelan.