LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2704, 22 May 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. —»»♦_ . THE BRITISH GUARDS FOR ALEXANDRIA. THE NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT. CHOLERA IN THE SOUTH OP FRANCE AGAIN. THE EGYPTIAN DEBT. PROTEST AGAINST THE REDUCED RATE OF INTEREST. AFGHAN FRONTIER QUESTION NEW CLAIMS BY RUSSIA. (Received May 22, 1.10 a.m.) London, May 21. It is believed the retention of the Guards for orders at Alexandria is in some way conuected with the negotiations now in progress on tlio Afghan frontier question. It is understood thai the New South Wales contiugent will not proceed.

idirect to Australia, but that the transport will call at Aden to receive any further orders that may be necessary. (Received May 22, noon.) Paris, May 21. Cholera has again made its appearauce in the south of France. Two deaths have been reported from Marseilles. Cairo, May 21. The representatives of France, Germany, Russia, and Austria have lodged a formal protest on behalf of their respective Governments against the proposal of the reduction in the rate of interest on their portion of the Egyptian debt, and it is understood that the decree authorising the reduction of coupons will be withdrawu in consequence. (Received May 22, 12.50 p.m.) London, May 21. Ifc has transpired that the protest made by European Powers against the deductions made from the Egyptian coupons was based on the ground that the alteration should not have been so long as the Financial Convention remained unratified. The Standard to-day, referring to the Afghan question, states that several new claims have been advanced by Russia to points in the disputed territory.

Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriter's Association:— London, May 21. Arrived, the ship Gazelle, from the Bluff.