LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2823, 8 October 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] P.y Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ARRIVAL IN LONDON OF THE PACIFIC MAIL. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. MARCH OF THE SERVIAN ARMY. (Received October 7, 9 p.m.) San Francisco, October 5. The Pacific Mail Company's steamship Australia, from Auckland, September 15, arrived to-day, one day before contract time. (Received October 8, 1 a.m.) Paris, October 7. The latest returns give the result of the election for the Chamber of Deputies up to the present time at 176 Conservatives, and 135 Republicans. Belgrade, October 7. The division of the Servian army instructed to proceed to the frontier is now marching in that direction. [special to press association.] London, October 3. Austria favours the cession to Servia of Widdin, a city in the north-western part of Bulgaria, near the Servian frontier. The King of Servia is on a visit to Nish, a strongly foitified town of Servii), and has been received with great enthusiasm by the populace. Msijor Kitchener reports from Cairo that tlip fall of Khartoum was not due to treachery, as alleged, but that the city was in a state of starvation, caused by the delay of the expedition sent to its relief. October 5. The French elections are now proceeding, and everything is being conducted quietly. At present the Opportunist Party have a majority. It is expected that M. Jules Ferry, ex-Premier, will be again elected. In consequence of the Roumelian complication, Servia has raised her standing army to 100,000 men by calling out the first-class reserve. The Czir has favourably received a deputation from Bulgaria.