LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2884, 2 January 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. • >— ~* LARGE WITHDRAWALS OF GOLD TO SOUTH AMERICA. THE SHAN (BURMESE) CHIEFS COALESCING. FORMAL ANNEXATION OF BURMAH BY GREAT BRITAIN. THE BULGARIAN AND SERVIAN RESERVE FORCES. ADVANCE ok THE BRITISH ALONG THE NILE. LARGE ARMY OF THE REBEL FORCES. (Received January 2, 1.45 a.m.) London, December 31. Large withdrawals of «o!d have taken place to South America, fully half a million having been shipped by this week'a mail. Rangoon, December 30. Intelligence from the frontier announcfs that the inhabitants of the Shan States :\rf. displaying hostile f,,,,}. the British, and that the Shan chiefs are coalescing, with a view of entering the British territory. A force

of 600 British troops are being propared to suppress any disturbance. Calcutta, December 31. Earl Dnfferin, Governor-General of India, has issued a proclamation formally announcing the annexation of Burmah by Great Britain. Constantinople, December 31. In consequence of the armistice both Bulgaria and Servia have demobilised their respective forces; bub the standing armies of the two countries still remain in the field. (Received January 2, 12.50 p.m.) Cairo, January 1. General Stephenson telegraphs that he is advancing along the Nile as fast as circumstances permit. The Irish cavalry have now leached Sayn, while the infantry have proceeded as far as Koyeh, about 150 miles south of WadyHalfn. The rebel forces are estimated at fully thirty-six thousand. San Francisco, December 30. The Royal Mail steamship Mararoa arrived here yesterday with the New Zealand Homeward mails, dated Auckland, December 9. [special to press association. ] London, December 28. Mr Murray Smith will resign the position of Agent-General for Victoria in the beginning of April.