LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2890, 9 January 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. >—< MORE MASSACRES OP CHRISTIANS IN ANAM. PUNISHMENT OF MURDERERS, M. DE FREYCINET AND THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. THE SOUDANESE ARABS. PROPOSAL TO RAISE THE EGYPTIAN ARMY. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (Received January 9, 1.20 a.m.) Paris, January 8. Advices are to hand from Anam annouucing a fuither massacre of Christians by rebels. A mission station was attacked by natives, who killed the Catholic missionary in charge of the station, together with five" hundred converts. General de Convey, hearing of (he disaster, promptly sent a body of French troops, and inflicted severe punishment on the murderers, (Received January 9, 12.15 p.m.) Liter, It is announced that M. de Freycinet has be j n .successful in forming rt Cabinet, in which he will assume the portfolio of Foreign Affairs. General Boulanger goes to the Wav Office, and M. lloycroc lias been appointed Minister of Commerce. C’Ailto, Januaiy S. Mouktar Pasha, Turkish Commissioner, to Egypt, advocates raising the strength of the Egyptian army to 16,000 men, in order to enable the Khedive to hold the frontier' against the Soudanese Arabs. London, January 7. Consols, 99 g. New Zealand securities, Five per Cent. 10 10 loan, unchanged, Four and a-half per Cent. 1379-1904 loan, 104-1; Four per Cent, inscribed stock, ' Bank rate, of discount is 4 per cent. • and the market rale, 2-| per cent. Breadstuff's and tallow remain at previous values. The weekly return of the Bmk of England, published to-day, shews the total reserve of notes and bullion to be £1,710,000, and the proportion of reserve to liabilities 45 per cent. [special to press association, j London, January 5. The Times states the Government intend to introduce similar local government for the whole United Kin". O

dom, and that Mr Gladstone will move that the proposals are insufficient for Ireland. Sir John M‘Donald, Premier of Canada, is willing to consent to Canada forming an offensive and defensive league with England. Lord John Manners invites tenders for a weekly or fortnightly mail service to Adelaide via Brindisi or Naples, the service to occupy not more than 628 hours. Tenders close on March 31st. January 6. The Queen has agreed to become patroness of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition,

The Speech from the Throne will be delivered on the 21st inst.