LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 3049, 11 August 1886, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. ANGLO-SPANISH WINE CONYENTION. RIOTING IN BELFAST. FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS OF MILITARY. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. DESPATCH OF TURKISH ARMY CORPS TO MACEDONIA. DUKE OF EDINBURGH and PRINCE GEORGE IN EGYPT. MEETING OF THE EMPERORS AT GASTEIN. (Received August 10, 10 p.m.) London, August 9, The Anglo-Spanish Convention, under which wines of 30 degrees alcoholic strength are admitted at a duty of Is per gallon, comes into operation on the 15th inst, Australian mails ex Tasmania, dated Melbourne, June 29, were delivered today, via Brindisi. (Received August 11, 1 a.m.) August 10. Rioting continues at Belfast, and the conflicts between the mob and police being of a fierce character, farther reinforcements of one thousand troops have arrived in town, and martial law has been proclaimed in Belfast and districts. Arrived, at Plymouth, today, the ship Yaletta, from Melbourne, June 15. Arrived, the steamship Kaikoura, from Wellington, July Ist. Capetown, August 9. The steamship Coptic sailed for Auckland on the morning of the 6th inst. San Francisco, August 9. Arrived, yesterday, at 2 p.m. the Union Company’s steamship Mariposa, from Auckland. (Received August 10, 10 p.m.) Constantinople, August 9. Two Turkitdi army corps have been despatched to Macedonia. Alexandria, August 9. Their Highnesses the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince George of Wales are now here on a visit to Egypt. Vienna, August 9. The Wiener Zoituug to-day, in an arlicli* upon the meeting of the Emperors of Austria and Germany at Gastein, states that the conference will fortify the friendship of the two sovereigns, and strengthen the friendly relations of the German and AustroHungarian people.