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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 40, 18 January 1881, Page 2

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(REUTERS TEL .GftVAU). London, January 12. The trial of the Land Leaguers at Dublin is still proceeding. The case^ for the prosecution has closed, ajid the addresses of c-mnsel for the defence are now being heard. The debate on the address in reply was resumed in the House of Commons today, and lasted during the greater part of the sitting. The detached squadron is under orders to proceed to the Cape. It is understood that this movement is due to the Boer rebellion in the Transvaal. Bombay, January 11. The transports with regiments of the native army ordered to the Transvaal sailed today, for Durban, in Natal. Information has been received that the report received yesterday, that a plot had been discovered among the natives of Kolapore to assassinate the European residents, is entirely without foundation. Athens, January 11. The Greek Government has had under re-cousideration the proposal of the Powers that they should arbitrate for a settlement of the frontier dispute with Turkey, and it is now announced that the Government has informed the Powers that it must decline the proposal, unless the bases of the guarantee to be made to Greece are first stated. Capetown, January 12. Communication though of an intermittent character, has again been estaylished between Natal and the Transvaal; and information has been received regarding the position oi the British troops (at Potschefstroom. The Boers have laid siege to the place, but the garrison can hold out for a month, haying sufficient supplies for that period, and it is hoped that, by that time, reinforcements can be sent for the relief of the besieged. Melbourne, January 13. The Orient Company's steamship Chimbotazo, which recently went ashore in Backstairs Passage, has arrived here safely.