Condensed Cablegrams.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 12 July 1889, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams.

LONDON. Five hundred of the Irish Eifles have been sent to Assouan in order to strengthen the garrison tbeie ihe dervishes, who are threatening the position, hare been largely reinforced. The Bill giving Eesponsib'e Goven.ment to Western Australia excludes the area northward from the 26th para lei of latitude from its operatiou. The proceeds of the land sales am to go toward encouraging ommigratiou, and limitation of emigrants is forbidden unless first assented to by tlie Imperial Governrant. The Behring c ea fishery difficulty li s been amicably arranged. The officers of the Calliope are to be promoted. With the fcubjeot of silencing the rumours as to the strained relations between the Royal Family and the Duke of Portland; Her Majesty took the opportunity at Marlborough Hmseof alutingthe young Duchess and sh king hands with the Duke. Un ier date of the Bth July New Zealand hemp is quoted at £29 15s to £30 information has reached Cairo that 5000 dervishes are marching in a norther y direction. Colonel Wodehouse is in pursuit of them. At the wool auctions the bidding was spirited, but prices lemain unchanged. The first battaliou of th- Black Watch and the second battalion of the Essex Kegiment, both cf wl-ich are stationed at Malta, will probably be ordered to proceed to Egypt to reinforce the positions threatened by the Dervishes. Ihe Welsh Regiment an! one squadron of th >. 20th Hussars have started for Assouan.