Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1896. The Dongola Expedition.

Manawatu Herald, 21 March 1896, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1896. The Dongola Expedition.

The news that England was sending out an expedition to Dongola has created much excitement on the European continent. It is clear that England has got frightened at the power shown by the Abyssinians in their fight with the Italians, and possibly it ia correctly estimated that

the Abyssinians were assisted by those tribes who occupy the immense territory lying across the north of Afdca known as the Soudan. To make the position clearer we may state that Egypt starts at the north east coiner of Africa and follows the shores of the Red Sea to Tokar and the district contiguous thereto, bat the landward aide ls undefined. Adjoining comes Abyssinia bounded by tho Red Sea oii the east, the Egyp tien Soudan on the We.st and Somali land, supposed to ba the Italian sphere, on the South. The Italian southern boundary abuts on British East Africa. It will be evident that England more than any other riation is interested in a civilised nation holding its own against the swarms of the Arabs and Negroes of the vast inland country. The names Dongola, Tokar, and Kassala reminds us we know " what it is to be there " having at one time, not long since, had an expedition to Quieten the natives. Dongola is a province of Upper Nubia, lying between the third auc! fourth cataracts of the river Nile. The expedition sent to save Gordon passed through this district and beyond, keeping the river as a base to Berber and Khiruoum. The Kile, as a glance at the map will show, flows from British East Africa through the Egyptian Soudan, and through Egypt to the Mediterranean. It 13 tho highway of an enormous district and the policy of the English Government appears to be to keep it opan at all costs. Wady Haifa, where the leu steatners have arrived with railway material Is above the second or great cataract on the Nile some seven hundred miles from Alexandria. It will be wonderful if the Dark Con tinent does not lend some nation an excuse for the apparently inevitable general war. That peace may b? preserved all must hope, and as far as the s[uiders of England's policy is concerned there appears every assurance that they will do all in their power to preserve it.

On Thursday afternoon the largest shipment of apples at any one time was made by rail to Napier. The apple 3 were from Mr Thynne's Kawaroa orchard and numbered 25 cases and weighed half a ton. Mr Joe Tos notifies that he has received a supply of cartridge', powder, shot and guns for sportsmen. It i 3 stated that 15,000 Boer squatters govern the 60,000 men on the goldfields. These are the " Outlanders " who have no vote. How long will this state of things last ? A proposal is in the air to secure the Queen of the South for a sea trip on Easter Monday. It would just take. The Wellington Racing Club hare withdrawn their autumn meeting in consequence of the refusal of the totalisator. We have to thank Mr Nye for samples of grapps from his well-known vinery. We cannot say the grapes are better than last year (is it was not possible to beat them, but we can say they were as good. The Queen of the South brought a fine lot of fresh caught kawhai on Thursday morniog. The fish were very large and in excellent condition. The schooner John Bill struck on a rock at Terawhhi on Thursday morning. The year's losses by ths Cuban rebellion are estimated so far at 134,000,000 dollars. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the fir>t case against Leonard Harper. Dr. Jameson, the invader of the Transvall, was at one time in praotice in Kiraber-ley.-and during this period attendel President Kruger for gout. It is said that this may have had something to do with the President's clemency. At the commencement of the year the 95th birthday of the Bight Hon. C. P. Villiers, the Father of the House of Commons was celebrated. He has sat continuously for Wolverhampton for sixty-one years. At the beginning of January a leading London paper said : — " The plain fact is, whether we like it or not, we are face to face with something very like an international conspiracy against our Imperial position." Dr. Peters, in consequence of the attack on his reputation, has resigned the Presi dency of the German Colonial Society. The Czar has sent a decoration to Menelik in commemoration of his successful stand against the Italian army. The German newspapers sneer at the Italians as being grateful for the release of political prisoners by King Humbert, a course taken in order to divert public at* tention from the even's in Abyssinia. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, <&c, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [advt.] One of the drawbacks of country life, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly the increased price he has to pay for any articles of clothing or general drapery, by reason of the extra charges for freight or carriage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are done away with under the new parcel system which has been inaugurated at Te Aro House, Wellington. Under this system any of the parcels advertised will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post free, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods are sold over the counter in Wellington. As may be imagiued, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels must be accompanied by cash for the amount, before the order can be executed at Te Aro House, Wellington. ADVERTISING BLOCKS of all descriptions made at the shortest notice by McKee & Gamble, New Zealand Press Agency, Custom House Quay, Wellington.

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