CABLE NEWS.
Withdrawal of Specie.
The Soudan Rebellion-
(by rleotrio telegraph— copyright*)* (special to united pbkss association.) London, January 18. Tictoriau stocks have risen one-half per cent. A quarter of a million of gold has been withdrawn, from .Ahe Bank of England for export to Australia. The Daily tfews. states that this sum is desired^© strengthen the reserve of the Australian BanksThe latest information from Cairo states that Baker Pasha w unable to relieve the troops at Sinkah, a .town threatened by the followers rif El M ah di. - Several other garrisons are reported to be sai'rounded by the rebels. The merchants m the Soudan are appealing to France for assistance. In consequence of the threatened attack on Khartoum by the False Prophet, a large number of civilians . are leaving that town.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 45, 21 January 1884, Page 2
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132CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 45, 21 January 1884, Page 2
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