CABLE NEWS.
Floods m America. The Egyptian Blunder. The London Poor. (BT ELECJTRIC TELEGRAPH- COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED FRKSB ASSOCIATION.) iKNDOtf/Teb'vuary 8. -s Severe floods have occurred;, at-Pitts-burgh, and -fully-* 6,000 pei*sons have been rendered homeless. Immense amount of damage to'propefty" is reported. Most of the principal provincial "Liberal papers condemn the irresolute Kjyptian policy of the Government. Colonel Gordon has not yet reached Aboohamed, a city at which" h«? & M«a It is considered probable that BakeV Pasha s force will be recalled and disbanded.. I 1 --' >''■ -' i J . Commenting 1 upon the recent engagement at Trinkitat, 'the JlJnited Ireland newspaper is jubUanp at -the, success of k the false prophet, .El Mahdi. ' ;T; In the House of Lords, the Marquis \>f Salisbury will move for the appointment of a commission tft enquire asto the best means for housing the poor' of LoiidbrL ':'■ - : T ..
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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144CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 61, 11 February 1884, Page 2
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