EUROPEAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume iv, Issue 68, 19 February 1884, Page 3

EUROPEAN NEWS.

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! [AGE SP/ECf'kljS.J I . (Pel' s.f. Tarawera 1 at the Bluff.) -| ■•■;■■ LoKDoy, February 5i '"' In 'the Qu^eA*!3 speech' no reference i*i toVth'e Federation VmiVvemenbj m ,tfh : e Au^ti^iii'ii^Colomes. The* subject was bni'ittled' owing to the uncertainty 'felt by the Imperial authorities as to whether the different colonies will ; through their Parliaments, ratify the decision arrived at by. the Sydney Convention. " " „'',,'•.'.' \'\ Sir Julius Yogel is engaged m forming a company to lay a duplicate submarine* cable between England ancl "Austrajia! He sails for New Zealand on ihe^GthJnstant. ( ;. , f : 1 Earl perby has expressed his extreme surprised at the non-receipt of any.official dispatches from the colonies dealing with the recent Federation Conyenfjbn at Sydney. - . ;i . . . .; ;. , \:-m \. . '.'&. fyesh disaster has caused a profound ; se)isatt:pn fy rough out Egypt, ! ancTtneVe i^quifctra pani^' at, Cairo/ 'Souakim'.is. now threatened bythA violorious rebels, and desperate .precautions < are .. being made for its defence. A dmiral Hewitt has landed a body of marines for the defence of the town. The entrenehment^loccupied by the marines arc pro tected by the guns of the Admiral flagship. -Thjß country between Berbcf a&d Khartoum is m a' state of tranquillity. The natives show every disposition- |to assist -the ■ Egyptian JGraverii'menb fr 'putting down the rebellion/ At Souakim" active preparations are being made to ■Vesia.t- any attack- rfroiii the' Arabs. ißa.jje? T<ashd isreo operating: iwith- Adrniraj. He;.vitt iin organising v de'f«>nce' ( fpiVtlie towny.iipon which: «o atVa&kjis expected.; .-.».-' ; ■'■•'■ sjjk---; -lit so