LATE CABLE NEWS.
,'-u''ii"....-.v! '> AGE SPECIALS: :' " ! ■<-... fi'.-iU ?<! t!<i;v: ■ ■■ „;' ■; - ■ ■ — '•■ ' | . '■', '^s&T. &*> !^otQma|iana, at the Bluff.) ■:■■■ (UWIS ED' PRESS ASSOCIATION.) . The; Agent-General of several of tine' Australian Colonies had an interview fo•aa^^ith the Dnke of- Cambridge, Oojn-ttanaef-iii-Chirf of the British Army. tlie'Mnr^i^s of Hartington, Secretary of .Siate fpr/^ar, Earl . Iflorlcy, ..^Political $ecreta,ry At the War :.*O£scp, and Linut(Jeneral Alison. *The Duke of Cambrijdgp, Lin :the course jof the interview,, denied that the offersof the Australian Colonies >to Bupply ; troopßf6r the Soudan lias been declined'. .' Gen'efal AHson 'pointed j out that it would be impossible to utiliso '%^;^W^ett ? andthat;it>rkai'ibspla|tely; ■'ei^etitial 'for the Anst'raHan contingent I'f^Jl^^^/acc^otaied'te''. army discip:!|ine^bef^pje their services could be! Ac- " As jtlie jesult, of the interview, ; .^XgejrttrGieneral cbusidereJi that the lOffeu.of the-iAustralian troops will be ac•oepted m the autnmni ■■■< ;■ . v | The British Government m issuing "4heir uldmatum to Russia, 'forbidding '«hy further 'idrance tdwafds thejAf»liWn,fro»itiiir,; acted upon the advicjj of fi^'^ef 'Lujnsden, Afghan Frontier '</jbmraiteiope^.j ' Itusj»i^ h^ declined to fptir^ f^Q/JC any. /position* :'. becupip^ by er biit oTis/jlaims all, of encroaching upon.; Afghanistan, It is ,«xp©cted that a -peaceful settlement of difficulty will be effected. \ C ' u '/ i : C\. ••■.';, ■'■;';■ '' ', -V'" M[arch;6. •, -It -ia probable that the War Departinerit will purchnß-» .25.0Q0 carcases of ! frozen sheep m New Zealand, to be delivered m Suakim m lots as required for thßtroops. .'■■'" >: '^rh)i.KUSßian t Government have given "aii cirder t6 America for building several B r .: : ,.. ■. = -.• -^ , • ; : : vi '-u.i-.it..: - • . • ■ ''March 8. 104 ft"i^ru'mpuj;ed that Mr Gladstone |will retire r froni office when the present difljtciUty .wjththe^Russian Government is •ettled>>) , .■■■■ ■■ ■■•■ • ,-..-•. :
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 3
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253LATE CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 3
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