CABLE NEWS.
(BY KT.ECTRIC TELEGRA.PII- COPYRIGHT.) . BPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, March 25. Intelligence to hand from Sasknt- , chewan, ,i province of Canada, that 600 Jiaif-brtiods, commanded by a half-breed named Riel, have succeeded m- seizing Fort Saskatchewan. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) London, March 26. A message from the Queen was received m Parliament to-day, announcing m view of 'the grave emergency which' has arisen m foreign affairs, it has.beon decided to call out the/military reserves: and tliese 'forces to be embodied for permanent service. : . i Paris, March 26. ; Advices, are to hand from General Negrier, commanding a portiwn of the 1 French force "at Toiiquin, stating he has; sustained severe repulses at the hands, of the en.einy,: and was oblig«d to retire! to Dongda with the loss of 200 men. ;
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 2
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130CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 2
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