INDIA AND THE EAST.
m. «. . Chtlok, Jnne 29. lhe Messagenes Maritimes mail steamer Meikong, from Galle to Marseilles, waa vfejtally^ wrecked off Cape Haffora, south of Capo Guardapui, before entering the Gulf of Aden on the 19th June. The Meikong was going horn« to be refitted, and the captain : and officers were looking forward to their holiday. The Meikong was 3600 tons, and 500 horse-power. r "*!**%' tyßtofasfa Japan continues, and threafcensjto Spread, although the Government! are |mdjto be ponring troops into the dxsaffectea districts. Thousands are said to have p«rished fighting. . -. . The foetification-of Aden is now under tha : congderataqn of the Government of India m i» reported that the Government hold ; ,40,000: troops in readiness for shipment from .ißombay,. and several men-of-war in the Persian Gulf. Volunteer corps have been started in Bombay, as in Calcutta and Madras ™ * hee< t ltor of the Mahimidin newspaper. r f?W £30,000 for the Turkish Sick and Grounded fund. « -l^H c PJ&tee'ol people engaged on the fceliaf works at Bombay is now 370,000, and m r the rMadrsi Presidency SOO.ooo. The famine distress is decreasing.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 181, 2 August 1877, Page 2
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181INDIA AND THE EAST. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 181, 2 August 1877, Page 2
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