LATEST NEWS.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1137, 11 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST NEWS.

HOME ANJ? FOREIGN [REUTER —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, Jan 9. • Lord Derby has agreed to the modification of the Transvaal frontier read-,/, justment boundary line being effected, in order to secure the rights of the loyal chiefs, and to protect them from molestation by the Boers or natives who have not accepted British rule. '■ =, Hopes are still entertained that the steamship Duke ot Westminster may bo floated, although her position is'somewhat precarious. * The Homeward mails .via Naples per Orient steamship Sorata from Melbourne, Dec 1, were delivered here today. ■ ■ Jan 10. / . It is believed that the Transvaal Government will reject the proposal for modification of the frontier line, .which . is proposed to be made in order . that native chiefs, friendly to England, may * be afforded British protection. CAIRO ? Jan 8 . , i Nubar Pasha, whq/has been,charged by the K|tediv6lvltK/oie. fbrmiatioaio'f a new Ministry, has declared himStolf a ■supporter, -ot llie/policy- of the* British Government. Nubar Pasha has partially succeeded in-forming a,Cabinet, but no Europeans are included amqngsy - those who have already accepted office under his leadership,

RJAj Jan 9. ; 'Ltoyrtfr’whb* for . s6nife time ...acted as adviser to the .Minister for the Inferior,-, JiKaO Been appointed Under I} in -,tbe ire* f fegJptjjtn^lipi^i-ryi.-' : ■■ ; A commission,r of which Sir Evelyn Wood is” president* lias been appointed ' 46 devise the best, means for the evacuation.of Soudan by tlie troops. ; t> ; HONG KONG, Jan 9. ilntelligence is to hand from Ton’qnin that an explosion hns ,: occnrred at .the French position at Hanoi, in TonquitL r resulting in’., tho-V destruction of two bntteties, and the loss of a'considerable quantity. of material. ST PETE RSBURG, Jan 9. .Five im¥n -have been’ 'arrested here, ■ charged with being implicated in the assassination of Colonej Sndidceu, of.the Russian Gendarmerie,' o,n the 30th nit. Forty students have also been arrested at , Moscow on charges of?complicity.' CALCUTTA', Jan 9. Up to the present time the .Exhibition lias been visited by 268,000 persons. Various satisfactory sales have boon effected, - and juries have commenced the work of allotting awards.