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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1234, 28 December 1882, Page 2

A Cairo telegram says : —“ The departure of the caravan for Mecca took place in the presence of a large concourse of spectators. The crowd behaved well, and abstained from any acts offensive to the British. The ceremony differed from that of former years in nothing beyond the presence of British troops during the procession of the Holy Carpet round the Mahmoudieh-square. The camel with the Holy Carpet will not proceed this year by the usual caravan route, but will be conveyed by special train to Suez, and thence by special steamer to Jeddah.”

In City circles there has been much talk of the Mexican Government being on the point of making the bondholders an offer; but, like previous anticipations, perhaps nothing will come of it. The expansion in the revenue and general prosperity of the country, however, certainly entitle some consideration being now given to the bondholders. Information has been given to the Liverpool police of a great robbery of jewellery from the shop of Mr White, 21, Parkerstreet. Mr White locked up his shop at nine o’clock on Friday evening, and went to Leeds. The place was opened in the ordinary way next morning, when it was found that burglars had been in the premises. The shop was in a state of great confusion, and a large quantity of jewellery had been taken away, including 200 watches, 100 albert chains, lockets, brooches, earrings, and other articles. The value of the missing property is said to be £B,OOO. Mr White’s shop is in one of the leading thoroughfares of the city; and the thieves must have exercised the greatest ingenuity and audacity in their work.