CABLE NEWS.
BLECTBIO TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] London, January 4. News has been received that the British India Steam Navigation Company’s steamship Duke of Westminster, 2,427 tons, from Brisbane (Nov. 6), ran ashore at the Isle of Wight, and is in a critical position. All the passengers have been landed in safety. Tugs have gone to the vessel’s assistance. A note has been addressed by the Egyptian Government to the British Foreign Minister, in which a demand is made for England’s assistance in the Soudan. The note states that unless it be accorded the Egyptian Government will be compelled to relinquish to Turkey the eastern portion of the Soudan, and concentrate its troops in Egypt proper, and thus be able to dispense with the British army of occupation. _________
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 33, 7 January 1884, Page 2
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125CABLE NEWS. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 33, 7 January 1884, Page 2
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