CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4690, 18 January 1884, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Reutek's Telegrams

[Received January 18,1 p.m].

'' London, January 17 (evening).

A fire which broke out at Cornhill this morning has caused the destruction of Messrs Silver and Co.'s building. The whole premises were completely gutted. Through the efforts of the fireman the flames were prevented from spreading to adjoining buildings.

Caibo, January 17.

The latest news to hand from the Soudan states that the insurgents have cut off any possible retreat of the Egyptian garrison from Sennas, and have blockaded the, lower portion of the River Nile.

Rome, January 17.

The Propaganda have selected Bishop Moran as successor to the late Most Rev. Roger Bede Yaughan as Archdeacon of Sydney.

London, January 17.

In the issue this morniag of the Daily News, in referring to the proposed Victorian four million loan, that journal doubts whether it will be successfully floated.

An outbreak of fire occurred at No. 67, Cornhill, on the premises occupied by Messrs Silver and Moor. (6 a.m.) The fire is increasing rapidly.

The Union Bank of Australia has delared a dividend for the past half-year, at the rate of 18 per cent per annum, and carries forward £55,000 to its reserve fund.

The Home mails, via Brindisi, dated Melbourne, December 5, were delivered yesterday.

Caiko, January 16.

The Minister of War has abandoned the journey which he proposed to make to Khartoum in order to supervise the evacuation of the town by the Egyptian garrison. The statement made yesterday that a colonel of the Egyptian army was about to raise a corps of Albanians for service in Egypt is not correct.

[Specials to the Pbess Association]

London, January 16. Obituary: The Earl of Bantry, aged 82. His son and heir, Viscount Berehavem, is in the colonies.

There are 15,000 Christians and 40,000 Egyptians in the Soudan. The Suez Canal is blocked by a sunken vessel.