CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4725, 28 February 1884, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

Eeuteb's Teleoeams

(Received February 28, 2 30 p.m)

London, February 26. Two battalions of infantry that received orders on the Bth inst. to proceed from Aldershot to Malta and Gibraltar have embarked at Portsmouth for their respective destinations. The battalion proceeding to Gibraltar will replace the 2 Battalion of the Essex Regiment (56th foot) which recently Je'ffc that station for Alexandria. Hong Kong, February 27. The latest intelligence to hand from Tpnquin announces that the French commander has massed the troops which recently arrived, and that an immediate descent is to be .made upon Baonioh with the whole force. ,

London, February 25. Arrived : Ship Otaki, from . Auckland, Nov. 24. Caibo, February 26. A detachment of ICC3 British troops have occupied a fort near Trinkitat, The enemy who were in the neighborhood fled. It is expected that a battle will be fought on Thursday at £1 Tebir, where the rebels are strongly posted. New Yobk, February 26. > The first direct cargo of Australian 1 wool arrived at Boston to-day. London, February 27. Lord Carlingford's bill for the exclusion from the Utited Kingdom of cattle

shipped from places where disease is believed to exist,-was passed by the House, of Lords last night.'

[Specials to the Pbess Association

London, February 26. The Mahdi is reported to be tampering with the Mussulmans of India, and the Nubian troops to Stuakim threaten to join the rebelsColonel Coetlogan, with 2000 men of the Khartoum garrison is pn v his .way to Berber. Sir Julius Vogel will leave; for New Zealand in the Tongariro. ~ Sir Henry Parkes, speaking «t Glas--gow, said that New South Wales would be able to render valuable assistance to the mother country in the event of war. The Queen will visit Germany in April. The mutton by the s,s. Iberia is realis* ing s|d per Ib. Mr Gladstone has submitted the name of a new Governor for Victoria to Lord Derby for his approval.