CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1613, 19 February 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

!■ Outer's Telegrams, [by electric telegraph—copyright.] CAIRO, February 16. From enquiries'which havo been made into tho circumstances attending the fall of Sinkatlast week it has been ascertained that besides the garrison of the town and all the male inhabitants, two hundred women and the same number of children were massacred by the rebel fanatics. ...LONDON-, February 15. To-days wool sales catalogue comprised 10,2001 bales,,for which there is good competition. • Greasy fleece is now |d to ld : 'lower than last sales, Sydney heavy fine crossbreds are very firm; scouredjwool and general fallen |d to Id since close of last sales, ;' ' February 15. The embarkation' of the troops to be despatched •.for, i( thiS: city to the Red Sea will commence to-day at Suez, whcro.the transports are now waiting. The ships will/proceed without delay, and are expected, to land the whole force at Souakimon Tuesday next, the 19th inst,'

' It'has transpired thai, the Government has informed the Egyptian Government that it cannot allow the Egyptian troops now at Souakim to co-operate with the British troops which are to be despatched to the relief of Tokar. LONDON, February 15. Lord Cavlingford, Lord President of the Council, and Lord Privy seal, has introduced in the House of Lords a Government Bill providing for the exclusion from the; United Ein£;don of cattle amvingfrbm countries where disease is believed to be in existance. In the House, of Commons, the Chancellor of; Exchequer has given notice of amotion for a credit of two millions, to be devote!.' to^defences ; at Home and abroad,' '■■?■ A furtheiv'pbrtipn of tho Tongatiro's mutton was sold to-day, and

realised ty& per pound. Most of the shipment is pronounced to be," too small," the carcases being too light, The local market is at present glutted by, supplies of English ; ahd South American meat. ■; >,' /""■ CALCUTTA, February 15. The Exhibition will close on Saturday, Bth March. A public banquet to the foreign and colonial exhibitors mil take place on Monday next, the 18th instant. . CAIRO, February 15. , Major-General Gordon has arrived at Shendy, an important caravan station at Nubia, and within one hundred miles from Khartoum. A telegram from Souakim ttbates that tho rebels are massing in the neighborhood of Tokar, and it is fully expected that an attempt will be made' to capture the town before the British force, which has been despatched to its assistance, can arrive there. Increased activity is being manifested among the followers of El Mahdi in the south-east, and Kassala, an important town near the northern frontier of Abyssinian, has been invested by the rebels. ST. PETERSBURG!, February 15. It is announced that Prince Osloff, tho Russian Ambassador at Paris, will shortly bo transferred to Berlin, and will be replaced by Baron Mohrenheim, the Russian Minister in London.