CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1858, 6 December 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[by electric telegraph—copyright,] Reuter's Telegrams, ■■-.-'' Cairo, December 4, No intelligence has been received hereto 'confirm the report that the Mabdi was dead, as stated by the Mudir of Dongola. ' - •'' - Capetown, December 4.. Colonel Warren who hasdjeen-ap- ; pointe'd'tothe 'command of the British expedition into Bechuanaland, arrived here today. Berlin, December 4. The deliberations of the International Conference on the Congo and Niger questions have not yet terminated. It is believed in well-informed, circles that the Powers will accede, to the British claim of a protectorate over the country adjacent to. the River Niger. Adelaide, December 5.'.. Arrived, this afternoon,—Steatnahip Salazie, from Marseilles, October 22. Sydney, December 6. : No fresh cases of, smallpox have oocured to.-day. Very favorable weather is now being experienced here. • . .London, Decembers, 1 - ' The. Franchise Bill .was under considerationm ttio House of Lords yesterday, and passed through committe. In the House of Commons last pight the Redistribution of Seats Bill was read a second time. '• "'" Parliament will' reassemble after the Christmas recess on February-l-9tb, : •' In the the House of Commons last evening, in reply to a question, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley .stated that the Cape'colonists would not be called upon to bear any portion of the cost of the expedition to Bechuanaland. The Colonial Under-Secretary also stated that the Imperial Government would not assent to the settlement of Bechuanaland as effected by the Cape Government.