CABLEGRAMS.
(BY KIjKCIR'C TELEGRAPH—CMWGUT
KGUTEFt'S TELEGKAJW. Melbourne, August 14. T]}.e defence department intend to form a reserve £or.c,e numbering two thousand mericohaistirigpfmeij.ivhoaetimeofaervico in the Victorian militia has expired. London, August 13. It is annoucced that the Duke of Richmond lias been appointed Secretary for Scotland with a seat in the Cabinet. Beriin, August 13. Despatches to hand from Admiral Pasehen, commanding the German Squadron at Zanzibar, Btate that on the eleventh instant he presented an ultimatum to the .Sultan, and as no reply .was r.e.o'eiyed for four and'twenty hours, the fleet anchored opposite the Sultan's palace, where it now remains. It is not thought, however, that the town will be bombarded as the Sultan is expected to bring about a peaceful settlement by acceding to the dpmandß of the Germans. . . .. Sydney August 14. ' It is stated here upon good authority thatthe Peninsularand Oriental Company's .8,8. Masillia, which was fitted up as a cruiser during the recent unsettled state of affairs in Central Asia, and which was stationed at Port Jackson, will shortly be disarmed and'return to England. '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2069, 15 August 1885, Page 2
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177CABLEGRAMS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2069, 15 August 1885, Page 2
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