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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1826, 20 March 1884, Page 3

ENGLI SH & FOREIGN. [BY TELEGRAPH. -COPYRIGHT.]

ey „ [BKUTKIt's TELEGHAMS.] tv&t u & 'f' Paris, 2<larch 16. The latest despatches from Tonquiu announce that the French commander has (given orders for an advance to be made on the enemy's positions to the westward of "Bacninh, and that two columns of troops had made forward movements in the direction of Hangash and Hainguyin. March 17. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will make the Budget Statement on the 7th April. A bulletin has been issued stating that Mr Gladstone is suffering from laryngeal catarrh, and must have complete rest The homeward mails, per steamship Orient, via Suez and Brindisi, from Melbourne on February 8, were delivered here yesterday. News has been received that the French troops have entirely routed the Chinese • at Johuhung, and that standards and a number of guns fell into their hands. In the House of Commons, last night, • Lord Edmund Fitzmauriee, Umler-Secre-tary for Foreign Affaiis, stated, in reply to a question, that the Government did not intend to protest against the action of the German Government in stationing a man-of-war in the South Seas during the labour season. Tenders are invited by the Western Australian Government for a loan of £154,000, bearing interest at 4 per cent. The minimum is fixed at 96^. Tenders close on Monday next.