LONDON.
February 12,
The Merchant Shipping and Underwriter's Association report the arrival of the ship Gemma from Oamaru (sailed July 14), and the Bteamship Durham from Lyttelton (December 13.)
February 14
In accordance with the announcement made on Saturday by tbe Secretary of State for War in the House of Commons, two regiments of cavalrj and one thousand infantry have been ordered to proceed to Natal to further reinforce Sir George Colley in the Transvaal. A meeting took place in Hyde Park to-day in opposition to the measures proposed by the Government for the settlement of tbe agitation in Ireland. A considerable number of people were present.
Several violent speeches were made, and copies of the Irish Coercion Bill were burned on the platform.
The Ladies League which has recently been formed in Dublin has for its object the furtherance of the agitation for the settlement of the land question in Ireland. Hanlan won tbe boat race easily.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3008, 15 February 1881, Page 3
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