CABLE NEWS.
■» QSNKRAL >kws. (by electric telegraph. — copyright.) (special to united press association.) London, Ju'v 17. The death is announced of Genera Torn ihumb (Charles Wan en.; The Sultan claims the right to be consulted m connection with the construction of the second cana'. Baron de Lesseps Btates that if England declines to proceed with the construction, he will carry out the work birasel'. Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, has concluded an allianc •■ with the natives iv.the C'Tigo country, and has succeeded m checkmating M. de Brazzs, the French expl -rer, who is also on an expedition m that country. The Egyptian troops will evacuate Cairo, and proceed to Helovan. A general strike among the telegraph operators m Ameiica is impending, and sedous inconvenience with telegraphic communication is feared. The French troops have looted and destroyed by lire the native quarter of the town ot Tumatave. JS'ews from the Cape confirms previous information of the surrender of Mapocli, the leader of the natives on the .western frontier of the Transvaal. The Assembly at Cape Colony has rejected t..e Basutoland Disarming Bill.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 191, 19 July 1883, Page 2
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181CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 191, 19 July 1883, Page 2
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