FIGHTING AT SUAKIM.
ARRIVAL OF COSSACKS. Received January 16, 1.25 a.m. Suakim, January 15. A skirmish with the rebels took place to-day, but the latter were repulsed. No casualties occurred on the side of
the British.
Two hundred Cossacks, ostensibly bound for Obok, on board an Austrian steamer, have arrived here. They were closely " shadowed " by an Italian warship, which,dropped anchor shortly after their arrival.
THE REICHSTAG.
THE KAISERS OPENING SPEECH.
Received January 16, 1.25 a.m. Berlin, January 14 At the opening of the Reichstag today the Emperor William's speech was received with great enthusiasm. The Emperor referred in confident terms to the future of the country, and said that the flourishing condition of industries, together with the economical handling of finances, would enable the Government to propose a remission of taxation.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9262, 16 January 1889, Page 5
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