GENERAL.
Cairo, December 6. The Egyptian Government has voted <£60,000 for the construction of new lighthouses in the Red Sea. Capetown, December 11. After a prolonged discussion of the whole situation with Sir Henry Loch, President Kruger, of the Transvaal, has signed the new Swaziland Convention. Morocco, December 6. The British Embassy is detained at Fez, and the position is regarded as critical, as the insurgents have command of the roads to the coast. Twenty citizens who ventured outside the walls which surround Fez were murdered. Shanghai, December 10. A serious rebellion has broken out in Wiju, Northern Corea. Admiral Freemantle, commanding the British China Squadron, is proceeding to the "coast.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1189, 14 December 1894, Page 34
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111GENERAL. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1189, 14 December 1894, Page 34
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