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1 [Per Electric Telegraph— Cofykmht.J (Reutbr's Agenox.) ' L Reoeived 1.45 a.m., Jnly 9th.] 1 London, July 7. ' In answer to a question put m the j House of Commons to-day, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley stated that Lord Derby had received an offer from the Auatra- [ lian colonies to contribute yearly a sum > of £15,000 towards maintaining a High j Commissioner of the Western Pacific, i who would reside m Eastern New Guinea. The Hon. Mr Ashley added that Her ■ Majesty's Government would take steps 1 to orgatiiae a sufficient staff to assist the ' Commissioner, and that tho appointment ' of the latter would be made promptly. , [Received 12.42 v.m., July 9th/. > Paris, July 7. In tho Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. 1 Ferry, the Premier, made a statement ' regarding tho recent engagements between • the French and Chinese troups at Langsmi, m Tonquin. He announced that from accounts which had been received by the Government, it was clear that the French force, which was going to occupy , Langaon m accordance with the treaty, I had been led into a regular ambush by . the Chinesa. M. Ferry further stated i that it was the intention of his Governi ment to demand from China an indemnity 7 of ten millions sterling, m reparation for > the outrage. It is currently reported b hero to-day that the Government will 1 order the occupation of Foo Chow by by French troops, as a guarantee for the 1 indemnity to be demanded from China. b 1 [Special to the Press Association.] 1 London, July 6. Lord St. Leonards, who was committed j. for trial on May Bth for an indecent 3 assault on a servant girl named Colo, has been sentenced to s«ven weeks' imprisonment. His lordship having been m gaol . since his committal, bail having been re- , fused, his sentence was dated from that - time, and ho lias now been released. 3 The death of the Rev. Thomas A. W. c Aveling, pastor of the Kin^sland Inde- • pendent Congregational Church, is an- ' nounced. The report of the Congress Committee 1 advised the establishing m Canada of a 5 Commercial Union similar to that of Germany. ( The fate of Berber is still uncertain. . It is stated that £1 Mahcli is paralysed . by tho successes of his rival, the new . Mahdi. The fall of Dongola is daily ex--1 p«cted. The Governor's loyalty is susb pected, and he is supposed to be int triguing with the enemy. Tho Arabs i will advance after the end of the Mar homedan month of Ramadan. Five b hundred Egyptians are stationed at Wady • Haifa, the same number at Korosko, and p 3000 with artillery at Assouan. The Souakim railway has been commenced. [Ramadan will end on tho 25th of this = month.] ' Four off-coast cargoes of Australian ? wheat have been sold at an average of 1 39a 3d. Spot parcels are at the average. \ Twelre deaths occurred at Marseilles, : and eleven at Toulon on Saturday from 1 cholera. In consequence of the spread of cholera, three-fourths of tho inhabitants of Toulon have fled. ; July 7. Tho cholera is still increasing, and at r Toulon on Sunday 19 deaths were regisf tered, while at Marseilles no less than 15 . succumbed to the samo disease Dr Koch, of Berlin, who has made a ' special study of cholera, pronounces (he disease of the virulent Asiatic type, and > declares that it is almost certain to extend • over all Europe. '■ A case of cholera has occurred ot Paris, 1 and a panic haß taken place there m con- : sequence.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 3055, 9 July 1884, Page 2
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