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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE.

(Per Elecieic Telegbaph. — Copyright. ) (Reuter's Agency.) (Eeoeivod 11 a.m., March 3rd.) London, Maroh 2. It is announced that Government will hasten the passage of the Bill for a redistribution of seats, and as soon as the same becomes law Parliament will be dissolved. AH the Army establishments m the kingdom are being incrensed, m view of the Afghan and other contingencies. New York, March 2. General Grant is suffering from cancer m the tongue, and his case is considered by his medical attendants to be hopeless. (Received 9.40 p.m., March 3rd.) London, March. 2. The cargo of mutton comprising 14,000 carcases, ex steamship Tongariro from New Zealand, was placed on the market m good condition. Evidence which has been given at the hearing of the charges against Cunningham and' Barton, suspected dynamiters, connects the prisoners with the complicity m the attempted outrages on the London railway terminus last year. Hong Kong, March 2. News has reached here that the' French fleet is engaged bombarding Chintai (sic), and has blockaded the approaches to the Ning Po, one of the treaty ports. (Special to the Press Association.) [Received 11.10 a.m., March 3rd.] London, March 2. The case of Mr Danty, of Adelaide, against Goutta and Co., bankers, has been dismissed. The following vessels will form the German squadron m the Pacific ; —The Stosch Marie, Albatross, and Hyane. They will be m command of Commodore Pischen. «

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Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3256, 4 March 1885, Page 2

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ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3256, 4 March 1885, Page 2

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN CABLE. Timaru Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 3256, 4 March 1885, Page 2