CABLE TELEGRAMS.
[By Submarine-Cable.]
(Per Press Agency.)
London, February 18. The Bishop's nominee forcibly entered the church at Hatcham, and services were quietly resumed. The Rev. Mr. Tooth has been released from prison. The United States Commission have given Mr. Hayes the Louisiana vote. The Princes of Servia and Montenegro send envoys to Stamboul. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, February 20. It is intensely hot, and rain is much wanted. The cattle and sheep are dying of starvation in some parts of the country. Melbourne, February 15. The Opposition policy, it appears from Mr. Berry's speech on Monday, night, has undergone no alteration. It still consists of protection and the breaking up of large estates, but no land tax. A heavy rain on Monday night was joyfully received, being the first rainfall for six weeks. Numberless sheep and cattle have died from starvation. A woman was killed by lightning, and two women swept away by the flood last Monday night. Messrs Stevenson have given notice to the Crown that they intend to discontinue their actions.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 63, 23 February 1877, Page 3
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172CABLE TELEGRAMS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 63, 23 February 1877, Page 3
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