CABLE MESSAGES.
(from the lyttelton times.)
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London, Feb. 11
The'24th Regiment were decoyed into an ambush of 20,000 Zulus, and, though overwhelmed by numbers, fought bravely. Thirty officers and 570 men fell, and the Zulus are believed to have lost 5000. It was a regular massacre 1 / :> It has been decided tb despatch, five large swift steamers with reinforcements. ■ -•-■■■ ... The British Government offer the subsidise a cable to the Cape. ■."';■■;. Feb. 10. 4 . Consols—96 J. Wheat is 6d lower. ' .-..,.j ; ,., ~ , Feb. ir. At a banquet last night, the * First Lord of the Admirality in his speech said that he deplored >the, disaster/ which had befallen the British troops in the Zulu country, and announced that reinforcements sufficient to crush the anemy, and finally terminate the struggle, would start within a week.
Feb. 14.
The Premier made a statement similar to that made in the House of Commons, calling upon Englishmen to wipe out the disaster in Zulu land.
The Afghan expedition has achieved its object for the protection of the frontier and preserving the independence of Afghan.
The "weather is improving, and hopes are entertained that it will mitigati the distress.
... >w _ Berlin, Feb. 12. The German Parliament has opened. The Emperor in his speech declared it necessary to revert to the protectionist principles in force anterior to 1865, in order to secure a heme market for home productions. ,
Bombay, "Feb. 13, The Indian Government have offered a contingent of troops for the Gape.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 270, 18 February 1879, Page 2
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246CABLE MESSAGES. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 270, 18 February 1879, Page 2
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