CABLE MESSAGES.
(FltOM THE LYTTEXTON TIMES.)
LATEST EUROPEAN.
London, April 5.
It is reported that the Kew Guinea expedition from Italy is really meant to assist a revolution in Albania. The money market is moderate. The demand in the stock market is firmer since the Budget proposals have been disclosed. Government debentures are steady. Wheat is inactive; New Zealand, from 48s to 435. !: ."" '.' April 6. , A Capetown, despatch, dajted March. 18, says that Oham, Cetewayo's brother, a supposed aspirant to the throne, t Oham's son, and 300 Zulus, surrendered j unconditionally. No important movement is reported. Colonel Law is in command of the force for the relief of Ekowe. A large number of Zulus.liave ' surrounded Ekowe. The garrison is ( well, but short of provisions. The 57th Infantry Begiment is inarching on the ' Tugela. The. 91st and l&th Infantry - Regiments and a British battery have * arrived. An insurrection has broken out in the Transvaal amongst the Boers.' ■, , - Proposals of peace have been- madeL by Cetewayo, it is belie* ed to gain j> ■frame. —— -- - 1 .!>;,. April 7; The New Zealand 5 per cent loan is now at 102. The Secretary of State for the ■ Colonies, in reply to a question, said that the sincerity of Cetewayo's peace proposals were doubtful. Complete submission alone would satisfy -the -■ British Government. Colonel Pearson ~£, had made a road shortening the to Ekowe by three miles. -^
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 285, 10 April 1879, Page 2
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229CABLE MESSAGES. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 285, 10 April 1879, Page 2
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