ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.
January 23. The Queen’s Government have notified the St. Petersburg Cabinet that an attack by Russian arms upon Afghanistan, will bo regarded as a declaration of war by Great Biitain. An uneasy feeling prevails. Air. Sargood,-soft goods’ warehouseman, is dead. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company has declared a dividend cf ton percent. The ship, Northflcct bound for Hobart Town with 412 passengers, came into collision in the channel with a steamer. The Xorthfleot wont down with three hundred souls. January 24. England's declaration to Russia is not likely to result in political complications. The Russian press writes defiantly of the situation, but the Official journals are guarded in their tone. A Bonapartist reaction is going on in France. Later accounts regarding the sinking of the Northfleet state that the number of lives ’cat was 255, i ’clmnvc of the Captain. The passengers by her were principally navvies.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 564, 7 February 1873, Page 2
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