BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Dunstan Times, Issue 879, 21 February 1879, Page 3

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

—o—(By Cable.) (From Exchanges.) London, February Bth. A strike of the engineers has commenced —SOOO men and IS London linns being affected. February 10th. The Admiralty reported that the Thun* derer gun missed fir-*, and the gun was reloaded aud both charges fired. February 10th. England has purchased from Turkey all the Crown domains of Cyprus;' * The Australian and New Zealand December mails, via Brindisi, were delivered on the 8 th. The 24th Hegiment and 600 natives have been almost completely annihilated by 20,000 Zulus, six British officers and 200 soldiers were killed. Capetown, February 10! hj. Natal is in great danger. The Coventry and High Commissioners have demanded instant reinforcements. The Zulus have lost 6000 men. London, Februaryllth. Reinforcements for the Cape, consisting of 600 infan f ry, two cavalry regiments »nd two batteries, leave immediately. The-e reinforcements are sufficient to terminate the struggle. They start within a week Serious riots have occurred in Liverpool. The military were called o it for protection, and to hold the city. The engineers’ strike extends to London. ■i ~ i February 11th. The 24th Regiment was decoyed into an ambush of 20,000 Zulus, and though overwhelmed by numbers fought bravely. Thirty officers and 570 men fell. The Zulus are believed to have lost 5000. It was a regular massacre. It has been decided to despatch five large swift steamers with reinforcements. The Government offer to subsidise a cable to the Cape. February 14th. The Premier has made a statem mt simi lar to that made in tire Commons, calling upon England to wipe out the disaster in Zulu land, and that the Afghan expedition has achieved the object of protecting the frontier and the independence of Vfghau, It is hoped the improving weather will mitigate distress. At a banquet, the First Lord of the Admiralty said liedeeply deplored the disaster which had befallen the British troops in the Zulu country, and announced that reinforce ments sufficient to terminate the struggle would start within a week. The German Parliament has opened . The Emperor in his speech declared it was necessary to revert to the Protectionist princip’es in force ant Tin r to 1865, in order to secure a home market f-T home productions. > At a meeting of the London Committee in connection with the Sydney Exhibition today, it was stated that the British AdmiAplty wan’d lend its valuable scientific apparatus for exhibition It was further announced that France requires 6000 metres of space for exhibits. It is stated herp that South Australia ipten Is checking immigration. In the House of Lords the Lord President of the Council, in reply to a question, said the British Government,intended to send a physician to Astraohaa to report upon the plague. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Rank of England is L13.62*,0U0. I A een'nus ennfjiet has occurred.at.Galatz . between Russian soldiers aud police. Several were killed. ‘ '^l The Admira'K’ has commissioned a frigato to convey exhibit* to Sydney. • j

'‘-■Jt'phgue'fcftrtfepaingitf Eastern Eflrope, 4 and has reached Bessarabia. There have been numerous deaths. I- Lord i\oi;thcota jigs ptafftdjn Patlipmsnt that relation vtitli Foreign; Powers were gratifying and Vaiiisfhcter#.’ Tfie' Covernment would ask a vote for the vigorous prosecution of the Zulu war. The requirements of the Berlin Treaty were being fulfilled, and the pacific relations of Crete and Greece vteret progressing? The puifchiso of .Turkish lanq in Cyprus had Steep Arranged. He promised new bankruptcy legislation. O’Kelly, the Fenian, has been released. The New Zealand Agricultural Company, Limited, with a capital of one million, has been spqces-fully, floated', |Tb«\ is;company referred tolu another column as having been formed to purchase the estates of Messrs Joseph Clarke, O. M. bell, Larnach, and Driver, on the Waimea Plains, Southland.] .■, , < ' ■— f ■ b : . I