By Electric Telegraph
[Press Agency.] Singapore, Juno C, 2.5 p.m. Great difficulty is experienced in supplying the Russian army in Roumania. The Circassian insurgents have been defeated with great loss. Sydney, June 7. Sir Win. Jervois' report approves generally of the present outer fortifications, and recommends the use of torpedoes at Sydney, Newcastle, and Botany Bay, and ironclads for the defence of the coast against bombardment. He thinks that, in the event of Englaud being engaged in hostilities, there is little probability of an enemy's vessels making a descent on the Colonies. Robertson's resolutions ;in the Assembly condemning the Premier's letter to the Agent-Goncral, referring to the latter's .letter "Fallacies of Federation," were negatived.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 426, 9 June 1877, Page 3
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114By Electric Telegraph Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 426, 9 June 1877, Page 3
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