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; V-'.. ' . Sydney, Wednesday. Owing to a breakdown in machinery, the shipment of frozen meat to England is postponed indefinitely. . : - : . . 'News by the Torres Strait 'nmT, dated May 25, states that General Melikoff reports the Russian capture of Ardahan with lmnjeuse quantities of artillery, stores, and ' tw ebty-five Krupp guns. . A large number of Turks were taken prisoners. The admirable fire of the artillery speedily made a breach in the walls, and the Turks fled! when the assault took place, leaving great numbers of dead. ! The Turkish commandant is to be tried hy Court Martial for not offering a better resistance. An encounter has taken place between a British gunboat and some Spanish smugglers at gamp Bay. The smugglers surrendered.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 163, 12 July 1877, Page 2
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120INTERCOLONIAL. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 163, 12 July 1877, Page 2
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