Reuter's Telegrams per Press Agency.
.■ ' . -LondoN) June If. In reply to a question, the War Secretary stated that the terms of the agreement between Lord Salisbury and Count Schouvaloff had been obtained and published surreptitiously, and were incomplete. Sir Stafford Northcote appealed to the House to forego asking for further details. The news from the Cape reports that the Kaffir war is collapsing. The Congress at Berlin is discussing the admission of a representative of Greece. Austria's assent to this proposal is assured. Washington, June 18. The American Tariff Bill, providing for the abolition of classification of wool, and fixing the duty on all kinds at 35 per cent, and on woollen goods at 50 per cent ad vr!orem, has been defeated in Congress.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 148, 20 June 1878, Page 2
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