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[Special ] Loxdox, February 22. _ T , ne Victorian Embassy are to meet Sir M. Hicks Beach on Wednesday next. Bank reserve stronger ; no new feature in stock market. Government debentures quiet Victorian securities lower. The wool sales are showing symptoms of weakness, prices now ruling 10 per cent lower than last February. Sales at corn market unchanged. The winner of the Waterloo Cup is Miller Masterton. The runner up was Mr Carratbers' Coramaine. The winner of the Waterloo Purae is Dear Erin, and of the Waterloo Plate, Musical Box. rRBUTEB'a Tblegbams pee Peess Agency.] Vienna, February 22. The reports of the Committee of the Lower House of the Austria-Hungarian Empire approve of the proposal to apportion amongst Austrian firms the Government grant of one hundred thousand florins for Austrian representation at the Sydney Exhibition. London, February 22 lhe total reserve in notes and bullion in tne Bank of England is eighteen million pounds. Australian tailow, best beef. 6d lower • i best mutton, Is lower. r, i ,o. , February 23. Colonel Stanley, the Secretary of State for I War, has been authorised to express to I General Lord Chelmsford, the Commander-in-Chief at Natal, the sympathy and confidence of the Queen. The army estimates amount to £15,625,000 being a decrease of £2,156,250. ' _ . _ February 24. Mr Berry interviews the Secretary for State for the Colonies to-morrow. The Bulgarian Legislative Council was opened at Turova yesterday. Obituary: Duke of Newcastle. Bombat, February 23. A large meeting of Mollabis has been held at Cabul, at which it was declared that Shere Ali had Bought Russian help, and that, therefore, any religions demonstration in his favor would be unlawful. Cape Town, February 4. The British forces are acting on tbe defensive, but the Zulus are not attacking. Pearson's British column 13 entrenched at
Akowi. The Comniander-in-Chief and staff are going to join him there. The native contingent was to be disbanded on the 20th.
St. Peteusbuko, February 23. The Russian Governor General of the province of Kaikor.a has been shot by an assassin, and is severely wounded. Berlin, February 2.3. The death of Field-Marhsall Von Koou is anuouueed to-day.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 49, 26 February 1879, Page 2
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