CABLEGRAMS.
(From the Press Agency.)
:.-, LATEST WAR NEWS. Bombay, Aug. 22, 10.53 p.m. The fighting at Shipka Pass was still proceeding yesterday at noon. A Russian official despatch says that repeated attacks by the Turkish forces have been repulsed with heavy loss. Osman Pasha reports having repulsed a reconnaissance at Plevna. August 24, 12.15 p.m. A Russian official despatch says Sulieman Pasha, with 40 battalions, renewed the attack on Shipka Pass on the 21st, but was repulsed. Fighting is still proceeding. After dark, the Turks, under Hoftcha, simultaneously advanced on Sebir ; the result is unknown. The Russians are preparing for the winter campaign.
DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, August 24, Arrived— Tarar ua.
Sydney, August 25.
There is no material alteration in the markets since last quotations. The City of Sydney sailed yesterday, and the Wakatipu leaves tip's afternoon.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 414, 25 August 1877, Page 2
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