CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 870, 29 January 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN | NEWS. | (iPECUL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Loxko.v, January 25. Cape advices say that Cotewayo had not : replied to the ultimatum up to the Gtli, ; and evidently intends fighting. The British ' commander gives till the 11th for thecoma ! plcte submission, meanwhile he is pre- | paring to cross the frontier. January 26. Arrangements have l>een made to establish a National Bank of Egypt, with a capital of four millions. Germany is preparing to mobilise 80,000 men for the purpose of establishing a sanitary cordon on the Russian frontier against the plague(EEtrnrK*sTEL.EftnAM, PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Lonkon, January 27. . The trial of the City of Glasgow Bank • Directors continues. The case for the prosecution was closed to-day. The charges of theft and embezzlement have been ■ abandoned. '

DIB.ECT AITSTRaXiTAN NEWS. (EEUTER'3 TELEGRAM, PER PREB3 ASSOCIATION".) Sydney, January 27. The New South Wales team for five wickets made 226, thus winning by five wickets and one run. Massie, not out, 78 ; C. Bannerman, not out, 83.

(SFECIAL XO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Stdket, January 28. 2<ew South Wales won by five wickets. Bannerman, 61; Massie, not out, 83. The Bulli lock Tout is settled. The Union is permitted with reservations in the employers' interests. , At the aniveraary regatta yeaterday, Magic (three hours and thirty-three minutes) beat the Waitangi, the yacht from New Zealand, by twelve minutes. • In the cricket match, C. Bannerman, notwithstanding his injury, batted splendidly.