CABLEGRAMS.
LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (KECTER'S TELEGRAM, PER PRESS ASSOCIATION) Lo.vno.v, Fubruary 11. Consols, 9C»J. Wheat, sixpence'lower. February 14. Tfie Premier made a statement similar to that made in the Commons, calling upon the nation to wipe out the disgrace of the disaster in Zululand. The Afghan expedition had achieved its object, viz., the protection of the frontier, but preserving the independence of Afghanistan. He hopes the weather improving will mitig.'.U .-J,'stress at Home. February 13. At a meeting of the London committee of the Sydney Exhib :f ,ion, it was stated that the Eritish Admiralty will lend its valuable scientificapparatusrfor exhibition; ancj, it wgs announced that France requires GCOO metres or space, It is stated here that South Australia intends checking immigration. Beelix, February 12. The German Parliament has been opened. The Emperor in a speech decided the necessity to revert to the Pro-
tectionist principles which were in force anterior to 1865, in order to secure a home market for home productions. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. reuter's telegram, per press association.) . . Sydney, February 14. JVlr. Fitzpatrick had been elected leader of the Opposition in the Assembly. Lady Robinson laid the foundationstone of the Exhibition building yesterday, in the presence of a large assemblage. Serious ' bush' ftres are. raging in, ; the Albury district. February 15. Governor Robinson will leave for New Zealand on the 15th March, in H.M.S. Emerald. Commodore Wilson accompanies him in H.M.S. Wolverine. Melbourne, February 14. Arrived—Tararua. (special to press association.) Sydney, February 14. A bushranger at Wagga stuck up a hawker. He was subsequently captured selling the jewellery stolen. The lJallina has been wrecked oil the Port Macquarie bar. No lives were lost. The steamer is broken in two. Daly, master of the Heather, has been sentenced at Fiji to six months' imprisonment a;id a fine of Ll5O for illegally detained Islanders. Cooktown, February 14. The French invalids have all landed. The fatalities have ceased.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 885, 15 February 1879, Page 2
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