SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 892, 24 February 1879, Page 2

SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.

* (FROM OCR OWX CORRESPONTIEXTS.) London, February IC. c Lord Chelmsford lias retired. The Maritzburg consultation is beim v vigorously prosecuted. f. It is proposed to send Indian troops tc the Cape. February 17. Lord Napier of Magdala will commanc f ' the Britisli forces against the Zulus. In the boat-race Elliot defeated Higgin; c easily. February 18. Germany allows the free import ol wool and oak. '■' Roumania apologises to Russia. Malet has succeeded Layard. e Tn a riot at Cairo the Khedive was s assaulted, and his menials wounded. ,i The German Reichstag refused to allow the Government to arrest social deputies. February 19. s There is great anarchy in Thessaly. r The German Government have proit posed a tax on copper. v The London Colonial wool sales opened to-night. The total arrivals are upwards of 250,000 bales. The attendance of " home and foreign buyers is large. Prices il range about the same as at the last series. The low fleeces' prices have slightly declined. Capo wools preponderate. February 20. s All the Zulus' attacks were repulsed. e The situation is serious ; but the British are confident of maintaining their position until reinforced. Kaiiffman has received an embassy from Afghan, but royally refuses it support. *■ Svdnkv, February 2:2. i The flour arid wheat market is. extremely f dull. t February 24 The Suez mail has arrived. Passengers —Captain and Mrs. Tosswill and family, Mr. Jeffreys, Mrs. Richmond and family, i Mrs. and Miss Atkinson. j There was disgraceful jobbery by the , Victorian Ministry respecting the Bourke ,- election. The Newcastle miners arc subscribing towards the sufferers by the mining ■ calamity in New Zealand (Kaitaugata . mine explosion). The national demonstration in connection with the unveiling of the statue to ' Captain Conk takes place to-morrow. ' .Arrangements have been made fqr a ; n.a'.ih la.iwuen jix Sidney and five Vic- . ; i"T"i'Ui cricketers against the English Eleven, the match to played in i-~A- ' bourne.