SPECIAL CABLEGRAM.
[rtum ocb ow* correstojjdest.] Lo.vdox, April 23. Advices from Capetown dated ISth state tli.it Lord Chelmsford has defeated 11,000 Zulus, and relieved Ekowe. Colonel Pearson accomplished a briliiaut victory at Kambttla. The transport Clyde has been wrecked. AH hands were saved. It» believed that Cetewayo has fled. Stbsey, April 24. •The ocean steamships Whampoa, St. Osyth, and Hankow arc withdrawn from the Australian trade, and arc sold to an Italian company, to trade between Italy and Bombay. The Assembly is taking action in conscquenc* of the Council refusing to pass tie Privileges Bill. The influx of Chinese continues. Eight hundred have arrived in Sydney within four we^ks. Adelaide wheat has declined.
fVnr hundred carpenters struck at the Exhibition for 12s for eight hours' work. The Government firmly refuse to comply, and will abolish ornament, and, if necessary, use canvas. Sis hundred carpenters* are now wanted at 10s Ud for eight hours' work,
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 942, 24 April 1879, Page 2
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154SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 942, 24 April 1879, Page 2
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