CABLEGRAMS.
• LATEST HOME ASI) FOKKIGN' NEWS. ! (BEnfllllVuSttßM!* rrc j'RlSM.VWft.vnojf.) | Losnox, December IS. | The total raon-c in notes and bidlion | in the n.«tfk nf England is L 15,577,000. ' The report of the liquidators of the GUsguw fknt k states that the final payment. will s-pcedily be made. A further dividend is announced, making l~>s in all. The Lord-Lieutenant has appealed for subscriptions to relieve the distress existing in Ireland. . Sr. pF.TRKSBtT.cS, December IS. The Empress is ill with a severe attack of pleurisy. _ , Vienna, December 18. The Emperor of Austria, in a speech, referred to the friendly alliance with Germany. which was to secure the maintenance of peace. C.\i,>'t~TT.\, December 18Sirdar Abdullah Khan has seized the citadel at Herat and proclaimed himself Governor. Ayaub Khan, his brother, he seized and imprisoned. In addition to the troops with Baker and Macpherson, Itoberts* force numbers 5000, with 23 guns. (sFErIAL TO MF.I.nofHNT. AOK.) Los HON, December IS. Genera! Gondii had marched as far as Gandamuk, and was attempting to occupy the Jagdalak Pass, when the hostile tribes appeared in overwhelming strength, and checked his advance. His safety is seriously imperilled. The force of General Nugent, a strong detachment, is advancing in forced marches to his relief. In response to the appeal t>f the Viceroy .if India, L"rd Napier of Magdala, has been summoned from England, and witl probably be entrusted with the conduct of the Afghan war.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1149, 20 December 1879, Page 2
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234CABLEGRAMS. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1149, 20 December 1879, Page 2
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