CALOGRAMS.
(Reutbb's Special to Pbess Aghncy.)
LATEST.
The Zulu War.
The Sydney Exhibition.
London, March 29.
The first reinforcements for the Zulu campaign were landed at Natal on the sth inst. The remainder will disembark on the 10th. The relief of Ekowe will shortly be attempted. There is no truth in the rumour that the Zulus had made overtures of peace. An attack by the Basutus has been repulst 1. Paeis, March 29. The French Government undertake the expense of transportation of exhibits to Sydney. Sydney, This day. Floods in the Daintree, Mossman and Johnston rivers have carried out to sea one million feet of cedar which can never be recovered. Cooktown, March 30. The Lallier sailed for Noumea. Three deaths occurred prior to sailing, and there was heavy mortality from dysentry, probably owing to overcrowding. London, March 29. Mutton tallow, 355. The Commissioners Consider to-day the proposal to invite the Pr ice of Wales to open the Exhibition.
London, March 19,
Colonial debentures are in great demand. Capitalists are turning their attention to Australian investments generally. King Alphonso of Spain has been betrothed to the sister of bis late Queen Mercedes. The Sultan entertained the officers of the British fleet at a grand banquet. St. Pbtebsbubg, March 15. One of the best informed organs of the St. Petersburg press states that Eussian officers are now surveying those districts that still remain independent between Persian, Russian, and British frontiers, ! and their exertions are encouraged and supported by the Government. The paper concludes by saying: " The Afghan question is of such importance to us that we cannot avoid giving our very serious attention to it, if we value our possessions and prestige in Central Asia. Its importance lies in its consequences; and it is not a mere idle assertion to state that under the walls of Cabul, or on the frontier of India, the Russian soldier may destroy to its very foundation the ancient might of Great Britain, should we be compelled to do no by her exaggerated pretensions/ : i'
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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3156, 31 March 1879, Page 2
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339CALOGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3156, 31 March 1879, Page 2
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