CALOGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume x, Issue 3182, 1 May 1879, Page 2

CALOGRAMS.

(Special to Auckland Stab.)

London, April 29,

The Chilian fleet has blockaded the seaport of Iquique in Peru, and bombarded Hivanillas and Pabellondepica. ,

(Special to the Heeald.)

AUSTRALIAN.

Melbourne, Wednesday. lhe Prince of 'Wales' Projected Visit to the Colonies.

At the interview which Mr Berry had with the Prince of Wales his Royal Highness said that although he would not be able to be present at the opening of the Melbourne Exhibition he hopes to attend later. David Henry, undergoing sentence for embracery, will probably be released from gaol in consequence of the dangerous state of his health. Meibouene, April 29. The retiring president of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce estimates the reduced value of last season's Victorian* owned wool at upwards of three-quarters of a million compared wi*h the previous year. The partial failure of wheat, he estimates, has caused a loss of over aquarter of a' million. Grice Sumner has been elected president of the Chamber. The Marquis of NormanUy has been sworn in as Governor. News from London states that Mr Berry is better. No clue has been obtained to the party who shot at Monk, who assisted in recovering the bodies of the policemen murdered by the Kelly gang. Adelaide, April 29. Wheat is worth 4s 10£ d. Mr Iliginbotham, late Engineer«inChief, is a candidate for the Victorian Council, vice Cole, deceased.