PEACE PROPOSALS.
•LONDON, May 26. The : Secretary of 3tate for the Colonies, m reply to a question, said that Sir Garnet Wolseley is instructed to entertain bona fide honorable peace proposals. The latest news from Capetown reports the Zulus as having set fire to the dry grass, increasing the difficulty of obtaining forage for the troops. Sir Garnet Wolsely, who commanded the Ashantee expedition, has been appointed Governor of the South African colonies of Natal and Transvaal, with power to negotiate a peace with the Zulus. Yakoob Khan receives an annual subsidy from the British Government of six lacs of rupees.
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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1082, 31 May 1879, Page 2
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101PEACE PROPOSALS. Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1082, 31 May 1879, Page 2
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