CABLE NEWS. MR. GLADSTONE'S INJURIES NOT DANGEROUS.
SYMPATHY OF DUTCH COLONISTS WITH TRANSVAAL BOERS. [EEUTER'S TELKGRAMB.] London, 24th February. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England is .£17,750,000. The demand for best sides of Australian hides is limited, and prices are \d lower. At the wool sale to-day 9GOO bales were offered. The tone of the bidding was quiet. The number of bales withdrawn from sale since the opening is 7000, out of a total of 72,0(0 catalogued. Mr. Gladstone's physicians report that he is in no danger from the wound he has received, but that he requires complete rest. The head-quarters of the Irish Land League have now been transferred to Paris, and Mr. Parneli has again gone on a visit to that city. Capetown, 24th February. Telegrams have been received to-day from Sir George Colley, announcing that he has reconnoitred the enemy's position as a preparatory movement to his advance against the Boers in force. News to hand from Natal states that it has been ascertained that a number of Dutch colonists, who have up to the present been deemed loyal, have been secretly assisting the Transvaal Boers in their operations against the British.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 47, 26 February 1881, Page 2
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201CABLE NEWS. MR. GLADSTONE'S INJURIES NOT DANGEROUS. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 47, 26 February 1881, Page 2
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