CABLE TELEGRAMS.
LONDON, June 14. Russia is negotiating a new loan for fifty millions sterling. After fifty-five hours, continued fighting between the Turks and Montenegrins, the latter withdrew. Both suffered heavy losses. The Russian preparations for the passage of the Danube at Guirgovo have been frustrated. SYDNEY, June 15. News received by the Torres Straits mail at Brisbane states that full detailed instructions have been sent by the Madras mail from the Homo Government to India to send a force to occupy Egypt in the event of certain contingencies. Sir Neville Chamberlain has been offered the command of the expedition. Chinese immigration to Queensland is expected to greatly decrease, owing to the opening of the tea season. June 17. John Fairfax, M.L.C., proprietor of the Sydney Morning Herald, died on Saturday morning. The steamer Ballina collided with and sunk the barque Sylphide, bound from Portland Bay to Sydney, half a mile south of Long lloef. All lives were saved.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3935, 18 June 1877, Page 2
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159CABLE TELEGRAMS. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3935, 18 June 1877, Page 2
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