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(reuter's telegrams, per press agency. ) London, December 27. The Servian troops - have effected a junction with tlie Russian army, and are now advancing towards Sophia. Ti'is news comes from St. Petersburgh, and requires confirmation. The early opening of the British Parliament encourng. s the Porte to f;ivt!?-.-r resistance, and increased confidence is felt at Constantinople.
(SPECIAL TO THE WELLINGTON AHOUS.) London, December 28. Austria has forbidden Servian operations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The British fleet has quitted Besika ■Bay for the Gulf of Volo. A Russian frigate captured a Turkish transport witli 870 soldiers. A large number of the Russian cavalry were compelled to recross the Danube owing to the scarcity of forage in Bulgaria. The body of Osman Pasha has arrived at Bucharest, en route for Moscow, where it will be interred.
Sir James Ferguson will contest the seat for Greenock.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 519, 29 December 1877, Page 2
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