CABLEGRAMS.
LATEST WAR NEWS. (reuter's telegrams, per press agency.) London, February 13. The opening of the Colonial wool sales has been postponed until the 2Gth February. Active mil'tary and naval preparations are being made. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question, said he hoped to announce on Thursday that the British ironclad squadron had arrived at Constantinople. Several Austrian ironclads are starting for the Levant. The Channel squadron has been ordered to rendezvous at Gibraltar as a port of call. The Assam arrived at Galle on the 12fch inst. February, 13, evening. The Turkish Government has notified a protest against the entry of the British squadron into the Dardanelles. [SPECIAL TO THE ARGUS.] London, February 12. The Pope left two wills. The first leaves three and a half millions of francs annually to his successor for the expenses of the Papacy; the second leaves his nephews legacies to the amount of 300,000 francs, and to the poor of Rome the remainder, February 13. The Appeal Court upset the conviction of Mr. Bradlaugh and Mrs. Besant. The Government has purchased two Turkish ironclads detained as contraband in the Thames. •
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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 559, 15 February 1878, Page 2
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