CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 896, 28 February 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

'latest •i* > >i;-: ,\:-;d foukign (r:RtTEK*ATf.t.E»S!:AM. I'KK I'KESS ASSni-r.vnoN \ Li'.viiox. February 2t>. An English and » French frigate have to Alexandria to watch events in Kgyft. The ttrafc Kill in the yietded t'.v.: ittitltons. Tho v*Hma?t'd Fwbttil'UM have b.'en ve:h:ced. :t:sd t:iv n.-.d.-r.f £tUT>'a-:ed., and a f::il payniont of tile Hank's debt.+ i.+ expected (>• be mad;-. i Tho French i'riuce Intpesial is ifini; to I N;kfat to witne-v. the car.ipai-.;'.; lliv Tho Time.* in a Ee.-'dftiT article to-day antiounccrt that it has reason t-> be'tei'e that the colonists ot South Africa v.i'l adopt the system of Federal Government. Mr. Berry to-day interviewed the .Secretary of State for the Colonies. He nryeii the neowdry of Imperial leu'i.-latioti or other inierveiitton. lie .-aid the dttiiculty actual circttmstatices was incapable of adjustment. The interview was private. Mr. Berry regards it as satisfactory. Another interview will take place in a few day?.. February 27. An extraordinary credit of L 1.000.000 has been ,-wkcti for the Zulu war. Mr. Bern." handed the Secretary of State for the Colonies a reply to the despatch of October Ist. © DIRECT ACSYit.WdAX NKWS. (F.r.r Tf:f:'sTEf.F.t.E:.\>t. i-ki: Svonf.y. February 27. W. If. Cooper, a barrister, has been committed for trial on a charge of as.-auh- . iiij' 3lr. -f. Heaton. oi:e of the proprietors of the Evening News. Isail has been alio wed. Four yotd)f; btts : 'i->,ni'ers w>-re captnre.-l ■near the border. One policeman was shot throwgh the back. It is announced here that larjfe exhibits of wo«»! will be setit from New Zealand to the Exhibition. MelboTese, February 27. The Manjnis of Normanbv and suite landed at Nrindrid"e J'ier at 8 o'clock to- . They were received by several othctats and "ttards of honor in the presence of a large number of people. He ■ immediaterly proceeded to Government Honse, where the Chief Judge administered the oath, in the presence of the ; Colonial Treasurer, th»j Chief Secretary. the Attorney-General, the Minister of lAttd* and Agriculture, the Fostmasfer- . General, the Commissioner of Railways and Roads, the Minister of 3lines, the Mayor and Corporation, and the Foreign Consuls. The numerous assemblage gave his Excellency a cordial reception. {;fFfc«'ML TO H:F.SS ASSOCIATION-}. Svpxev, February 27. The- English footballers will not come. George Alfred Lloyd, formerly Treasurer, ha« hail hi* certificate refused fur the improper reteEJtioti of trust funds. Tt»rcw miners were buried at W'allsend by a fall of earth. Tlu? po'ice have captured two incipient bu 4irangers. The Chinese crew of the steamer Wntonga have struck on the question of payment. The company prosecuted, but eventually granted their discharge and full wages. Memwh-bnit, Febntarj- 27. Two bushrangers stuck up a store at Dnbbo, but were subsequently captured.