CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 910, 17 March 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST IJOME AND FOREIGN" .NEWS. [ i:K!'tki:"> tki.ki;i:a.m. I'Ki: im:kss association'.) I.OXHON, March l-l. i Tenders arc invited for a cubic to the !Cape. ! In ilie- House <>f Commons to-il iv, the | I'uder-Secretary for Foreign affairs anit»>unced that ho had been informed that the arms and ammunition shipped from Manchester to M'-zciuhi'iue were not intended for the Zulus. The Chancellor of ih<■ Exchequer, replying to a question, said that it was not intended to supercede Lord Chelmsford in ihe command of the British forces at Natal. Mutton tallow to-day is quoted at -Is (id. PAWS, March J.'!. The Chamber of Deputies have rejected a resolution for the impeachment of the Uroglie-Rochbonneit Cabinet by a large majority. The Government intimated that they would resign if the motion was carried. March 1-1. The Minister for Agriculture has appointed a Committee to arrange for the proper representation of France at the Sydney Exhibition. Ai>kn", March 14. Arrived—Lusitania, from Australia. Loxiio.v, March 15. The latest Cape news states that the Zulus were inactive. Til consequence of the arrival of the frigate Shah with reinforcements from St. Helena, the Com-j inander-in-Chief has decided to send a relieving force to Colonel l'earson at Ekowe. The mail. ; :• via Uiindisi, were delivcrcd yesterday. (sPCCIAI. TO I'UF.SS ASSOCIATION.) LoXHoN, March lit. Sir M. Hicks-Beach will ask Air. Berry for further information, and no definite reply will be given till the discusssion on Mr. Mills' motion is disposed of. It is unlikely that the Government will introduce an Enabling Act without knowing Mr. Berry's subsequent policy. At the same time the Government might entertain a proposal for the reform of the Council by making it a mixed elective and nominee body. Mr. Mills' motion is fixed for the Ist April. Mr. Berry will be presented to the Prince of Wales at the levee on Monday. KaufTmann has resigned the Governorship of Turkistan, owing to being held responsible for the manifestation of Russian sympathy with Afghanistan prior to the war. A feeling of uneasiness is caused by the chief Russian army advancing on Mera.