CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 942, 24 April 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

i LATEST UO.MK AND FOREIGN j NEWS. (fcF.rrEt:'rftKi.R'if:AM. i-ek prr<s awojiation) L«»"_ion*, April 22. i After relieving Ekowc, Lord Chclinsl ford returned to Gurjjhstorn. He has i abattd"n?rd Kkowc as a military position, and entrenched his camp lictwccii Tugcla and I*»'rt Ournford. j The House of Coniuions has assented to ! the introduction of a Ministerial Bill, f«r ! allowing th;r IJanfc an unlimited liability register, with reserved liability. (*.\VBtovrs, April 8. Lo«l Ghclmstord's camp at Gurghstora was ropeatcdlv attacked by 11.000 Zulus at daybreak on thc 3rd. Tljc Zulus were i repulsed with heavy loss. j Lmrvt Chelinsfonl relieved Ekowe on ! the night of the 4th. j The total British loss was 220. | Ekowe hm been evacuated. Colonel ! I'earaon is returning to Tugela. ; Tiit? Boers threaten to invest Pretoria. land to detain Sir Bante Frere, unless t {fieir demands arc grained.

(»PR« t.U. -to re:}>.-< A.x J ,OiT|.s.'nON".l LoM»c>x, April 22. Cdotte-I W"..i..<l m*-t and defeated the Zulus. The loss of life was very heavy. The British lost -tW), and thc Zulus 3000. An insurrection has broken out in thc Transvaal. The By era resent Lord Chelmsford's ordering them into active service l .

«rir Bart Is Frere has proceeded to Pretoria to pacify the Boers, who have invested the town, and declare that they wilf hold him a prisoner until the British Government redress their grievances.

Cupe news via Australia, dated London, April 2;sr«{, says ttmt a great battle has ! been fottjcht at* Kuitibuln, where Colonel i Wood has achievcil a brilliant victor}-. I Cetewayo is reported to have Heel, after ' aicfferiw; enormous lomcs, which must be cltseruetf to have destroyed the Zulu power. The transport Clyde has been wrecked, i with SCO British troops, at 2fatal. Tliere was no toss of life. » DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. f KJrrren'jtTELEOBAM. i'KKI'RKSSAiwM lATIOS.) BIEi.Eor.BJfE, April 23. The Melbourne Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition offers LI2OO in \ prizes. | Sailed—Arawata. Srr»sf v. April 23. The Council have thrown ohs the Chinese Immigration Regulation The City of New York sail.' to-morrow. She will be detained several hours to enable replies being sent to Suez letters. ] Sailed : Hero. [ April 24. \ .Sailed : City of New York. Brisbane, April 24. : The flying- survey of the trans-con-jjttneata! railway from Brisbane to Port Darwin has been successfully completed. It is proposed trr const met the line early. i Sfrtch good land has been discovered. , (jfftC'lat, TO PKE*S ASJWIATION.) | Syi..vey. April 23. I 170 carpenters have struck work at the : Exhibit ion. ' A nambcrof Chinese applied for their nantes being placed on the electoral roll to-day. They were admitted.