LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.
(REUTER'S TELEGRAM, PER PRES3 ASSOCIATION) London, August 23. Lord Chelmsford has been presented with the Grand Cross of the Bath. Harvest prospects are unfavorable owing to heavy rains. Best Australian beef tallow, 33s per cwt. ; do mutton, 35s per cwt. Bomb, August 23. Garibaldi is better. He returns to Caprera shortly. August 23. There have been large withdrawals of gold for South America. Wool is in better demand, and prices remain steady. Athens, August 23. The commissioners who have been appointed to finally arrange details regarding the rectification of the Greek frontier have held their first meeting. (SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.) London, August 23. Sir. Childers has resigned the directorship of the Great Western Railway of Canada. Germany insists upon the legal recognition of German land purchased at Fiji. In wool, prices are weaker since List Saturday, with reductions compared with the close of the June sales of, for superior washed fleeces, lid; ordinary, Id; scoured Australian and ordinary greasy cross-bred, id. Combing merino is firm. There are ()9,C2G bales catalogued, and 1000 have beon withdrawn. The foreigners have taken three-fourths. (SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE.) London, August 23. The latest news from the Cape reports that proposals of peace have been made by Cetewayo, provided his deposition is not instated upon. The proposals have been refused, and Sir Garnet Wolseley has demanded an unconditional surrender.
The remnant of Cetewayo's army is retreating to the back country, with the British in pursuit. Tenders are invited for the new "Western Australian loan.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1044, 25 August 1879, Page 2
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