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(KKCTKU'.S TKLKCKA.V. CKt: I'll KSS ASSOCIATION.) Lonl>o>", October 24. Tiic Liberal party have called on the Powers to respect the treaty obligations, ami would insist on thi Government that England should combine with Europe in <'li'ort3 for the maintenance of peace, and to oppose agression and protect the weaker.
. Despatches from Sir Garnet Wolseley, . dated October 7, state that annexation is irrevocable, and rpcommeijd the Government to acquiesce. News from Capetown to October loth states that troops had heen sent to Mid- . debar:;, owing to disturbances among the t Boers. Lord Hartington, at a Liberal demonstration at Manchester, stated that the : abdication of Yakoob Khan precluded the possibility of a British Resident at Cabul without sufficient protection. October 25. Best Australian beef tallow, 39s Gd ; best Australian mutton tallow, 40s (id. Vievna, October 24. The Austrian Defence Commission have held their first sitting. Madras, October 2G, The P. and O. Company's steamer Hindostan has been totally wrecked on the coast. The extent of the loss of life is unknown. r (SPECIAJi TO MELBOURNE ARGUS.) London, October 25. The Berlin correspondent of the News states that Russia is preparing to despatch two expeditions one from Newborg, under General Ka liftman, and the other drawn from the Caucasus, to be concentrated on Afghanistan—to assist the tribes against England. Other papers publish similar rumors. (SPECIAL TO JIULIiOURXE AGE.) Loxdgx, October 27. In addressing a political meeting at Manchester, Mr. Bright maintained that England's foreign policy was not consonant with the general feeling of the I country. The secret of the procrastination of a dissolution was that the Government feared that the result of the election would be unfavorable to the Conservatives. The Liberal policy would avoid harrassing wars, promote retrenchment. and secure a reduction of the income t:.x. The decisive defeat of the Merv expedition is confirmed. General Roberts is investigating the ca3e of the Cabul outbreak. Five of the
ringleaders were hanged within the city. Thia punishment has produced a deep impression. a
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1100, 28 October 1879, Page 2
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