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CABLE MESSAGES. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS.

f lieu tor's Telegrams to Press Association.] ENGLISH HARVEST UNFAVORABLE. London, July 3. Tho English harvest prospects are unfavourable, tho crops being partially damagod by excossivo rain. COLLIERY EXPLOSION. A colliery explosion occurred at Blantyro, causing tho death of twentysevon persons. COST OF THE ZULU WAR. London, July 4. Tho Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question in tho House of Commons last night, Baid that the estimated expenditure on tho Zulu war was £500,000 per mouth. ABDICATION OF Til IS KHEDIVE. A diplomatic correspondence in reforouco to the abdication of tho Khedive, shows that EngUud anil France accepted the responsibility of the financial administration iv Egypt. DISTRESSED AGRICULTURISTS. Lovdon, July 5. Tho House of Commons last night, without division, agreed to tho motion for an address to tho Crown for a Lioyal Commission on the distress in the ngv'u cultural districts. FOR LEVUKA. •Sir Arthur Gordon has sailed for Lovuka. RESIGNATION OF GERMAN MINISTERS Bkulin, July 3. The Protectionist nud Conservative policy of Princo Bismarck has caused tho resignation of the Vice President of the Prussian Council of Ministers; Minister of Finance, aud Minister ol Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical affairs. GERMAN PROTECTION TARIFF. Berlin, July 4. Tho German protectionist tariff commences on tho Ist October.

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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3176, 17 July 1879, Page 2

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CABLE MESSAGES. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3176, 17 July 1879, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES. EUROPEAN TELEGRAMS. Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3176, 17 July 1879, Page 2