The rumours as to the imminence of war between Great Britain and Russia have, as we anticipated oft Saturday: that they would, turned out, to havcj no substantial foundation;. It may! now be taken for granted that thd alarmist despatch to the Governor of New South Wales, if such were eveif sent, had reference to a date prior to July 7. Concerning the atrocities in Bulgaria the news is not very olear; England declares the Government^ responsible for tho conduct of the, Turks, and Lord Eliot was blamed for apathy on the subject — such items of intelligence afford no ground for the^ conclusion that the horrible butchery of women and children by the Turksj, some details of which have been already published, does not still continue, under the very eyes o^ Christendom. ' j
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 2630, 29 August 1876, Page 2
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