ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.
LATEST CAPE NEWS.— SICKNESS IN THE BRITISH CAMP.
PEACE NEGOOIATIQNS WITH " -- AFGHANISTAN. w ~--
KNIGHTHOOD APPOINTMENTS.j
INSURGENT RISING IN :tftfßKlS£: tftfßKlS£ PROVINCES.
London, May 24. j The Times, in a leading article, announces that England guarantees the i Ameer of Afghanistan a large annual subsidy contingent upon Strict execution of the treaty. ; . Capetown news tp the Bth May > sayjs that the British advance takes place iv afew days. General Wood commences offensive operations directly. Lord Chelmsford has arrived at Kambula. j The following are the appointed Knights of the Order of St Michael and St George, :— Major-General Wood, Ei. Stafford, and Win. Fo2t. ! Companions : — Colonel Scratchley, Christopher Bollej-'. ton££atricl£ ; Jennings, George Bentham , Edward Richardson, and Wm. Larnach. May 26. I , Later news from the Cape states thajt much sickness prevails in the British camp at a river in Zululand midway bejtween Port Dumford and the mouth of theTogela.^ - . ..•■■,- .- ! Calcutta, May 23. ! Negotiations with Yakoob Khan, still continue, but as yet the Indian Government have failed to come to a settlement on certain details regarding the peace proposals,. but ; in "the main the principal points have been agreed to. j
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XII, Issue 9430, 27 May 1879, Page 2
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