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Alexandria, March 14,—Zebehr Pasha has been arrested and his house searched. Documents were found proving his complicity with the Mahdi. Zebehr was put aboard a British frigate. Zobehr Pasha is the person whom General…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A force consisting of cavalry, infantry, and artillery left camp early on Thursday morning, and marched towards Tamai. No opposition was offered by the Arabs, and the British…
Continued on Trove, page 788 →SUAKIM, April 3, 3.45 p.m.—Consequent upon the information which was the result of the reconnaissance in force by the cavalry the day before yesterday, a large body of our troops struck…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CALCUTTA, April 9.—News has been received that the Russians under General Komaroff attacked the Afghans on the 30th ultimo, on the banks of the Kusk, about a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--Intense excitement we caused in Melbourne when the news of the collision between the Afghans and the Russians became known. All the daily and evening papers issued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As showing the difference between the wives of soldiers in the old country, and those of New Soutli Wales, we extract the following from The Windsor and Eton Express, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunday Night.—Those not lucky enought to get leave of absence by pass till 12 had to return by boat from Circular Quay at 8.45 p.m. No trams were available during church hours, and groups of red…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →LONDON, April 9,7.55 p.m.—Mr. Gladstone has stated that, from the information in the possession of the Government, he regards the occupation of Pendjeh by the Russian forces as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, April 9.--Great excitement was caused in London by the intelligence that a conflict has taken place between the Russians under General Komaroff, and Afghans on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Standard this morning publishes a telegraphic despatch from its special correspondent in Afghanistan, stating that a battle was fought between the Russian and Afghan…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Leader Correspondent wrote as follows on March 6.— "No doubt this re-opening of offers of help made by son, and this attempted change of meaning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, April 11, 10 p.m.--Mr Gladstone made another statement in the House of Commons to day in reference to the recent battle between the Russian outpost and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, April 11.—Directly the Czar of Russia heard of the collision between the Russian and Afghan troops near the River Murghab, in Afghanistan, he telegraphed to General Komaroff,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Directly the Czar of Russia heard of the collision between the Russian and Afghan troops on the River Murghab, in Afghanistan, he wired to General Komaroff, the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr George Augustus Sala, in his lecture delivered at the Golden Age Hall, Maryborough, on Friday night, to a crowded honse, spoke as follows (says the "Argus,") in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Public Works is desirous that no unnecessary alarm should be caused by the various rumours promulgated concerning the nature of telegraphic or other communications…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a contemporary journal E. W. O'Sullivan saw fit to accuse me of ignorance, or something worse, upon the Soudan question. My reply to his letter has been suppressed by the editor of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—From the report of an interview in to-day's Newcastle HERALD, which, took place on Saturday between a representative of that journal and the captain of the schooner Quickstep,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. George Augustus Sain, in his lecture delivered at the Golden Age Hall, Maryborough, on Friday night (writes the correspondent of the Argus), to a crowded house, spoke as follows in reference to the impending war with Russia:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Calder reports that on the passage of the steamer South Australian, from Adelaide to Melbourne, at half-past 6 a.m. on the 12th instant, when off Cape Jaffa, they sighted a man-of-war under steam and canvas, steering for…
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