CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 125, 28 September 1877, Page 2

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

: * [Reuters Telegrams, Per Press Agency.] Bombay, September 25. The detectives "concerned in the turf swindles have been- committed for trial. Seven hundred and fifty thousand models have been burnt in the American Patent office. London, September 22. The Brindisi mail was delivered yesterday. „ Upwards of 3000 bales were offered to-day The closing sales show an improvement in prices and increased firmness. Foreigners are again competing, and the opening rates have recovered. 40,000 bales were catalogued and 20,000 withdrawn. Bombay, September 25. A Russian official says that Mehemet unsuccessfully attacked the Russians at Cherkovna, on the Jantra, on September 21. He reached the entrenchmens but was compelled to fall back, as his support failed. A Turkish official despatch says that a convoy mustering 5000 has entered Plevna. (special to the dunedin STAR) London, September 20, night. The Russo-Roumanian forces still hold Gravitza. Official accounts state that the Russian losses in the engagements before Plevna this week have amounted to 16,000. The Turks admit a loss of 9500. London, September 21, night. The Turks, after capturing an outlying fort, advanced in force upon Grevitza, but were compelled to retire upon their own, positions with a loss of 2600. The Russians still maintain their position.