CABLE MESSAGES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 3, Issue 233, 11 October 1878, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

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- (keuteu's special to the press .. .■. '. , ■' AGENCY.) ■,[. Calcutta, Sept. 28. :,Mr. Cewayne,:the Conversativecandi.date, has been ellected for Truro. . :■' '" •■■ ' Vienna, Sept. 29. Bosnia is virtually pacified. The insurgents have bceA dispersed. [Special - to the press agency] . .;;« /: .: ; London, Sept. 26. : Orders have been giveni'to ni'ass'troops at Simla, with the view to an iuimetliate advance upon Gandahar, The Cabul mission has been given up. It is expected to detacli the Khyber Pass from the Ameer. Although the British Government are in the possession of evidence showing that Russia promised the Ameer a subsidy and a portion of Indian territory in the event of his success, they desire to ,leave the Affghan question entirely in the hands of Lord Lytton, and avoid dragging Russia into the dispute. •■..-..■ The Turks have been defeated by the . insurgents in Thessaly. : The Austrians have occupied Swarak. A gunpowder explosion, lias taken place at the Mount St. Gothard railway tuhneli • : , ;:. "■. : '•'..■ Mr Gladstone has published a letter thanking the South Australians for the congratulatory address on on the Eastern Question. Sir M. Hicks-Beachj iii'ia at Chipping • Ndi'tonj .-,wunmly., praised the patriotic behaviour,, of , :the. Colonies duringithe Eastern,crisis, testifying as it did to the loj'alty. • and • la'iiity of the Empire. ~, ~,'..., ;•■ , ; ■] ■ ' .'/. ■>. . ■■■ "■'.' ■„'.-' '. .-.• i.i Sept, 28. The money market is "easy. Large imports of gold have given ah improved monetary position. s Discount rates in open market are; equal to the Bank minimum. The. Bank reserve is becoming so strong us; to warrant a reduction of the rate of discount, . , : , , :; s ; improyement.recently reported inwool has been totally lost. Prices show an average decliue.of Hd to 2d. .•The English ..cricket team leave ;for Australia by the Suez Mail on Uct.l7 ? They are Lord Hornby, Lucas, Weblie,; , ;Stone (Steel?), Maul, Absolom, , Mackinnon,: Royle, Schultz, and the professionals Emmett' and Ulyett.