CABLE MESSAGES.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 364, 16 January 1880, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

LATEST EUROPEAN. (Reuters Telegrams.) [Special to Mail.] Paris, Jan. 14. Gambetta has been re-elected President of the French Chamber of Deputies by a small majority. (FROM THE LYTTELTON TIMES.) London, Jan. 12. Arrived—The ship Chile, from Timaru, from which she sailed on Aug. 27. Considerable agitation prevails in Ireland owing to the continued ejectment of tenants. Several serious riote occurred on Friday and Saturday, resulting in conflicts between the police and the mobs. No fatalities on either side are reported. The diviug for the bodies at the scene of the Tay disaster continues. j Jan. 13. A fortnight has been granted to ar-'

range for the trial of questions which ' have been raised in connection with the Tichborne case. News from Afghanistan states that Gen. Roberts has routed ''* the ■ Ghuznee Afghans with heavy loss. German Consuls will be appointed in the capital cities of Australia and New Zealand. The Consul-General at Sydney, and the French Chamber of Commerce, have been urged by the Government to secure the efficient representation of France at the Melbourne Exhibition. Three per cent. Consols, 97|. I The Empress Eugenic embarks on board the Union Company's steamer J Gorman on March 26. The Bagot trial commences at the Easter Term. Berlin, Jan. 13. The Russian Government, replying to the representations of Germany, admits the concentration of Russian troops on the German frontier, but says no hostility is intended. The step is attributable to the withdrawal of Russian troops from Bulgaria and the pacification of Turkey. [Argus' Special.] London, Jan. 14. It is officially known that Bismarck has warned Russia to keep the peace. Germany will not tolerate a FrancoRussian alliance. There is an increasing indication of a general election about Easter. The Austro-Servian difficulty will be arranged.