Telegraphic News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume V, Issue 437, 28 September 1880, Page 2

Telegraphic News.

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[Special to Mail.] j', London, 24. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1,300,000 quarters. Best Australian beef tallow 33s Gd, best mutton 355; best Australian leather ll^d. At the wool sales to day, 8500 bales were catalogued. The tone was again * firm and active. The cricket match Australians v. eleven of Nottingham was resumed and concluded to-day. The Homo team continued their *" first innings, which closed for 98. The Australians then went'in for their second, but only succeeded in putting together 77 runs. The Nottingham team then requiring 131 runs to win tho match, went in for their second innings. They succeeded in scoring the lequired number, with -the loss of nine wickets, and thus won tlie match by one wicket. There was. grea #

excitement over the finish of the game. In the first innings of Nottingham, Boyle and Palmer for the Australians, bowled splendidly, each taking five wickets. News have been received from Chili that a very severe earthquake has occurred in that country. 200 persons and great damage has been done to property. The Wool Sales closed to-day; the total quantity sold during the serios was 2GO 000 bales, 3,000 were held over for the next Bales. Merinos and cress-breds have closed for about; the same price as last auctions and with firm and active demand. Constantinople, Sept. 25. Admiral Seymour returned to Ragusa from Cettringe and the combined fleet under his command will leave the former place on Monday for Dulcigno. The Porte has positively refused to agree to the cession of Dulcigno unless naval coercion is abandoned. The Alabamans threaten to arrest tho various foreign consuls, and the English Consular staff, have therefore left Scutari. Paris, September 25. Mr Bartheloiney St Hiliare, the newly appointed minister for foreign affairs has issued a circular that the foreign policy of Trance continues to be of a Pacific character.

(from the lyttelton times.)

New York, Sept. 24,

It is announced that the American Artie Exploring party has discovered the remains of Sir John Franklin's expedition, after sledging for eleven months, and following the route covered by the crews of the Erebus and Terror.