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Dunstan Times, Issue 854, 30 August 1878, Page 3

August 25. For the Ifunedin Municipal Loan, over L 229,100 was subscribed at an average price of 95 l-7th. The dowager Queen of Spaiu died at Vienna. It is probable that there will be a general mobilisation of the Austrian army. There are rumours of the cession of the Island of Tenedos to England. [Tenedos is an island in the Greek Archipelago off the coast of Troas. The greatest length is five miles, and its breadth two miles ] Athens, August 24. Considerable difficulty has arisen in carrying out the decisions of the Berlin Conference, re the extension of the Northern Greek Provinces. Vienna, August 24. The Austrian troops have again attacked and routed the Bosnians after severe fighting. St. Petersburg, August. The Oolos this morning says the Prussians are about'to issue a new international loan. Telegrams from Berlin state that Russia is sending fresh troops to San Stefano to replace the Guards just withdrawn. Also that arrangements have been completed between England and -Turkey regarding reforms in Asia Minor. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS IN ENGLAND.

London, August, 21. The Yeadon match is not yet concluded,' the scores at the close of to-day’s play' standing thus : Yeadon—First Innings ... 91 „ Second Innings ... 71 IG2 Australia—First Innings ... 54 „ Seeou i, with 4 out 55 109 London (undated). The Yeadon team won by 24 runs. The team was a good one. The wicket was dead. In the match between the Australian Eleven and Eighteen of Scarborough, the Goloniaia had four men out for 192 runs. August 24. In the match between the Australians and the Eighteen of Scarborough, the first innings of the Australians closed for 295. The Scarborough team made 124 in their first innings, and 125 in their second. The Australians wou in one innings by 40 runs. (Special to the Star.) August 25. As the players ask L2O each, the match Australia v. the Professionals of England, which was fixed for September 2, is off. The Australians play three matches in America, and leave San Prancisco for homo on the 27th of October, HORSES]SOLE BACKS. - o—".Dingo” at Fassifern Scrub, asserts that if the gall is greased well before girthing, rest is not necessary. Ho also recommends ns lotions carbolic acid and oil; and bluestone and salt dissolved in water ; and, further, Epsom salt spread dry on the sore. A “ set-fast,” he believes, can only be cured by cutting out the corn ; in order to do which the horses must be thrown ; or bymeans of arsenic, which should be sprinkled on the raw sore, loft on a quarter of an hour (the horse being kept tied up), and then washed off; in a day- or two the corn will have risen out of the back, and can be removed.—Queenslander.