TELEGRAPHIC.
CABLE NEWS.
[PER PRESS AGENCY.]
THE WAIL Capture of Ardahan. London, May 23. The Russians have captured Ardahan on the frontier oi' Asia Minor. Eounianian Independence. Tho Roumanian Chamber has resolved to declare war against Turkey, and seek Roumanian entire independence. British Fleet. The British Mediterranean Squadron is at Port Pirus (? Piraeus.) AUSTRALIAN. The Suez Mail. _ or Sydney, May 25. The Suez mail has arrived at Adelaide. The news is unimportant. INTBRPROVINCIAL. [per press agency.] New Plymovth, May 25. The Taranaki froniManakau passsed on, the sea being too rough for commudication. Auckland, May 25. Butcher Boy is the favorite for the Steeplechase. The bookmakers are chary since yesterday's losses. The Auckland Jockey Club met last night, and disqualified Fishhook and Derrett, and sustained the decision of the Dunedin Club regarding Column. ° Wkstport, May 20.
A heavy gale is raging here. A mishap happened to the steamer Mauri last night. While weighing anchor, in the roadstead, a heavy sea struck her and caused a sudden icrk carrying away the steam winch and completely smashing it. The anchor and thirty fathoms of chain-cable were slipped, but the first was buoyed for picking up when the gale abates. "WELLINGTON, May 2d.
The following vessels have arrived at London :—From Wellington, Jessie Headman ; from Auckland, Rapido ; from Melbourne, Loch Garry, Loch Lomond, Loowomba, Donetta, and Isabella.
Suicide in Wellington.
Wellington, May 25
This morning, Thomas Brown, prisoner on remand for stealing watches from Mr Duncan's store, hanged himself at the gaol. The act was a most deliberate one. He took the opportunity of breakfast time to remain behind in his cell af ew minutes, got a piece of rope used to tie the balding, lixod it over the door, got on a l'ools?!:)l, look oil' liis hoofs, and kicked the stool away. Five minutes afterwards the warder missing him, went in search, and found him dead. An inquest will be held tomorrow.
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Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 910, 25 May 1877, Page 2
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