YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 930, 18 June 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

[by submarine cable, per press agency.]

New Russian Loan.

Defeat of the Montenegrins.

London, June 14. Russia is negotiating a new loan of fifteen millions sterling. After fifty-five hours continued fighting between the Turks and the Montenegrins, the latter withdrew. Both suffered heavy losses. The Russian preparations for the passage of the Danube at Giurgevo have been frustrated. AUSTRALIAN. Death of Mr Fairfax. Sydney, June 16. Mr John Fairfax, M.L.C., proprietor of the Sydney Herald, died this morning. The steamer Ballins collided with and sank the barque Sylanhide, bound from Portland Bay to Sydney, half mile south ©f Long Reef. All lives were saved. Sailed —Easby. INTERPROVINCIAL. [pee peess agency.] Auckland, June 17. The Zealandia left at 2.30 on Saturday, with Fay, Davis, and fourteen Auckland passengers. Charles Rowley, the Thames prospector, is still missing. He is now generally believed to be the person whose drowning cries were heard on the Wharf on Thursday night. The steam tug Lionel, while crossing the Manukau bar, broke her propeller on the bank, and was in imminent danger. She sailed back to Onehunga. An explosion occurred last night in the Loan and Mercantile offices, caused by a clerk named Hosking entering a room on the upper floor with a lighted match after an escape of gas. Hosking was slightly injured. Glass from the windows was blown across the street. Hokitika, June 17. The Mary Ogilvie and Owake are reported to have been driven ashore between here and Greymouth. There has been a terrific gale for the past twenty-four hours. [EEOJI A COEEESPONDENT OF THE PEESS.] Dunedin, June 17. Leary, Isaac, and Woodland, are to be candidates for the Mayoralty. Reeves is not a candidate. The Town Hall designs are to be submitted to a committee consisting of Mr Bell, of the Star, and two independent architects.