The Globe. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1877.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1085, 20 December 1877, Page 2

The Globe. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1877.

TELEGRAPHIC. CABLE NEWS [beutee’s special telegeams to peess AGENCY.] THE^WAR. Prospect of Mediation, Servian Army to Cross the Frontier. London, December 15. The “ Morning Post " states that the Cabinet have under consideration a circular despatch from the Porte intimating its -willingness to accept the mediation of the European powers. The Queen visits Hughenden, the seat of the Earl of Beaconsfield, to-day. A Russian attack on Erzeroum appears imminent. The British Consul has left, taking away the Consular archives, December 16. The Servian army has received orders to cross the frontier. The staff has gone to the capital. [AEGUB special.] London, December 16. The Turks have evacuated Elena. Servia has declared war, and will probably operate with the Roumanians against Widdin. The Turks are aiding persons conspiring against Prince Milan. The French Assembly have voted direct taxes and a two-twelfths budget. The Turkish circular to the neutral powers is said to have been instigated by England. Arrived —William Davie and Waikato. Wool sales closed; tone weak, San Francisco Mail. San Feancisco, December 14. The City of New York, with the London mails of November 15th, left San Francisco for Auckland on the sth inst. The Zealandia, with the November colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 13th inst, AUSTRALIAN. Sydney, December 20. Sir C. Duffy, Speaker of the Victorian Assembly, has been created a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George. The Australian mails via Brindisi were delivered in London on the 11th. Mblbodene, December 20. The Counoil has postponed the Appropriation Bill. The Assembly adjpwet* Uuup&ow till the middle si

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[per press agency.] Dunedin, December 20. The Otago schools are combining to send exhibits to the Ballarat Juvenile Industrial Exhibition. The railway to Blueskin was opened for traffic to-day. Two trains run each day. Mr Charles Bright, free-thought lecturer, is engaged here for a year. He will commence in February next. The Otago Rifle Association’s annual prize firing commenced to-day. The committee of the Dunedin Hospital have appointed four honorary surgeons and four honorary physicians to the hospital. A meeting convened by circular is to be held at four o’clock to-day for the purpose of arranging a reception banquet to Messrs Macandrew, Larnach, and Stout. Mr Macandrew arrived yesterday; Mr Larnach will be here to-day.