YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1086, 21 December 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS

[BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] [REUTER'S SPECIAL TELEGRAMS TO THE PRESS AGENCY.] The Sultan Desires Peace. Advance of the Servian Army. Suicide of Osman Pasha. London, December 13. The New Zealand Pour per cent. Loan is 1 per cent, lower. The Otago Harbor Loan was fully subscribed. The average price tendered was 1021. Arrived—Electra, from New Zealand. The Courser, from Auckland to New York, put into Valparaiso and sold her cargo, which was taken to New York. Adelaide wheat, 61s to 63s ; New Zealand, 43s to 455. New Zealand hemp flat. Wool is quieter ; the sales have closed; 42,000 bales were sold. [ARGUS SPECIAL.] London, December 16. Senna justifies her declaration of war against Turkey on the grounds of oppression. The Czar has reviewed seventy thousand troops at Plevna, Forty thousand Russians have reinforced General Gourka at Orchanie. It is improbable that Russia will consent to an armistice unless upon definite peace proposals. The Servians have been checked in their first encounter with the Turks. It is stated that before the assembly of the Turkish Parliament the Sultan, unknown to members of the war party, called Rafuet Roaff and Ruschad Pasha and the Grand Vizier to a private council, when he expressed strong peace sentiments, and desired that a telegram should be despatched to the European courts begging immediate mediation. Italy has given a favorable reply. The “ Times ” impresses both combatants with the necessity of a speedy agreement, and recommends concession on the part of the Turks, and moderation on the part of the Russians. Osman Pasha committed suicide by taking poison, the supposed cause being the Moslem inveterate objection to amputation. The cable ship Hibernia, with 560 miles of cable, has been wrecked in Malratta Bay. No lives were lost. The s.s. Lusitania sailed on December Bth, AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, December 20. The Council have postponed the second reading of the Appropriation Bill, because it was thought that the discussion might create feelings of animosity between the two chambers. The City of Santiago,, has arrived,“4s days from Plymouth. INTERPROVINOIAL. [per press agency,] Auckland, December 20, Sir George Grey is to visit the Maori King about the end of January. He will go via Hawea to Tekoti. He has gone to Kawau to-night, and will return to Auckland on the 27th. The Hinemoa goes to Cape Van Diemens with light-house stores. To day Mr Rowe, M.H.R., with some of his supporters, waited on Sir George Grey and formally gave in his allegiance to the Grey party. The following players have been selected to represent Auckland in the cricket match against the Canterbury team : —Messrs R. J. Yates, W. W. Robinson, D. Lynch, W. F, Buckland, H. Colson, J. Mumford, E. Dufaur, Grierson, H. E. Cotton, Gleesou, W. L. Rees. J luring the reception proceedings yesterday a boy named Gallon fell from the main rigging of the ship Eanemotte, a distance of twenty feet, but was not seriously injured. At the City Council to-day a motion to reduce the water rate from fourpence to twopence provoked a long discussion, and was referred to a committee. The Mayor’s salary was fixed at £l5O. At the inquest on Isabella Fraser, the verdict was “ Found Drowned.” Sailed, Rotorua, for Sydney. The Taupo sails South via Tauranga at 4 p.m. to-morrow. New Plymouth, December 20. Mr Standishhas been elected Mayor for the third time. The Borough Council have decided to ask the burgesses to agree to a £25,000 loan for gas, water, and other improvements. Wellington, December 20. The City Council this afternoon voted £BOO per annum for a City Engineer. Thq appointment, which is to be made in February, will be advertised. Dunedin, December 20. The Walton Park Coal Company held their annual meetingjtoday. The result of the year’s work is a profit of £1666. One thousand pounds was set apart for a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent. [from. the correspondent oe the press.] Timaru, December 20. A very heavy easterly sea has been rolling in this afternoon, and the vessels have been ordered to clear out. The weather is very unsettled. The following are events at the forthcoming Timaru races, on March 14th and 15th. First Day—Maiden Plate, S.C.J.C. Handicap, Novel Race, Flying Handicap, Selling Hack Race. Second Day—Timaru Cup, Handicap Hurdle Race, Selling Hack Hurdle Race, Tradesmen’s Plate, Consolation Handicap. Picton, December 20. The Christchurch cricketing team will probably play a match at Nelson to-morrow, the steamer stopping there all day. They will play at Wellington on their return, and perhaps at New Plymouth.