TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1300, 20 May 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

C A 13 JL E _ NEWS, SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE. [from oub own correspondent.] London, May 12. The attempt to shoot the Emperor of Germany has elicited on intense feehng of loyalty throughout Germany. Letters of congratu’ation at his escape had been received from the Powers. May 15, The Cricketers at Nottngham met with an enthusiastic reception. May IG. Riots are occuning in Lancasb ~e. The starving operatives are huvumg the mills and the residences of their former employers. A collision occurred with the m’htary and many were killed. Great preparations are being made by the Bussiaus for prirateering.S;

LATEST. [beuter’s special telegrams to the press AGENCY. J Constantinople, Undated. The Russian army remains at San Stcfano, and the British squadron at Constantinople. The intensity of feeling between the Porte and the Russian Commande-in-Chief respecting the evacuation of the fortresses is increasing. London, May 10, A destructive earthquake has occurred at Venezuela, and 600 were killed. Vienna, May 15. At yesterday’s sitting of the Hunngarian Chamber of Deputies there was a debate on the Eastern Question, when the President of the Hungarian Ministry said the Government had lately found it necessary to take further precautions for the conservation of Austrian and Hungarian interests. They had strengthened her troops on the northern, southern, and eastern frontiers. INTERPROYINCIAL. [per pbhsb agency.] Dunedin, May 20.

The Minister of Public Works has requested the District Engineer to state that the Government cannot admit that the nondelivery of the engine caused the delay in the Clinton contract, also that reference to the specifications shows that the contractors have no such remedy as that ind’eated by their letter. The Mayor has invited the co-operation of Friendly and Trade Societies in Dunedin in laying the foundation stone of the new Town Hall on Friday next. There is ever j probability of these bodies consenting. Two parcels, one of 3000 and the other of 15C0 of unallotted shares in Messrs Guthrie and Larnach’s woodware factory have been disposed of recently at a premium of 10s per share. Several smaller lots have also changed hands at the same price.