TELEGRAPHIC.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1513, 21 December 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

CABLE NEWS.

SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE.

London, December 20. Disraeli, in his speech, reiterated that the object of the Berlin treaty to obtain peace will be fully obtained without anyone being humiliated. « [BEPTER'S BPEOIAI telegrams to the peess AGENCY.]. London, December 18.

Ellison, accused of the Avoca gold robbery, is remanded to the 6th January, on bail, to enable the law officers of the Crown to ascertain whether the offence waß committed on the high seas. Vaughan, the Magistrate, said he would act on his own judgment. The wool sales closed with a slight recovery at Jthe close of the series. A review of the series established comparative decline of seven to fifteen per cent, on September prices. The fall most strongly felt is in Sydney and Cape fleece cross-breds. Four thousand bales of new clips were sold favorably, but the trade is seriously depressed. London, December 19. Earl Beaconsfield, replying to a deputation of Britishers from California, said the Berlin Treaty of Peace was the best obtainable. Although there might be persons who considered its execution inadvisable, nevertheless the signatory Powers were determined to see it executed. He declared Cyprus, as a station, was not inferior to Malta.

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

[PEB TRESS AGENCY.] Westport, December 21. The men employed on the Government work of cutting a new channel in the Buller river arc paid eighteen pence per hour, and working ten hours daily, the engineer being anxious to get the work expedited. When the channel is finished small steamers will get up the river several miles further than is now possible. Wellington, December 21.

A supplementary " Gazette" notifies that the pay and travelling allowance for non-commis-sioned officers and constables shall be as follows :—Police Sergt.-Major, lis per day ; Ist class sergeants, 10s; 2nd class, 9s 6d; 3rd class, 9s; Ist class constable, 8s Gd ; 2nd class, 8s ; 3rd class, 7s Gd. Reserve sergeantmajor, 9s Gd; Ist class sergeant, 9s; 2nd class, 8s Gd; 2nd class constable, 7s; 3rd class, Gs Gd; travelling allowance of noncommissioned officers and constables is Used at tho rate of 6s per diem. Detective—Chief detective, 16s per day; Ist class detective, 14a; 2nd class, 12sGd; 3rd class, lis; 4th class, 10s. All Government offices will be closed on 26th December. [from our own correspondent.] Wellington, December 20. The following extraordinary story appeared in the "Times" thk morning :—During the passage of the ship Wairoa from London, one of the sailors made use of the expression "May God strike me dumb." The unfortunate mun was immediately struck dumb, and has been unable to utter a word since then up to the present time. On making enquiries, the " Post" finds that the information is a heartless fabrication. During the voyage one of the sailors became seized with a disease of a nervous character (technically known as loekomotor ataxy), which deprived him of the use of his voice, but there is absolutely no foundation i'or tho sta ement that he made use of the words referred to, or that the dumbness is anything but the natural result of the disease from which he is suffering. Captain Adams says that nothing was known on board the vessel of the sailer having made use of any such expression, and the man, on being questioned, at once wrote down an indignant denial that he had ever uttered the words, adding that he was not in the habit of uing such language. The paragraph had such an effect on him that, on seeing it, he was seized with a fit which lasted for upwards of an hour and a half. Wellington, December 21. The Government have replied to Mr Barton, to the effect that hi-* letter is an insult to the Judges, the Cabinet, and the law officers of the Crown, the " language it contains being at variance with well understood courteies in ffficial correspondence." The letter concludes by intimating that the correspondence must now close.