REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 483, 13 April 1878, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

TO PRESS AGENCY. London, April 10. In the House of Commons Sir .Michael Hicks Beach, replying to a, question re the- Victorian Crisis, said that if the -Governor • had made a mistake perhaps it was not wise to discuss the question now .the crisis was over. He would go carefully into the question of paying on votes of the Assembly merely and give Governors instructions for their future guidance. Sydney, April 12. Brandy .case and quarters unchanged, rice, - A 2,2 10s j . New Zealand- wheat, £5 3s; New Zealand.oats, £4 3s to £6 ; Barrett’s twist, £1 6s to £1 7s; sugar and candfe nnhlteredp Adelaide, April 12. ■’ Flour, unchanged ; wheat, £5. ■ L ATEST UNPUBLISHED. = WAR STILL IMMINENT. : \ . RUSSIA CLAIMS LIBERTY :OF VV:action. • THE ROUMANIAN ARMY BEING SURROUNDED. .;• , v Singapore, April 12. The speech of the First Lord of the Treasury is regarded at St. Petersburg with disfavour. 1 . Russian troops are ! nearing - Bucharest. , ■' . r ‘ London, April 11. Bishop Selwyu, formerly of New Zealand, died to-day. Madame Rachael has been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude. Prince (1 ortschakoffy nope has arrived. _ fle leaves the ,C< ingress question open, and reiterates that each of the Powers has full liberty of appreciar tiun. (sic) - and action, and he claims the same.foi- Russia. , - Great uneasiness is felt in. Roumania in consequence of the couceptration of Russian troops, chiefly artillery, at strategic positions between. Giurgevoand Bucharest. ' These movements foreshadow the fulfilment of the threats to disarm the Roumanian .army.