REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 586, 13 August 1878, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

TO PRESS AGENCY. LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. Vienna, August 9. Further Austrian mobilisation of troops has been made in consequence of disturbances in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Austrians attacked and routed the enemy after severe fighting with heavy loss. The Austrian loss is trifling. London, August 9. The Indian Contingent will re-em-bark from Cyprus in five weeks. Rome, August 9. Cardinal Rina has been appointed Pontifical Secretary of State.

London, August 6, Sir Julias Vogel vindicated the municipal loan for Dunedin against depiecatory remarks in the Times.

v The Queen reviews the fleet at Spit|bead on the 13 th. Daily news reports serious sickness among the troops at Cyprus but no deaths.

An armed population at Batoum are preparing to resist Russian occupation. Twenty thousand Turkish volunteers have gone to the frontier. A tornado visited Wallingford, Connecticut. Thirty persons were killed, and many houses demolished. Martial law is proclaimed in Bosnia. Sir Stafford Northcote stated that the estimates for the Kaffir war were within £400,000.

Lepard’s paper-making establishment, Convent Garden, was burned down. Loss, £30,000.

Parliament is now expected to prorogue on the 16th.

Money market stringent. Bank minimum unchanged. Bank charging 6 per cent. Australian securities continue depressed with other stocks. The increasing value of.money is producing temporary inactivity. Corn market flat.

Weather spiendid for harvest operations.

THE DUNEDIN MUNICIPAL LOAN

London, August 9.. Subscriptions are opened for tie Dunedin 5 per cent. £600,000 loan at 95.

THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS V. LIVERPOOL STANLEY CLUB.

London, August 10In the match the Australian cricketers v. Eighteen of Liverpool Stanley Club, the first innings of the Stanley Club closed for 71, and the second for 91 runs. The Australians won the game in one innings. The bowling on the Australian side was very effective j twenty wickets for 97 runs.