REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 641, 17 October 1878, Page 2

REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.

TO PRESS AGENCY. . ’ LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. London, October 13. A panic occurred at a fire in the theatre, ’ litverpdbl,- through which thirty 7 seven : wNare/;killedT and, many injured. Balfour; Manchester, - has stopped payment. Liabilities, ,£1,500,000. Constantinople, October 13. The Russian troops are returning to Adrianople. The relations between Turkey and Austria are very, critical,•••-, Turkish troops have been sent to Novi Bazar to oppose the Austrian occupation. . October 15. The Bank of England has raised the rate, of diseount to 6 • |ier:cent. .BpLiN,, October 15. Negotiations* are proceeding slowly between; Germany and the Vatican. Cardinal Den sura will probably be I charged with a corffidehtial mission. : . .•.. I - Paris, October 15. 1 • Monsignior Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans, is dead. [special TO PRESS AGENCY.] : LATEST NEWS. . j ‘ * J fe 8. I .kThe* grant the wife a dissolution of marriage, §roulid of adulfey of TiSr husband, was read a third time. Adelaide, October 8, " The shareholders of the - National j Marine Insurance . Company have rescinded the resoultiou for winding up. ■ ’ October 9. In., the Asseinbly, Mi* Berry read a telegram from Mr Burns, of New Stmth Wales," enclosing- one from the 1 Eastern Extension Company,, stating that the text of the agreement was satisfactory,, and would he accepted. The Premier intimated that he would sign on behalf of Victoria to-morrrow if the Assembly were agreeable, a statement which was cheered by the ‘Housed [SPECIAL TO THE WELLINGTON POST.] London, October 7. War has commenced. The British moved a strong force against the fortress of Alimussum, on the frontier, and after a severe conflict captured the fortress. The British Commissariat is defective. The Russsian newspapers encourage the Ameer’s resistance. The Afghan army is mustering in the passes, and their outposts are within three miles of the British oatposts. The Emperor of Germany entreats the Czar to prevent the conflict spreading. Sydney, October 9. The Bishop of Melanesia, preaching here on a mission wo'rkr, states that the Santa Cruz Natives are f ieudly, and admit Christian teachers. They now regret the murders of Bishop Paterson and Commander Goodenongh. The Deputy-Registrar Mr (Peterson) i

of Brisbane has committed wholesale defalcations.

Copra has been sold here at £l7, the highest figures yet obtained. Emigration to New Guinea has been checked by the last unfavourable news from that place. A Bill to protect South Sea Islanders and others from imposition, while engaging as seamen, was read a first time in the Council. • ■ Sailed—.Wakatipu.