REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 861, 4 July 1879, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS. London, July 2

The Porte • refuses to cvdn to Gn ece the of Ja'ima. Tim (7-eat Powers di-siigren as to the course to adopt.

The German Consul at Cyprus questioned the British authority over the island, claiming exercise of his consular rights under the original arrangement with Turkey. The German Government has withdrawn the Consul. The Government are abolishing the Government Museum, and the contents are being distributed in the new British Museum. . The Calcutta, steamer, for Sydney is full of cargo and passengers there being 460 third class. The City of London conveys the official exhibits. An extra steamer leaves. LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydnky, July 3. The Wolverine has returned from a cruise in the: South Pacific. She avenged'the murder of the Ingram party at Brooker Island, and also other minor outrages, and burnt a village and destroyed the plantations. Chester arid Democrat are scratched for the Metropolitan Stakes. [special.] Sydney, July 2. Six ostriches have arrived fiom the Cape to form the nuclus of a farm. The Victorian League have adopted Constitutional reform and progressive land tax. ' July 3. The Victorian unemployed are passing through Albury; Some of them are in a most deplorable condition. The Victorian finances are occaasioning considerable anxiety. £400,000 extra taxation is requisite. The Adelaide Government proposed legislation.to encourage the settlement of Chinese in the Northern Territory. Melbourne, July .1. Tho Harbor Trust intend to ask Parliament to sanction their borrowing £1,000,000 ; additional for Sir J. Coode's scheme. .; ! ;'•