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Manawatu Herald, 13 September 1878, Page 2

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London, Sopteniber 7. Tho Eussiaus entered Batoum without opposition. Mehoniet Ali Pasha, and twenty of his tribe, were massacred. J. C. Wilson succeeds Commodore Hoskinsin the coinmandof the Australian station. The Paris Exhidition closes on the loth of November. Further colonial awards are expected. The Australians won the match against Gloucester, the three Graces included, by six wickets. It is reported that Midhat Pasha has deen appointed Governor General of Asia Minor. The assassin of Warrcntyon, the late Inspector General of Police, St. Petersburg, has been arrested. September 9. Five hundred and three bodies have been recovered from, the Princess Alice disaster.: A Calcutta telegram to tho Times dated the Bth Septemder, states that it is reported probable that the Duke of Buckingham has been appointed Go vernor of "V ictoria . September 10. Iv the match Australians against the Gentlemen of England at Scarborough, the Australians in their first innings scored 157. The Gentlemen had two out for seventy. six. Constantinople, Sept. 8. An insurrectionary movement has taken place amoug the Mahoiuedans in Albania, i'lie insurgents have massacred several Turkish officials. The Mahomodan population of Batoum emigrated to Trebizond when the Kussians occupiel the former place. Sydney, Tuesday. The Parliament was opened to-day. The Governor's speech announces that the Government have decided to postpone the issue of the million and a half loan ou the London market, owing to the depressed state of the money market. Many useful measures are promised, including a Land Amendment, aud Electoral Laws Bills; thr consolidation of the public debt. Also proposals for railway construction, embracing a thousand miles. The new lines to be submitted to Parliament.