CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 44, 27 January 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(better's telegrams.) Sydney, Thursday. A meetiug will beheld at Newcastle to morrow to cotfside**W©9ns to alleviate the d»taesii. : :existiug amongst the miners in the distriot. > • • , An attempt was made to-day by a mounted man to bail up some -Chinese living near Gundagai. The matter was reported to the police, and they are now iv pursuit of the supposed bushranger. In the Legislative Council last night the Hon. James Watson, Colonial Treasurer, announced that the Government; had no intention to pro-. pose additional taxation in lieu of the intended excise duties on colonial beer and. tobacco, whioh were recently rejected or withdrawn. Melbourne, Thursday. j Parliament re-assembled on Tuesday, and there was a scene of continued excitement in the Assembly last night. Strangers were again excluded. Friday. There was an unexampled scene in the Assembly last night. Strangers were again excluded, and durijig that time a violent personal assault was made by Mr Ferguson on Mr Mclntyre. January 21. | Three per cent. Consols, 975. Adelaide wheat, 58s 6d. Adelaide flour is unchanged. Australian tallow has further declined. Best beef is selling at 35s 6d ; best mutton, 395. The metal market is strong. A terrible explosion occurred today at the Lfiycett colliery, iv Staffordshite. Seven ty»nine miners were killed. The Five Per Cent. New Zealand 10-40 Loan is quoted at 102-J, and • the New Zealand New Loan, 103|, The next series of wool auctions is fixed for the 17th February. The fresh arrivals to date amount to 50,000 balos. The total probable quantity to be offered, including that left over from last auctions, is 250,000 bales. The quantity of new arrivals to be included in th.9 sales has been; restricted by the Importers Commit- / tee to 250,000 bales. . *'"%>■- January 22. ■ The fortnightly mail service of the Orient Steamship Company to the colonies will commence with the departure of the Chicuborazo on the 7th of February. In future the Orient Company's steamers will not carry any mails either to or from the Australian ports. A large meeting of Home Rule members has been held, at which, on the motion of The O'Donoghue, a vote of sympathy was passed with the Irish peasantry in.their distress, and

to the landlord A resolution was also adopted at th,e same meeting, binding the Home Rule members to maintain an independent attitude in Parliament. The Dfrily News of to-day publishes r a ielegram from Afghanistan, stating that Mahomed Jan has gathered a large force, and is now threatening the British positions in and* around CaJul. Berlin, January 21. It is stated here that Germany intends to acquire some of the South Sea Jjslands, in order to increase her influence in the Pacific. \