NEWS BY CABLE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 48, 15 February 1881, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

♦ ■ ■ (reuter's telegrams). London, February 9. Intelligence has been received from Panama that the first batch of engineers has arrived, and the preliminary operations in connection with the construction of the Isthmus Canal have been commenced. February 10. The race which takes place on Monday next botween Hanlan and Laycock is generally regarded as a certainty for the former. The bet« ting is now 3 to 1 on Hanlan. Constantinople, February 9. The Porte has decided to raise an internal loan, and to levy a poll-tax, to defray the crfst of the la?t war". Adelaide, February 11. Town flour, £10 ss. to £10 10s. ; country brands, £9 5s ; Adelaide wheat, 4s. 3. to 4s. 4. Market quiet. Freights to United Kingdom from Adelaide, 155. ; from ontports, \7£. Get. Sydney, February 11. New Zealand wheat is to-day quoted at 4s. 2d. per bushel ; maize at 2s. lOd. per GOlbs. The markets for brandy, kerosine, rice, sugar, tobacco, and candles are unchanged* The steamer Ohtugnj which has ar* rived here from Levuka, reports that a destructive hurricane has ocenrred Jhere. Two steamers, the Reaw and oro-Ahead, which were lying at anchor in the harbour, sunk at their mooring?. The (Test-rnction has been very great, but the loss of life is litffc known, as the Guuga was quite unable to communicate with the shore before leaving on account of the heavy sea. A summons has Leen issued against Becket, charging liim with setting fire to his warehouses in Barrack- street last montil; Melbourne, February 11. Per Merchants Shiping and Underwriters' Association. — London, February 10. — Arrived: Ships Lurline, from Oamaru, October 30th; Halcione, from Lyttelton, November 2nd.