TIMARU.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 11, 24 November 1877, Page 2

TIMARU.

Wednesday. t The present Mayor, Mr George Cliff, was nominated for the ensuing year, and being the' only person put m nomination he was therefore' elected. At the meeting of the Timara Agricultural and Pastoral Association this afternoon a large balance to credit wafc announced, and it was "resolved that m future money prizes and not plate " .should be given. .Mr Davidson was elected president, Mr John Macintosh vice-president,, and Mr. E. H. Sale secretary and treasurer. A large and influential committee of management was appointed, and a committee was formed to report to ; » meeting* 1 next month on a new'site for a 'showground, the present one beings tQ^ small and inconvenient. * • FeKUTEB's TELEGBAMS TO PBESS AGENCT.] LONDON. November 11. The commandant at Ears rejected the proposed terms for capitulation. The Bussians continue bombarding the city. The " Morning Post -" correspondent says :— The Turks haying abandoned ■ the place, the Bussians occupied Erzerum. - The Russian troops are before Devitzoyan,- where the Turkish troops. are strongly entrenched. A large Russian force holds Semikole. Mukhtar Pasha telegraphs that the Bussians attacked Azazia on the 9th, and were defeated with great loss, and pursued beyond Devitzoyan. November 12 An official Turkish, despatch from Ears states that the Bussians summoned the garrison to surrender. The Turkish commander declared they would resist to the' last extremity. ' The rumors of foreign peace-negoti-ations are denied. '

though Skobeloff is still cannonading the-' places - \ *. ■ ■ Lord Beaconsfield, at Guildhall, said lie hoped soon to be. able v to r bring about a consent to peace without affecting the - independence of any; European Pother. The Pope*s- death' was reported m Paris to-day. . November 13. Skobeloff, on the evening of the 9th, m a 1 dense fog* captured the heights of Plevna near^ the Loftcha-road, and during the night his troops entrenched themselves. The Turks made two desperate attempts ;to dislodge.; them. It is reported that troops are destined to, , cross the . Bjalians regardless of Plevna, and marching' towards Tirnova. -Ears is said to be wejilnrovisioned. fourteen thousands Ivurds threaten the Russian's at Hassan Kale. The Prince of Montenegro has attackud Antivari with r twenty battalions. THere ha&j been a terrific gale inland and on the Repast, and much damage to property and shipping. John Welch . has , been; appointed American -Minister to. London. At the - Colonials Bank dinner Sir Julius . , Yogel reviewed , the hist ory of 3JTew ; Zealand j and warmly extolled its advantages. A New Zealand Land Agency Co., with a capital- pi one million, is announced. .'" " : . "■■■''• = ■ : ■•.'?.■'" ■■ - "-.■■ Late wool sales show a fall as com--4 pared with last series; . • PJMjp^is- > "completely unvested;; ; The " P«JP '.-. JSTew's." states that it. is amply provisioned. :; ... : .• ./ ' The Russian Government invite subscriptions for a five per cent, loan of : £15,000,000. v ! V There has been more fighting at ShipkaftPass. The Turks report that the Kussians lost men; ; ..-■ The^lliiissian V cavalry ivare scouring the comitry between PleySS- and. Widinr I ;: The paiembers :"pi f the As- ' { semblyi met yesterday.. A comrbittee was appointed to enquire into the means employed at the elections to distort. The organs^ of the %eft assert that if Othe' Senate vote to dissolve againthe Assembly will noJtfiubmit^^il^-^P---^ -Z'^Th© -3£a^ijit# i^7 l ? c T fris;^ n i6d^