CABLEGRAMS AND LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 99, 21 September 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS AND LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

[beuter's teleghajis to pbess agency.]

■ . ; ! iLOJSTDOiSr,; September 16.J ' The- report of En-gland's 'refusal : to join the- other Powers m. enforcing the Berlin Treaty on Turkey is confirmed. Six hundred and sixty-six persons are now known to have perished m the Princess Alice catastrophe. The Relict Fund raised on account of the- disaster amounts to £14,000. The Government has sanctioned the appointment of Mr Rivers Wilson to the control of Egyptian finance. The race ,for ; .thy ' Poncf*3,te*r Cup took place yesterday. Tiie.result was as follows : — Pageant, 1 ; Hampton, 2 ; Kingsl&ke, 3. The Australian. Eleveti played B^mdtch with twelve .from the ;West r >of Septjland. First [innings — Australians, 268 ; West of Scdtla'nd, ' 99,' second innings, 85 ';- total for two innings, 184. The Australians thus won m one innings with' 84 runs to 1 Bpare. • The- match with the Sunderland cricketers showed — For first innings, Sunderland, 59 ; Australians, 77. Sunderland, second innings, one out for 33 runs. YIEN.NA, September 17. A portion of the Austrian headqarters staff goes to Bosnia. -■_.!' The Austrains now.occupy all Bosnia and Herzegovina, excepting those places where the insurgents /hold entrenched positions One of those, Epailixat,~the Austrian forces are now bombarding. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 16. The discovery of a large quantity of depreciated coins lias produced seditious! mani- ! festations- m Constantinople, where r many ; arrests have- been made. • • i». The Russians have evacuated Erzeroum. j NEW YORE," September 16. Yellow fever is diminishing m the' Southern. States, m .consequence of the, cold weather j SOME, September 16. Mount Vesuvius is showing, considerable volcanic action. ■ LONDON, September 17. Themoney market is unchanged. Business on Stock Exchanged continues dull. .Australian securities show no sign of recovery. Consols- are- recovering, and are now quoted >at9s. -i The tone of the wooTlmarket is weaker ; best scoured is Id lowers v fault scoured Id to 2d ; good greasy maintains its price at about id lower than last >ales ; inferior, neglected ; cross-bred is heavy. The- com market is tint. Foreign arrivals are very heavy. I^Sa.OOO quarters are on their way to England. New Zealand wheat, ex store, per 4971 b., 44s to 48s. i By the- collision at Woolwhich, 666 persons are known, to have perished m the ! Princess Alice.. In consequence' of the- Russian e-vacuation of Erzeroum, thl)e« ATdhbj&hbp there, fearing the massacre of Christians by the Mahomedan pbpuUtitfn, -has ; asked MrljayarcJ to grant the tErglish protection, i The Lord Mayor has opened a fund for, i the relief of the sufferers by the late colliery explosion. Destructive floods have occurred m Canada. Toronto is flooded. I The Lord Chancellor, Lord Cairns, has \ been created an Earl. , ! The- " Daily News '* say* that Envoys of ; two of the Great Powers have intimated to the Porte that a second Congress will probably be proposed, on the ground of Turkey's unsatisfactory fulfilment <o£ the treaty obligations,. - „ ADELAIDE^ September 18. In consequence of -a, notice of motion given m the- Assembly yesternight, condemning the- action of the Government m abandoning the projected International Exhibition, the Premier- announced to-night that the Government wa& unabte: to proceed with the ordinary business ; while a motion of censui-e was via. pending. The House subsequently adjourned until Tuesday, n£ft, the day fixed for the motion* , . • - MELBOURNE, September 18. The Local Bill passed the A'saembly today. Debentures will probably be forwarded to London by the outgoing, Suez