LATEST CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5118, 18 August 1877, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

LATEST WAR NEWS. THE TURKS ON THE DEFENSIVE IN ASIA. THE RUSSIANS RESUME THE OFFENSIVE. THE POSITION IN EUROPE. THE TURKS OPERATING NORTH OF THE BALKANS. (REUTERS SPECIAL 10 PRESS AGENCY.) [The following telegram was received at the New Zkaland Times office, at three o'clock this morning]:— Singapore, August 17, 12.30 p.m. In Asia, Mukhtfer Pasha remains on the defensive. In Europe, the Russians have evacuated Kustendji. Bombay, August 17, 11 a.m. The left wing of .Mehemet Pasha is making *owards Sulieman Pasha, whose cavalry are now beyond the Balkans. In Asia Minor General Loris Melikoff has received reinforcements, and has resumed offensive operations against Mukhtar Pasha. •. Ismali checks Tergukason (sic.) . EUROPEAN NEWS. THE SITUATION AS VIEWED IN ENGLAND. THE PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER REMAIN IN LONDON. Singapore, August 17. Earl Beaconsfield and Lord Derby remain in town during the autumn. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, Friday. Woodlands won the Hawkesbury-Guineas; Janitor won the Handicap. Case brandy, 325.; quarters, 9a. 3d.; kerosene, 2s. 2d.; rice, nominal; breadstuffs, unchanged and quiet; tobacco and sugar un. changed; Belmont sperms, 10£d. to 10£d. Melbourne, Friday. The Budget last night shows that the revenue last year was over four and a half millions, and the expenditure four millions three hundred and fifty-eight thousand. The estimated revenue for the current year, including last year's balance, is nearlj five millions, and the expenditure four millions eight huu-' dred and sixty thousand. Certain duties are abandoned and new ones imposed, including a tax on imported stock.