LATEST CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5144, 18 September 1877, Page 2

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

LATEST WAR NEWS. (REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) IThc following telegram received from the AgentGeneral was published by the New Zealand Times as an extra yesterday.} London, September 14. After four days’ cannonade, Levusin redoubt, before Plevna, was taken by the Russians. There was heavy slaughter. Five thousand Russians were wounded. The number of killed is not yet estimated. Plevna is still held by the Turks, and Sulieman Pasha is advancing on Gabrova. The Czarewitoh's army was driven back on Biela by Mehemet AH. The independence of Roumania was proclaimed by Prince Charles, whose forces, commanded by him, behaved with great gallantry before Plevna.

Forty of Ilia officers and privates, decorated by the Czar, present at battle, were on the platform. Nicksich has been taken by the Montenegrins, with a battery of gnus and war material.

On the Czar’s birthday the Austrian Emperor drank the health of his dear friend the Czar.

The Turks kill almost all prisoners. The people in the valley near Plevna thrash their corn in the open air, shells flying over their heads.

Sydney, September 17.

On Saturday White’s ironmongery store at Brisbane was destroyed by fire. The damage to the stock was very great. It was insured in the New Zealand Insurance Company’s office for £3OOO.

Arrived—Wakatipu, from Wellington. Sailed—Taiaroa, for New Caledonia. London, September 15. The Bank rate of discount is 3 per cent. Colonial securities are strong.

The Indian Famine Relief Fund amounts to £16,000.

At the wool sales yesterday there was a good attendance. Superior wools commenced dull. Prices for Sydney fleece, except best, are depressed. Nineteen thousand five hundred bales were catalogued, and seventeen thousand withdrawn. The sales close on 4th October. Wheat has advanced—Australian, sixty-seven to sixty-nine; New Zealand, sound, fifty-seven to sixty. Arrived : Alexander Dntbie.