LATEST CABLE NEWS.
(REUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) LATEST WAR NEWS. APPROACH OP WINTER. CAMPAIGN IN BULGARIA ENDED. AUSTRIA STILL NEUTRAL. [Tho following telegram was received at the New Zealand Times office at half-past two o’clock this morning]:— Bombay, September 2S, 8.15. Mehemet Ali is retiring on Caralom owing to the massing of the Russians on the Lorn. The armies are experiencing bad weather, and the roads being impassable, the procuring of supplies is difficult. Sulieman Pasha (in pursuance of orders from the Seraskariat) co-operates with Mehemet Ali in attacking Biela. Austria continues neutral.
September 29, 8.22,
There are signs of an early and severe winter at the seat of war. The snow is two inches deep at the Schipka Pass. It is believed the campaign in Bulgaria is virtually ended. The Russians will remain entrenched during the winter. THE RUSSIANS DISCONTENTED AND DISCOURAGED. SEVERE FIGHTING. IThe following telegram was published by the New Zealand Times as an extra yesterday afternoonj : London, September 28. The Daily News' and other specials report great discontent and discouragement at Russian head-quarters, and that Russian success is regarded as hopeless unless there is a change in the personnel of the staff. There has been a severe fight, lasting nine hours, between the forces under Ismail Pasha and General Tergukassoff. Result indecisive.
Siege operations at Plevna are at a standstill for want of shovels.
The President informed the Hungarian Parliament that the triple alliance involved Hungary in obligations regarding the Eastern question. Chefket Pasha is entrenched before Orchame.
AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Sydney, Friday.
Commercial affairs are unchanged. New Zealand bran is a little firmer ; sales from id. to Id. better. Black Swan, Is. 6d.; Barrett's, Is. 4d. ; small transactions. The Assembly reduced- the immigration vote by £50,000. Melboubnb, Friday. The Stock Tax Bill was carried by a majority of 16.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5161, 6 October 1877, Page 2
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