NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5034, 2 May 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

(REUTERS SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY,) ; SITUATION STILL UNCERTAIN. VOLUNTEERS ORGANISING FOR ACTIVE SERVICE. ' London, April 30. • The situation is still uncertain. , The negotiations are being continued. The Volunteer army for active service is organising, and 8000 have been enrolled. .

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbouene, Wednesday. : McCulloch has resigned his seat for'Warinambool, and Francis will announce his caudi- ' dature at once. : ,-At the -billiard match this afternoon between : Roberts and Shorter, at the Athenaeum, ladies ivvere admitted. Shorter, with a start of luO, best Roberts by 93. Three games of pyramids were played, Shorter receiving one ball. The event was'won by two. Sailed—Ringarooma, for ' the Bluff, via Hobarton. - ; The first billiard matches between Champion Roberts and Shorter theEnglishplayef, who both recently arrived in the .colony, took place, last night. Roberts gave 250 points in a game of 1000 up, and won by 216. f'ijAt a billiard match to-night, .750 up, Roberts gave his opponent 175., Roberta': lost by3l4. ; A:public trial of Wood’s railway break wassuccessful : ; , Sidney, Wednesday. : The New Zealand bull, Luke of Newcastle, has taken the champion prize for the Durham class.: i ■_ I'.' ■■ ’ The Bank of New South Wales has declared a dividend, with bonus, of 17J per cent. The Assembly has finally ratified a modified Pacific contract. A motion to terminate same in November, 1881,'was negatived on a division. ;