NEWS BY CABLE.
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. London, December 20. In a great storm in the Sea of Marmora a French steamer was sunk through collision, and 150 persons were drowned. There is an agitation among the students in St. Petersburg inconsequenceof a change in the classes. The military were called out and dispersed the crowd. Many arrests have been made, and rigorous measures adopted. A Liberal candidate has been elected by a great majority for the county of Derry. At a meeting of the committee of the Sydney Exhibition, it was stated that France had applied for immense space. The Chimborazo has arrived at Suez. Bombay, December 21. General Brown hopes to occupy Jellalabad to-day. Reports of the flight of the Ameer are still current. It is stated that he left Yakoob Khan in power. SYDNEY, Sunday. The brig Iserbrook, badly injured by fire, was scuttled. The captain was killed and the mate seriously burnt by an explosion. She was insured tor £IOOO (office not stated.) The miners at Wollongong have resolved to coal the A.S.N. Company’s steamers.
Mediation in reference to the strike has again failed.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5535, 23 December 1878, Page 2
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186NEWS BY CABLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5535, 23 December 1878, Page 2
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