NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5586, 22 February 1879, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Stdney, Friday, In the Assembly last night the Standing Orders were suspended, and the Kelly Gang Outlawry Bill was passed through all its stages. The Bill gives power to proclaim outlawry for erhnes committed across the border. Melbourne, Friday. In the cricket match, England v. Victoria, England made 325; Victoria, one wicket down for 2 runs. The majority of the cricketers return via San Francisco, and stay a short time in New Zealand, They leave Melbourne on the 11th of March. Communication with Port Darwin is restored. The Adelaide Hues are working badly. (SPECIAL 2D PRESS AGEXCT.) Melbourne, Friday. The Arawata arrived on Wednesday. The Claud Hamilton sailed yesterday, via Hokitika. London, February 13. It has been conclusively ascertained that the Russian Mission fled from Gabul with Shore Ali.

The Canadian Coverumont have determined to proceed with the first section of the British North American Continental railway at once, and with the utmost s;n 1. It trill start at Superior City, at the u>. thwn end of Lake Superior, and be continued along the shores of Lake Wiimepcg.

Two Englishmen have been murdered at the Canary Islands. The Victorian Embassy »rri d Home all well.

Bank minimum unchanged. Money is becoming scarce in the open market. The accumulation of gold in the bank continues. The stock markets are unsettled. Consols have been affected by the Afghan disaster. The market for Australian securities has suffered somewhat. There is sympathy in other descriptions of stock. The Now Zealand Agricultural Company was promoted by Vogel and Larnach with difficulty. Despite the opposition of The Times on the first issue of half a million £300,000 was subscribed.

Corn is inactive. Recent shipments of New Zealand have been of an interior quality. February 16, The distress is decreasing throughout the country. A new conspiracy hns been discovered at Moscow, and amongst other suspected persons arrested is an American named Meyer. There are large numbers of volunteers for service in Natal. The new Chinese Ambassador has arrived in London. Bombay, February 15. The position of affairs in Kashgaria is assuming very serious proportions. A general war between China and Russia is considered inevitable.