NEWS BY CABLE.
(REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.) ABDICATION OF THE KHEDIVE OF EGYPT. London, June 26. Complying with an order of the Sultan, the Khedive has abdicated in. favor of his son, the heriditary Prince Tewfik. Later, The abdication of the Khedive of Egypt is confirmed. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a said that misgovernment was the chief cause of his deposition, and non - compliance with financial engagements had also contributed to it. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has promised to produce the papers at an early date. Melbocbne, Friday, Pastor Chiniquy’s lectures at Hobarton are still undelivered. The authorities are swearing in special constables. The Koman Catholic Bishop has issued an address to the Homan Catholics requesting them to abstain from attending the lectures. Arrived : Albion, from the Bluff. Sidney, Friday.
Hennessy’s brandy : Case, 325. 6d.; quar-ter-casks, 9s. New Zealand wheat unchanged ; oats, Is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. Sugar, 375.; caudles, Bd. to BJd.; rice and tobacco, unchanged.
The area of wheat under cultivation has largely increased. It is estimated that the yield will be nearly a million bushels increase as compared with last year. Adelaide, Friday, Wheat, 4s. 9d. per bushel. Brisbane, Friday.
A most destructive cyclone occurred here on Tuesday. A number of houses were unroofed, and, great damage was done to the Botanical Gardens.
There have been heavy floods at Darling Downs.
His Honor Charles Lilley has been sworn in as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The vacant puisne judgeship has been offered to the Hon. S. W. Griffiths, AttorneyGeneral,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5693, 28 June 1879, Page 2
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256NEWS BY CABLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5693, 28 June 1879, Page 2
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