NEWS BY CABLE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5770, 26 September 1879, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(KEVTBKS IELE'JSASI'.f j I.' .nd:>N, September 2A j Th" Times publi-h-.-s a telegram from Kir- ; kumllgo, winch more than shows, per further | detail, that the attaek on the British Residency at Cabul was unpremeditated. .■September 22. Th.e total quantity of wheat afloat for Groat Britain is 1,030,000 quarters. Adelaide wheat is selim" at 52 s. Cd. per -lOdlbs, ex warehouse, Adelaide Hour, 375. 01 per 2SOlb-. ; ex warehouse. At the woo! sales to-day, 6400 hales were catalogued. The toue of the market continues firm. September do. At the wool sales to-day, 9SOO bales were catalogued. Prices were firm, with an active demand. News from the Cape states that Sir Garnet Wolseley has announced that Zulu chiefs have signed the conditions of peace. Calcutta, September IS. One of the nine men of the escort who escaped the massacre at Cabal, says the attack on the Residency was not premeditated. Communication is interrupted between Khyber Pass and Cabul. The frontier tribes are causing difficulty, while the transport service delays the advance through the Khyber Pass. The British expeditionary force in Afghanistan consists of two columns of 12,000 men each. Yl knna, September 23. The interviews between Prince Bismarck and Count Andrassy showed that the interests of Austria and Germany were identical. Paris, September 23. Lord Salisbury and Mons. Waddington have come to an understanding as to the futur® action of France and Great Britain with respect to Egypt and Greece. Sydney, Thursday. Sweetmeat, the winner of the Wagga Wagga Cup, was backed at 3 to 1 for the Metropolitan* for which race he started first favorite, but ran nowhere. By his victory in this race he incurs a 51b. penalty in the Melbourne Cup, which brings his weight for that event up to 7st 11b. Tile second horse, Secundus, for the same race has to carry 6st. 71b. only, so he meets Mr. Ivory’s horse at Flemington on 141 b. bettor terms. Swiveller, who came in third was entered, but did not accept for the Melbourne Cup. Sailed ; Rotorua, for New Zealand. The Bowen has arrived at Cooktown. The Eastern news by her is unimportant. The Mutual Provident Society’s surplus profits for the quinquennial period are £500,000. Reversionary bonuses, 1 per cent. Brisbane, Thursday. A deadlock between the two Houses of the Legislature is feared, owing to the amendments made by the Council in the Divisional Boards Bill, which the Assembly disallowed. Cooktown, Thursday. Arrived ; Olaf, s.s., from Hongkong. Newcastle, Thursday. Seventy miners have arrived at the Waratah colliery from Adelaide. They go to work immediately. Melbourne, Thursday. Arrived —Tararua, from New Zealand.