CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 887, 18 February 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

! LATENT HOME AND FOIIEFON | NEWS. i ii'.t.ftEiis rt:f.R>;i:A'.f. tt.t: vr.¥« j Lk.vioi.v, February 17. Parliament lias beuu prorogued till -Ith j April I (.-f'E:rf.\t. Ti> Vr.E« A—.virrATlON.) ' L'>M»«.v, February 15. A wri'iti* *.:• •tvEli*."': has taken place at Gatatz. in iJoitmaiiia. between the Russian s»>Mier* and police, and several were . kitted. i The Admiralty has commissioned a frigate t»> convey exhibits fo Sydney. ! Thu plagno is extending in Eastern j Europe, ami has reached Bessarabia, and ; numerous deaths ate reported. j .Sir StatiVird Jforthcote has .stated that ; England's relations with tlie Foreign | Pi>«■(.•« are gratifying. Tiie Government wotttd ask a vote to vigorously prosecute ', ctit: Zulu war. Tiic re'|U!rrmeiii3 of tlie Britisli treaiy ! aw ht;t;;y i't:lfijle»l, and the pacification of Crete and Greece is progressing. T)io purchase of the Turkish land in Cyprus is arranged. ()'Kelly, the Fenian, has been released. The Victorian Government are borrowing LSO,OOO from the banks in anticipation of the loan. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. f tIKPTEK's TKf.Ki;f:AM. I"KB PUKSSASSOfIATIOX.) jMkM'.ol'usk, February 17. Ciftfll will swim ten miles on the Y.ura on Saturday. Svdnkt, February IS. Over I'tOO workmen are employed on the Exhibition Building, and are making rapid progress. Brisbane, February 18. A meeting of stock owners have reMt.iwd to subscribe the capital necessary to float a compressed meat company.

. | (.sreciAt. to I'ltu-ss asj-oi-.-iation.) Syi»"ev, JTcbrnaiy 17. The last two days have been lino. • Thiire have been no further shipping 1 cascades. i Ct'piotis welcome rains have fallen in . the provinces. Ci»'per assattlfed llenlon, of the Eveni iitg Ncwa. in consctiuencc of a malicious ' ptt'btieatton. He was arrested and discharged. Adelaide, February 17. Tfw? Orient steamer Garronne luis arrived fr«7»n London, with 415 passengers. She brings Cape news to the 27th of •January. It is" announced that Sir Warde Frcre has pubHtljed despatches from General | Lord Chelmsford, slating that his third ; ciditiun iiad IsatuLiii, which the Zulu 3 attacked. They completely looted tho British tents, oxen, and waggons, and attacked the commissariat, which was, however, gallantly defended. The latest news states that Major Dartnetl, Commandant at Isandall, had engaged and defeated the enemy with tritiing loss. JlnLnorßXK, February 17. Endeavors are being made to secure the appointment of Ricciotti Garibaldi to the Agent-Generalship of Italy in Victoria, vacant by the death of Signor j 2J,irinuci. Lord Harris" English team arrived today fmm Sydney. They play a match against Victoria on Friday ndxt and following day.