CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1007, 11 July 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (reuter's telegram, per press association .) Albany, July 10. Arrived—P. and O. steamer Iguana. She brings the following summary : The reign of terror in Russia still continues. Numerous incendiary fires axe reported, and numerous arrests of Nihilists of both sexes have taken place. A plot has been discovered to destroy several large cities by fire. The eruption of Mount Etna continues. Several villages have been overwhelmed by lava, but no loss of life is reported. Burmese news is re-assuring. The reports of the hostile attitude of the King are groundless. A dreadful famine is raging at Cashmere. The movements of the Decoits in the Bombay Presidency have collapsed. Yakoob Khan has returned to Cabul. Major Cavignari has been appointed British Resident at Cabul.

DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (recter's telegram per press association). Sydney, July 10. The steamer Killarney, with a cargo of new season's tea for Sydney and New Zealand, is expected to arrive about the 12th inst. Arrived—Wakatipu, from Wellington. July 11.* The Legislative Assembly has passed the Loan Bill in the estimates. The items providing for the extension of the railway into Sydney were omitted. (special to press association.) Sydney, July 10. The celebrated Lieut. Saxby is dead. The son of a prisoner now undergoing five years' hard labor in Melbourne gaol, for wife assault, inherits L 20,000. Adelaide, July 10. The Bank of Adelaide has declared a dividend of ten per cent. Flour is worth Lll. Melbourne, July 10. Gaunson and others have made serious insinuations against Mr. Berry's private character. They threaten to repress his license in attacks made in Parliament.