CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1069, 23 September 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST AMD FOREIGN NEWS. hki;ti:i;'.stki.K(;kam, i-kkphkssassociation.) London, September 15. At the present series of wool sales the roial quantity catalogued to date has been L'.V.ljlOO bales. The market is quiet, and the attendance has been .smaller of late. Three per cent, consols, 'JTL Xew Zealand 10-40 5 per cent, loan, 101 L Adelaide wheat, 50s fid per 49G lbs, ex warehouse. The total quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain at date is 540,000 quarters. Adelaide flour. 00s per 280 lbs. ex warehouse. The Xew Plymouth harbor debentures have been floated. L' 200,000 was subscribed for at from 95 to 97L Madrid, September 10. The Spanish Government propose the emancipation of the slaves in Cuba shall take place in July next year. Cape Town, September 2. Operations are about to bo made to reduce the Moorish stronghold. Pauls. September IG. A report was current oil the Bourse today that the Emperor of Russia was dead, but the report is unconfirmed. (special TO MELHOritNI-: ARC U.S.) London, September 22. Afghan news is conflicting. The report of the Ameer's death is not confirmed, and the origin of the massacre is still unexplained. The London papers accept tiie statement of revolt as given by the Amc-er's brother, \Uio is presiding at Herat. The press, generally, while describing the disaster as the result of the XI inisterial policy, insists that the affront must be promptly avenged. The Times declares the disaster ought to alter the resolve of the Government to place a British Resident in charge of the Afghan cities. Large draughts of Home regiments have been ordered. Strained relations between Germany and Russia continue. An Austrian and German alliance is projected. Extensive cotton strikes are imminent. 20,000 persons attended the tenants' rights meeting at Malloni, and passed a resolution demanding a large reduction in the rout. The Standard siatc-s that there is complete anarchy in P.oumelia. There are" 8000 destitute Mussulmans at Staniboul who are afraid to return home. Sclavonian Committees openly advocate extermination of Turkish population. i>l Kv."." vi S i"i.A N K'.v* (UKI'TEUV TKI.K*II!.\M. SV.i: l'i.'KSS ASSOCIATION! Sydney. September 22. Arrived—Kotorua. Newcastle. September 22. The artillery have arrived. Affairs are quiet at ihe Waratah and Lambron mines. Mkuioi'jjxh, September 22. Sailed—Claud Hamilton, for Hokitika. September 23. The Rev. Dr. Neville, Bishop of Dunedin, is a passenger by the Rotomahana, which leaves for New Zealand in a few days. It is probable that Lawrence, the man who shot Xlr. Finiayson, of the Railway Department, will be reprieved.