CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1079, 4 October 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOMK AM) FOREIGN .SEWS. !KKI'TKU'S I'KI: :• t:KSSASS''CIation.) London, October 1. Arrived.- Lor-h Sley, from Melbourne, •June a ; ."Salisbury; from Port firoughton, June 2; Lusitania, from Melbourne ; Loch Shield, from Sydney. October 2. Tln\ e per cent, consols, OS. Harvest operations are hindered by bad weather. Wheat, s'!s. Arrivals. —True Britain, from Melbourne, July 8 : Pleiades, from Wellington, June 11 ; Coromandel, from Lyttel--1011, June 25. In reference to the assertions of the Russian press that Germany is endeavoring to isolate Russia, the ISorth German Gazette publishes an article declaring that the latter would only be isolated if Germany is compelled to seek supporters elsewhere. She desires a pacific policy. Constantinople, October 2. The Sultan has expressed to the Austrian Ambassador his desire for an alliance. Ottawa, October 1. (SPECIAL TO MELBOURNE AGE. ) London, October 3. The Sultan is desirous of an alliance with Austria for the purpose of securing rhe execution of the Berlin Treaty in Bulgaria and Roumelia, and chocking the machinations of Russia. Agrarian outrages are alarmingly increasing in Ireland. The London Daily Telegraph considers Mr. Berry's Reform Bill ill-advised, and reports its second reading.

DIRECT AUSTRALIAN >.i£WS. (KEU'i'El'.'S TKLEfJKAM', PHI: PRESS ASSoei ATJON.i Mku;ouu>.'i;, October 3. Lawrence, who shot Mr. 1< inlavson, of the Railway Department, will be hanged on the (Jth inst. The deficiency in ihe revenue for the quarter was principally in the land department. The excise department also showed n- decrease. There was an iu crease on o'J other items. Sydney, October 3. Mr. Devcaux, late acting Governor of Fiji, has sailed for England. ]Ji:iSi!AXE, October 3. The revenue for the quarter amounts to Ls'i'-?.000, being a decrease of L 51,000 as compared v. irh last year.