CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1176, 23 January 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOKEIGN NEWS. (KKUTKR'S TELEGRAM, PERPKJSSSA.-iSOf.'IATION.) Beklix, January 21. Dr. Richard Kraul, who has gone to Sydney, has been appointed ConsulGeneral for the German Empire for Australia. London, January 21. The metal market is strong. A terrible explosion occurred to-day at Leycett colliery, Staffordshire, when 79 miners were killed. Arrived—Hudson, from Port Chalmers (Sept. 13). Three per cent, consols, 97J. Adelaide wheat, 58s fid ; Adelaide flour unchanged. Australian tallow has further declined. Best beef, 3.5s Gd ; best mutton, 395. The Earl of Beaconsfield is suffering from bronchitis, An explosion occurred at the Hanley pits. Newcastle, by which 150 mon were killed. January 22. Twenty thousand Ghilzaisare advancing on Gabul. Hostility is spreading. Forty-six thousand bales of wool have arrived for the February sales. Five per cent. New Zealand loan, 102 i ; new loan, 103§. The next series of wool auctions are fixed for 17th February. Thp arrivals to date amount to 50,000 bales. The total prol able quantity tq be offered, including I that left oyer from last sales, is 280,000 bales. The quantity of new arrivals to be included in the sales has been restricted by the Importers Committee to 350,000 bales. A large meeting of the Home Rulers has been held, at which, on the motion of The O'Donoghue, a vote of sympathy was passed with the Irish peasantry in their distress ni'.d their resistance to landlords, i A resolution was adopted at the same meeting binding the ' Home Rulers to 1 maintain an independent attitude in Par' j liameot. The Daily News to-day publishes a tele-1 gram from Afghanistan stating that Mahomed Jan has gathered a large force, and is now threatening the British positions in and around Cabuf. (SPECIAL TO THE MELBOURNE London, January 21. Mr. Russell Lowell has been appointed American Minister to England, The Govenuneut refused a special yate to the Orient Company. A resolution to vote to the Irish Distress Fund half a million dollars by Congress was referred to the Committee. The Standard's report of the capture of fcliiliskar is confirmed. A Times' Berlin telegram states that the Minister of State has informed the Saxon Chamber that the Federal Council are discussing a project to found convict colonies in the Pacific, but the ijiatter is still undecided. The telegram adds that Prince Bismarck's support of the Walytieau Company is intended to further this object. January 22. The latest news from Afghanistan states that a force of 20,000, chiefly Ghilzais,

are advancing on Cabul. General Roberts telegraphß that it is necessary to maintain a strong British force. A German convict settlement on the most southerly portion of the Navigators is contemplated. An explosion of fire damp occurred at Hartly mine, Newcastle. The number of killed is 150. Polynesian shares are being largely taken up in Germany, except at Hamburg. (special to press association.) London,. January 22. At the wool sales at least 250,000 bales wiil be offered.