CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1179, 27 January 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATKrIT HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

> REITTKu'.-i TKLE.IiiAr.r. VEU FRKSBASSOCIATIOX.j IrtJifDOX, January 24. Arrived—Hudson, from Port Chalmers, ar.d Ctyjeo, fron* Adelaide. ■ January 20,

With reference to the speech of the First Lord of the Adnjy-aJty at Snltcn ir.sfe week, it now transpires that it is pvo:>.wed that the British troops ill A/gbsiishall retire fromCabul to Jellalabad, and iLzt the appointment of a British atvi.y at Cabi.l ji ili probably be waived. The puhlic iff thg rumor recently ciivfilateti that a frontier prtwinge would be farmed bet-.rcon the Khybcr and Rur- . jtami%is strengthened now that the aJppv t e

has so largely decreased the supply thai the expediency of the importation of American grain is being discussed. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 26. . Germany has sent a warning to Italy against its hostility to Austria. ,• • Aguile has joined Mahomed at Ghuznefo The French will occupy Tankin:' (SPECIAX, TO THE MELBOURNE AGE.) London, January 26. In addressing a political meeting at Birmingham, Mr. Bright stated that the greatest boon that could be granted to the Irish peasantry would be the modification of -the land laws, enabling more easy acquirement and more secure holding of lands. He deprecated tli'e"* seditious tone of the Home Rulers. . DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (reutkivs telegram, fhp. PREPS ASSOCIATION) Melbourne, January 27. The date on which the adjournment and dissolution of the Assembly will take place i 3 still uncertain, owing to the slow progress which is being made with the consideration of the Estimates. Sydney, January 27. A man named Coulfchan, aged 23, has surrendered himself to the police at Yass, stating that in January, 1878, while he was engaged as a chemist at Everfcon, England, he poisoned his wife with prussic acid, weighted the body, and threw it into the Mersey. Shortly afterwards ho emigrated to Australia. He now asserts iliac lie is wretched, and sees a vision of his wit": nightly. Arrived —Ar.vwata, from Auckland.