CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1238, 6 April 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS;. (reuter : s telegram, per press association) ' [ London, April 3. . Arrived—Rakaia, ship, from Wellington, "which, port she left on the 19th December. The wool market continues firm. - April. 5. ; -Returns of the elections,, so far as they are known, sliowthat 271 Liberals, and 141 " Conservatives have been elected, showing a majority of 130 for the Liberals. The total number of seats gained by the latter is 59, and their majority is already sufficient to make them quite independent of the support of the Home Rule party. It is generally thought to be quite probable that Mr. Gladstone will not accept office should the Liberals come into power. Bombay, April 5, A report has reached here from Cabul that Mahomed Jan, leader of the Afghan tribes at Ghuznee, has been killed. ♦ DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (REUTEB'S TELEGRAM PEP press association.) Sydney, April 5. Arrived—Union Company's steamship Rotorua, from New Zealand.

The revenue for the quarter amounts to L 928,481, being a decrease of L 201,603. period of last year,, Melbourne, April 5. A meeting lias been held of. the Meat Preserving Company. A report of a most satisfactory character was •read, in which it was stated that business still continued to irrmvoye, April 6. There is a good demand for milling oats, A cargo of Mauritius sugar has been sold at a decline of 15s for whites and 10s. for yellows. Mauritius advices to the 24th March state that the sugar market is firm, but little doing. j Tonnage is scarce, Freight, 32s 6d. - Brisbane, April 6.

The revenue for Queensland for the past quarter shows an increase of L 30,000 compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. There has been a saving of expenditure to the extent of L2 9,000;