CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1250, 20 April 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[ LATEST HOME AND FOEEIGN NEWS. (RKCTE&'S TKLEUKA.M. VZH PBESS ASSOCIATION ) ' London, April 19. It is unofficially understood that Earl Beaconsfiekl has tendered his re--1 signation, •which was accepted oil Saturday. The Standard publishes a paragraph in confirmation pf t-lia same. The Times publishes a paragraph discussing the new Ministry, and states that Mr. John Bright will in all likelihood accej>t a portfolio in it. Calcutta, April 19. Trustworthy intelligence has been received that a force of Path an b had massacred a party of British at Quettali, including one officer, and blocked the r.oad between Quettali and Candahar. A detachment of troops has been ordered from Candahar to Quettali to operate against the Patharis. 0 DIE.SOT AIJSTKALLLS KEWh (renter's telegram per press ass dotation. ) Melbourne. April 19. Arrived P. and 0, steamship Hydaspes, from Galle. Having lost the fans of her propeller, her mails were brought on by the steamship Assam, which left Galle on March 23. April 20. Much speculation continues regarding the appointment to the Speakership of the Legislative Assembly. Nothing certain is yet known on the subject. Diphtheria continues in severe form at Hamilton, and the same disease is spreading in. the township of Avenel. April 20.

The Union Company's steamer Arawata arrived from New Zealand yesterday. A delegate holding a thousand Melbourne proxies has arrived here to oppose the . abolition of proxy voting, ■which "will he proposed at the Mutual Provident- Society's meeting to-morrow, i The Newcastle masters offer three shillings and sixpence for heaving when j coal is at ten shillings and a rise or j ia.ll of two poncc or three pence in the j shilling oil the selling ;>i:io>. Th ! Miners' Lodges co:i';v::t ty ej.«i«lur oho

offer, but it is unlikely agree to accept it.. Brisbane/. April 20: . - ..-It is that f the menfe have received an offer -from An -English: Company to land a cable>from "Ceyloia to Point Parker, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, f :: • ! ! "