CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 8 November 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS,

(i'.KUTKU'd TKLEOKAM. PH!». i'UKS.S ASSOCIATION) London", November 5. Three per Cent. Consols, !j9v. Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 51s Gil. The toial quantity of wheat afloat for Great Britain is 1.020.000 quarters. Five per Cent. New Zealand 10-40 Loan, I'M ; Five per Cent. 1389 Loan, 101: Fuiir-and-a-half per Cent. 18G9I'JO4 Best Au.-.traiinn leather is quoted at 11; d. November G. Li <ek, the Australian oarsman, hr-nt i;i|.-v in a sculling match for L3OO asid.-: he won easily. The luterluitioiial rog.'itta commences on the l-' ; : h inst. The races will be pulled in four heats, tiie regatta lasting three davs. There are seventeen entries for the various events. The Channel Squadron has been ordered to Ireland. The Irish leaguers appeal to the people of ire!and to .subscribe liberally to tiie defence fumjs. A solicitor entered an appearance in court at Dublin and demanded details of the

charges to be brought against the leaguers. The Board of Trade returns of imports for the past month amount to L 27.437.500, being a decrease of L 4,873,000 compared with the same period of last year. The exports for the same period amounted to LI 8,087,500, !>!?'!!L r an increase of L 1,000,000 coin pared with the same period of last year. Large -withdrawals of gold from the Bank of England are being made for North America. Calcutta, November 6. There is nothing fresh from Cabul. Cape Town, November G. I Latest intelligence from Basutoland | reports continuous fighting with the enemy. The Cape Rifles, under Colonel Clarke, have stormed the Molethansi stronghold and driven the enemy from their positions. The Basutos, however, in overwhelming numbers, have re.r captured the Lotherodis village, which was recently taken by Colonel Carrington. The colonists, notwithstanding the strength of the enemy, retired from the village in good order. Wasiiixgtox, Nov. 6. In a trial of strength it is found that the Democrats possess a small majority in the Senate. Parts, November 6. The execution of the decrees for the expulsion of the Jesuits from France has been completed, and their legality upheld. Constantinople, November 6. Dervish Pasha, who was despatched by the Porte with three battalions of Turkish troops to Dulcigno, has arrived there, and is conferring with the chiefs of the Albanian league, and urging them to submit "without opposition to the cession of the town and district to -Montenegro. Athens, November 6. Couuioundonros, President of the Ministry, is asking Parliament to-day to grant credit for increased armaments in accordance with the policy announced in the King's speech at the opening of Parliament. He declared that it "would be suicidal for Greece to secede from the position she had taken up in regard to the verification of their frontier. © DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. i KKCTEiI's TEI.KOHAM PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, November. 6. Mr. Gaunson presented the petition for the reprieve of Ned Kelly to his Excellency the Governor. The proposed procession to Government House was abandoned. Numerous other petitions to the Executive Council for the reprieve of Kelly are being signed. '