TELEGRAMS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 239, 4 March 1880, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN,

London’, March I

The latest new.s from Afghanistan slates that General Ruperts’ friendly overtures have been quite successful. Mahomed Jan is dissatisfied with the proposals of tlie British .fefuspj further conference.'

The boring.of (lie St Gotliard riptyny tunns,*!, cnmuiom ed iii 1872. was completed on Saturday. Tiie ship Strathnairn, from London to Adelaide, co li led in the Channel, and inmunji'.toly after sank, and the whole of the crew of the ill fated vessel were drowned •The topi' quantity of wheat afloat for Gin at Britain ‘ns 1,790,000 quarters. At Ine word .sales to-day 9200 bales were catalogued. The prices were firmly maintain ;d. The senes close on the 12t,h i ist.

The second series of wool sales commence on the 25t h. There ( will probably be 450,000 bales auctioned. ' ' Su4?z, M irch 1. The Ori mt Company’s steamship Orient, homeward bound, arrived here today. Bombay, M irch 1. r i he steamship YLnzore lias foundered off the const near this port. The captain chief officer, e - gingers, and 100 of marine crew were drowned.

(JOJMST ANTIN()i’LE, Fob 29. The Commission for tu,: jouxiii'* hums of the Turc-Gr-ek frontier, which mis been silting fur some tune past under the Presidency of Fa efi Pasha, Uas failed to come to an niiderslanding ou the ’.routi n' question. Toe Greek and Turkish (Jommis- ■ loners were unable to agr <, and tu Gr ei> Government lias deci : d to Solicit tie mediation »f the Great Bowers, aim

view to the settlement of llic Turko-H-dl nic frontier.

till ts were tired to-day at two officials attached '0 the Bus i;ui Embassy of t ds city. Uii" is rather seriously wounded. The motive of tiro would-be assassin is unknown.

AUSTRALIAN’ CABLE. Alelhouknb March 2. [ Arrived—Rntomah-na. from Now .Zca j I md. made the passage from tnc Bluff jt.i limeAn 7>f h hours wonting on a. ifpur boilers ' ’ ... ! The. first day’s races of the Victorian ißacing Club’s Autumn Meeting took place jto-dfty. The following are the results of ■the various, races: —Port Philip hF.h'st King Ist Ascot \;d Stakes— Ai t U.-iotj cpll Ist ; l>jiui.-\vi(‘k S'akes —Zambesi Ist; Leger''Stakes—Caspian Ist, EuwaiTow 2nd, Rivalry 3i’ l ; live started for this race, whicli was a'gvand one, and was won by Caspian ou the peat. Time 3min 23£sec. in die new Almistry Air Service will prob .biy be Premier and Treasurer, and Air Alurray Smith Cluef S cretary. Mr Fi.mcis lum been aske . to join the Ministry, but wib ni isi likely decline office 1 A Al Kirilins t Ip tram of 17th February states i-at 759 tons are loading for ‘Melbourne, 440 lor A lelaide, and 301 for New Zealand. Exchange price unaltered. The political.. situation remains uni ch uigod, but there are abundant rumors | as regards the constru lion of the Ali dairy j widen, however, are regarded as unfounded The resignation of the Ministry has been ,raccepted, and Mr Service sees His Exce 1 lency the Go.ve«i(lr tu-nrorrow. Pailiuinent will again open on Alarch 9th. Sydney, Al irclx 2. Tgjm awards outlie Judges in t’k ; ch'stcx' for” jewellery, printing -ippm-ai'i s._ am. ! boots; at “the 'international Exhibition, j liave b*en published to-day. Tl e New I Zealand exhibitors in theclasses mentioned j rank low, and receive no awards.