LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 10, 16 October 1878, Page 3

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

[Special to the Press Agency.]

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

TIIE SUEZ MAIL.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Melbourne, October 9.

(Reuter’s Telegrams to Press Agency.) Brisbane, October 1. m The survivors of the barque Onward are i f chief rnate } three white sailors, and seven Kanakas. The four missing boats in charge of the master, second and third fcnstes, and an able seaman, contained 13 whites and 47 islanders. Constantinople, October 9. The Russian Ambassador has informed the Porte that the withdrawal of the Russian troops from San Stefano has been stopped in consequence of murders which have occurred in the evacuated districts. St. Petersburg, October 11. The Press throughout Russia has assumed an aggressive tone.

Constantinople, October 9. The Porte finally refuses to accept the Austrian convention. The Albanians have massacred Pasha Sideric. London, October 9. The Lord Chief Justice of England lias tendered his resignation. Thomson succeeds him. The stock markets are repressed owing to apprehended failures. There is a panic in bank shares. October 10. Owing to outrages reported to have been perpetrated by the Turks, the Russians have re-occupied Tcheokmcdji. October 11. Great surprise is felt at the action taken by the Russian Government in reoccupying Tcheckmedji. England demands an explanation. * Vienna, October 9. Bosnia and Herzegovina «*ire now completely subjugated. The total Austrian loss in the undertaking is 4000. Adelaide, Tuesday. Arrived : Chimborazo. Sydney, Tuesday. An additional thirty-four miles of the north railway to Tam worth was opened by the Governor to-day. Brisbane, Tuesday. It is stated that a new goldfield has been discovered north of Blackall. There is a large hotly of quartz, with a good show of gold.

[Per Press Agency.] Balolutua. October 14. One of the piers near the centre of the ordinary traffic bridge here went this morning at nine o’clock, and the platform dropped with a crash into the river. The bridge is sinking rapidly. The inhabitants arc watching, expecting to see the whole structure disappear every minute. Christchurch, October 14. The total amount of beer duty collected in Christchurch since the Financial Statement was made is £1395 Us 9d, the whole of which amount will be refunded by the Collector of Customs on Thursday next, in consequence of the withdrawal of the Beer Duty Bill. ou.- _ Dunedin, October 14. Tne gents of the New Zealand ami Australian Land Company have received the following telegram, dated London, Octoiler 3 : —" This company is in no way involved in the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank.” Grahamstown, October 14. The man McKclvie, who was rescued from a pass on Friday, after being seven hour- buried underneath 2d feet of quartz, lies dangerously ill in the hospital, inflammation having supervened from the injuries he received in the fall. Otaki, October 14. The Felix Stowe, 500 tons, coal-laden, went ashore at four o’clock yesterday morning half a mil.- north of Otaki. The barque is breaking up. Her back is broken. All hands have left her. Wellington, October 14. Guthrie and Larnach’s tender for the Napier rolling stock was £7703, not £9OOO as telegraphed.

The paper mills of Messrs Bagshaw, Norwich, have been destroyed by fire ; also a portion of the Great Eastern Company’s railway works at Ipswich. In a terrible fire at Birmingham, four persons perished, and at Pimlico, London, there has been a great timber lire. Obituary The Prince Imperial of Japan ; Madame Van de Wezer, widow of the late Belgian Minister; Senor Don Pedro Galvez, Peruvian Minister in London ; S. S. Dickenson, ex M.P. for Stroud. The want of cordiality in the relations between Marshall MacMuhon and his 3lini-ters has given rise to rumors that the President will resign in autumn. The Marshal refused to attend the service at Notre Dame on the anniversary of the death of Thiers. Marshal MacMahon has signed 80 pardons and commutations of sentences for persons compromised during the Commune. During the past three months 503 persons have been prosecuted for insulting the German Emperor, of whom 521 have lven sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Cardinal Franclti is believed to have been poisoned in drinking a glass of sherbet. His successor has had several suspicious attacks of illness. In the Austrian occupation of Bosnia, after a preliminary victory over the insurgents, the Austraians entered Serajero, where a desperate street conflict took Place, in which men, women, ami even hospital patients joined. Houses were boned, and the assailants suffocated. The n»s lost 3000 in killed and 700 wounded. The disarmament of the inhabitants was ordered under penalty of death. The losses incurred l»y the Austrian army have excited great exasperation in Hungary, and the Press indulges in loud Upbraiding of the Government.

The loan is not to be floated in London before ary next, ami the debentures will not • nt home till next month. The q j iter’s revenue returns show the total revenue for the quarter was £1,167,423, showing an increase over the com -spending quarter of last year of £69.219. The question of religious education in schools is again exciting attention. The Bishop of Melbourne supports a separate grain to the Catholics and Bible teaching

in schools. Sir John O’Shannassy’s Bill dealing with the subject will probably come on for discussion in the Assembly next week. The Government, it is said, will make it an open question, and probably the Roman Catholic members of the Ministry will support the Bill as it emanates from the Archiepiscopal Palace. Cup betting still dull. Trump Card has been scratched, and it is doubtful if Le Loup will start unless he is got fit in time. Melita is still first favorite. Business continues very dull, but the weather is very pleasant.