NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2541, 5 March 1887, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(by el,kol'h'.o te!<kobaph~oop?Bi(ijlt) Reuto'r'Tklbouams. ' Calcutta, March 8, News has been received .'from Afghanistan that the Ameer has ordered the impress of a large army, and has issued a proclamation calling upon bis subjects to prepare for a Jehad or holy wa), which, it is believed is to be the Bussjans.'' • Tho newly elected lieichstag formally opened to-day,' The speeeh of the Emperor on the' b'oasion stated that the policy of the-Government, would be continually directed towards the upholding of peace with all tho Powers, but especially with the immediate neighbours' of Gerrtay,'and ne|cew^uldbe bqsfr pinqted hi a Reichstag sywasihg fcnati'oiial; wif regarding the Bill for the inorease' of ybefptny. Mwvpis. Mw<?h |, Apived, thjs morflingTrrWate, from Bluff, The Government has deolded to a> oept Messrs Chaffey Brother' offer to undertake extensive. irrigation' works, in this colony. Sydney, March 4. ' Sailed yesterday evening—Rotomahana, for Auckland ',/..: l' ! ' March 4, Owing to heavy" ifa'inafibs'" j'count'ry in the north is flooded, and-rslfay communication <hi been suspended, at many points." ' \\ ~ . ,v Sopu, Maroii 8. Later advices from Silistria report that.the-organisers oftlie revolt ia 'the town cashiered the •Bulgarian officers'and'summoned the. troops to joiniir th'e'Veb'ellion," Oti'iKe/-sGth February' thef 'prbplaimed • ZjankoJF Eegerit. Afterwardsfrequent'eneoun- : tejs took place; between tlie loyalists 1

and the rebels until tbe troops fromShumla arrived,'on the 2nd instant,' and suppressed the insurrection, twenty of the ringleaders being shot. ; - London, March 4. . In the House of Commons last night a stormy debate took place on a credit vote for the Irish police. Mr John Dillon defied the Government to-sup-press -the Nationalist': meetings' 'hi' vlrelatfd,- and' declared that the'Execu-' tive would be responsible for the blb.bdshed which might ensue. .Sir' flichael HiclisVßeach,'"Chief' 'Secretary? f for jrehwd;;^ "the necessity of granting an increase in the;.piVers of the regard'io.Mand.-.' : • •■ :•'■•. .■; Sir'James. Maitland and Sir Francis Dillon Bell have despatched to-day, per Doric, 850,00(3 salmon, ova for New ZealanaY' 'ilhis is the largest consignment Which has yet been sent••. to : Australasia, A further supply will be sont in fc fortnight. ':, ''.'"'.- Sofia, MarohS. Tho.revojts at Silistria and .Bust* ehuk liave now been pressed. "The pebgls.jpf RustoMck' amed themselves, and atweivehourfl'' .engagement took place between insurgentfl ano!' the loyalists/ Ultimately the tornierM to the Danube,' where' they were. qapturM. In the conflict -many were wouudod f pujbofls" 'sides/,, ; ;> .!;-,. ; : ..■; - 'Vv i ASHrK6idW-Marph'3.'';.',. A treaty has been concluded between" the Uaiited States and .Tonga, whereby the former ; |s' allowed-to have a coaling StatioS'pn the island.