TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 765, 12 May 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

EUROPEAN OALOGMAMS'

THE WAR.

MR GLADSTONE WITHDRAWS OBNOXIuCJS POR* TION OF HIS RESOLD" TION.

THE LIBERAL PARTY AC CEPT THE REMAINDER.

MR GLADSTONE ATTACKS THE POLIO? OF THE GOVERNMENT.

THE HOME SECRETARY STATES EiSTGLAND'3 POL ICY.

f_Press Agency.]

Bombay, May 9.

Mr Gladstone's unexpected withdrawal of the obnoxious portion of his resolution caused a scene of tumult and confusion in the House of Commons.

Lord Harrington, the. leader of the Opposition, accepted the remainder of the motion on behalf of the Liberal par^y.. Mr Gladstone rigorously attacked the policy of the Government.

Sir H. Drutnmond Wolff moved the rejection of the motion. Mr Cross, Secretary of State for the Home Department, said the Czar was answerable for the rupture which had taken place, but if Constantinople were not attacked, no question as to English interests would arise at present. The policy of England was to protect the Suez Canal, and English interests in Egypt, and to forbid any interference with the freedom of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. London, May 9

The Turks at Widdin have commenced bombarding Kalafat, on the opposite bank of the Danube. The Roumanian batteries are replying to their fire.

It is reported that Germany has increased the number of her troops stationed in the conquered French provinces of Alsace and Loraine.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

RAGLAff. (Me3Sige via Ngaruawahia.) Friday, 5 p.m

Tho schooner Kaiuai*, of Wellington, from Waipara, to Kaipara, w»s forced to run the gauntlet over a heavy bar yesterd.y afternoon to 6ave herself going ashore, Tho mainmast was carried away, and she had a narrow escape from shipwreck.

[Pre-8 Ageaoy,] Auckland, last night.

TIDAL WAVE.

A tidal wave, this morning, rose six feet at Russell,fsix feet at Mahu* rangi, and only nine inches in Auckland harbour. Southern telegrams also report it at all coastal ports. No damage has been done by it.

Oolonel Nation is elected first Mayor of Parnell. Produce sales to-day:— Flour realised £l7 to £18; potatoes, £3 15a to £& ; bacon, 7d to lOd ; maize, ssi; oats, 2s 6d ; chaff, 6s j fowls., Is 6,1, la lOd, 2s 9d; geese, 4 s 2d; p Moanatiri telegrata to day says, .reef larger, with colours -of gold. S. : iles, £lO 123 6i ; closed sellers, £9 15s.

G-BA.tUM*TOWtf, last night.

. J3*le3 ■;. Moivuatairi, £lO ; .Kiiranui Hill, 283, 295; Albarnla\lsfs~ 6d; Cure, 63 9d; Queea of May, 203; City of Loudon, lis 6d j Piako, 10s 6d ; Homeward -Bounds Is 3d;,, MoaaafcairU weak, Albumias strong. -' ' '""...""" ". ''' ■-.