Telegraphic News

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 864, 3 January 1878, Page 2

Telegraphic News

THE WAR. ENGLISH CALOGRAMS, London, January 1, I’HE CHANNEL FLE .T ORDERED TO .-EA. lUSTRIA SIDES WITH ENG. LAND. Vtuekb f ar Pai-ha is re called.' The lasi Hm-siau brdge on the Da iiihe is broken. Nisa will | r>.bab!y sin render. The ih nnel fleet is otchnd to he ready-for sea on ilie 16ih. ? Count A ml fussy, according' to the Austrian Government organ;- at Pestb, -ays ihat Ansr.iia j- ins England when* yer J-a . lesolnte j 6 icy ideternnned. . • " "*■ ' RUSSIA REFUSES TO CONCL DDE PEACE. THE CONTINENTAL PRESS ()N BR TISil SUZERAINTY. | GERMAN? vPAP|SRgI UMVQURABLE TO BRITISH SUSER. AINTY. AUSTRIA IN UNION WITH ■BRITAIN. M. MITZa AT BERLIN. RUSSIAN CONSCRIPTION FOR 18.8. RUSSIAN NAVAL PREPARAT IONS. [special to press agency ] London, December 3(L

A. leader, io the ' Observer/ says that. Btissia has refused to » pe:ice wish Turkey, and must leave En*raii<l to nt;rti'«e in the »ar. A d sens ion sg- tig on in >he Coui'.ie 'a' Pm-sn regaidii.g .ngiand j*cqi! ii a the s< z a nty of f t'.gvp'. '♦!»»■ Geim=u paptrs are favourable tu the pujc . Public i'p uixii i< Ans'iia has enoor ed- Kigl id's j olicy. The Hun aiiftn Miinste*, M M : 2fi, is i.ow >i i n llerl n. ' j the »7, y las itnel he . jiroi" met ot 480,t 00 oi s» ii, th r 1878. 'lue rni mnt of the Nubian fleet is vig- i usdy , n>hed he ward. An urge > in b »ue has le>n s nt by the init;.-h Ministers t.« the r ' .-u potters br ad to return ton e Lv Use o/tjiiug of Parliament,

(f om oue own correspondent.) jvjN GLAND %A LKS TO RUSSI A 4»k joy a RUSSIA l»l{l||A.il#TO DIS*OI SS PA A 4B^ PBo l^' SAL 9k < ••— -■ r /NEW%af|'l Rlt»IGI«^ hat, (*ove*rninenr lias* ;iiti: ated to Jiussia that, in the event of certain cuntiugeicies aris--Bngjlaiid; Ii is unofficially Bttiti(i fhat Rus- *- in u WW ~utrffißH o the • din.c Turkish] 'i-o'posal for pea;ce.

Me hournf, Jan. 1. ' The Australian Combined Eleven' edve Melbourne for New Zealand: n Thu ix say. . ,i : Trickea declines to row ixcepi >n Australian wa’e»s, but is willing 0 row Uouitiey in Sy.ney Harboui or £IOOO. Colonel Moule is sauceeded by Colonel Header tbrday as Under Sec. m- D fence. . .The , C.bluet, next »i;ek. will cousid r the Civd;Serv:ce eorgaiumion , ;v Taurangv. . ( There is a rer val of Ilaliauisni under To Kouti. I’ke iSacri d Gounod s now niee ing at Whakamd. Delegates from parts of the souil i-ortiou of the island are present -•cassing .» m w fa.t i and doctrine, > i d to be opposed io that of Tawi.iao. • ——— AUS All AN AIOURAMS. Mklbourn k, December 31. The to ui sum . real sed ai Mi Fisher’s stud sale was £51,325 fora .•mdred lots. •S’ M'lAl TKLKQKAMS. AUCKLAND RACES. ACCIDENT To THE HON. ML SHEEHAN. J. Waikato Tim is Office, from Auckland.] Wednesday 9 u.m. There was a sp endid attendance* For the DehHy all were scratched except .Queen Mali and Venus Traur,. Venus won at pleasure. - 4 - Sillino 1 ace. lsaac AValton, Ist. ' Tom Fom and Gillie Ca-lum (aited. Isaac had it all his own vas, • J No advance • ffered on £3OO, a lling p ice. 1 üblicans’ Purse. All were -eratolled except Hippocampus and latcatcuer, liipp icaiupui won as ue liked. Racing C cb Han; icip.—This was a capiral race. Lara w.qn cleverly ; Elsa, second; Gillie Galium, third. Grand Stand pocampus, L; Lara, 2. / ' Hack Iturdle RACE.-r-Ternpe* mice, 1; Hurnc ne, 2. After the fire on Monday night, the Hon Mi Sheehan, Native Minister, passing the 1 t the darkness on the stone stei s, md broke one of his ribs; bu> is no;, incapacitated from, attending o business. [press age cy] • AUCKLAND RACES. SEC ND DAY. Auckland, last night. Produce Stakes, ICO sots., Waltirs* Venus ’liansh, Bsi lOlhs, 1 ; B cklaHti’s Queen M»b, 8 m slbs. o. This was a close race rigln t the jockey working hard,. A splendid finish nded in favour of VenuS by a neck. French, her r di r, lost a stirrup n the race. steeplechase ot 150 SOTS. :• weikstak.es, five suvs., distance miles, over fair hunting country. MsG-o’s Pe-fume, 12st Ah, Ist; Stephen's Don Ju n, 10.111 ib, 2nd ; Bock and’s Buteh. r Boy, list 9 b; HorSefab’s W hitefoot, lOst 111b; Edgar’s Don, lOst. Tom Finn was sera ched. lion refused the first burd e., and gave up. Whitefoot reired at the second. Up hill, the or del was, Don Juan, Butcher Boy, and Pertum-, all thiee with n 20 yards. Down hj 11, past the stand, Buichcr Boy and Don Juan, side bys side. Perfume about four lengths in, the rear. Round they went, fencing beautifully, taking stone walls, feucis, hedges, ditches, as easily as shelling pw?- Rising the hijl a second time, P rfurne began to go up, and loud shouts were raised in her favour. At Ellers'ie House she i>ced in »o butcher Bo , who was

uaiii'-g, but at the mxt j»mp her jubilant pattizanS were suddenlycast down by both Pertume and Butcher Boy coming a cropper. It now looktd as if the race was a cefaintv for Don Juan, and his nam* wjiS in eve.r\bud.'s - niou.'h, iq a, o lu-i crv H'OHe: "Tommy's up," '' P« Hume's up," hid 1>! the mate aj | ea>ed ov» r the crest of the hill aboiu 100 yairis behind Don Juan. Will she c «ch hi<». P Im;ossil.le it seemed "Perfume," <• Perfume," whs screamed on all sides as the mare was Keen £oing up h>.i.d over fi*t. I own hill they came, wi'ii only a third ot a mi/e to to and s i'l n'ity yaids between thun It W}j.f a spit nuid n-ce, and the ixrrennnt on tie stand was lemc n<l«>us. At ihe last jump hut one, a quarter ot a mite liu.n . ome, only twei ty yaids intervened. Don Juan whs'iind, his jockey riding him hard. The'bhuurs and c eera igureitfetd to a rour a» Perfume, *b jat

300 yaids tmm humn, B:,ile i past her gallant opponent. The gme mare pocatupus, 9*t. f Ist; Buoklan V; Magician, 9>t. 7lbs., 2nd; Hill' Goldin Crown made ih© running attended I y Magioin Hippocani. time round. held, by a neok. ■■' ':''''.'' v :"._"_ U STEWARDS HANDiCAH,i—IOO 80VS. J 1 eepsfake of 3 sovs,-distance mi and d s r arice.' Wal er>' i!a*c WairV.'if It, 80, ton's Lara 8 A 121b. :2»r a tjhantileec andu Jtiatcatcher ; :] ran- \ L ru started bajl.jbjknvojength:-. 'saao Walton overhauled him in th ~ catting and continued v t6. increa' fp the lead winning by ihj-ee length Others; hotfhere. \ •■'•-:. ',. Consolation Stakks. -Don 7st Ist. Magician Bsfc I2ib. Golden Crogru 7{j« 12lb 3?d. ~; # A | rotest wae entered again?!* Lara in,the.facing Club rHundiva}-;. and Sustained. 7 *' iElsu -was aWai'deo "•'lie prize.