AUSTRIAN AND TURKEY. VIENNA, August 23.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 964, 27 August 1878, Page 2

AUSTRIAN AND TURKEY. VIENNA, August 23.

The announcement of the convensioh between Austria and Turkey is premature. The Austrian "Press advocates the annexation of Bosnia aud Herzegovina. . THE L RHOT)6PE INSURGENTS. CONSTANTINOPLE, (^ug r 2*. /The: Russians hare attacked the Mussulman insurgents; in Rtiodope mountains ; the result is indecisive. [REUTERS SPECIAL CALOGRAM] ; LONDON, August 24. The ' Morning Post' urges the Government to annex Herat and Kandahar, should the Ameer of Afghanistan refuse to receive the mission sent by the Indian Government to Cabul. A Turkish Army corps has been sent to the Montenegrin frontier owing to the Turks refusing to evacuate Podgoritza in conformety with the Berlin Conference. The Montenegrins are beseiging it. The Consuls at Constantinople are trying to arrange the matter. : It is rumoured on the Stock Exchange that DufFerin is to be British Commissioner in Ashia Minor. It is persistently reported that President Marshal McMahon will resign in tfye autumn. '-■"■' ,; ; : r ;/yiENNA, August 24;. ~: The present loss of the A'ustrians in Bosnia is 1,300 men. ~ ',-. ; , CQMMERbIAL. LONDON. August 24 Wool sales are progressing, and satisfactory, prices are well sustained at opening rates. For home trade the was fair competition ; foreign buyers operating cautiously. Corn market easier . . AUBTALI AN TELEGRAMS. MELBOURNE (undated). - sir G. Bowen has accepted the Governorship of Mauritius; it is stated he will leave! in a couple of months. *. SPECIAL TBLMGRAMS. [I'uESS AGEVG/.1 AUCKLAND, last nia.),[. The Ntitio\:al Mortgage Company

declared a dividend of 2£ per cent. . The petition of ojd ..colonists' sons ■ftffyfcyj 350 «M£iiuibvss \ and South by fs'teamer on Tuesday., t„ ;,', 3 t night. X ; a row is #? &?/ \ *■ 0 V | ffi Tlio to introduce'wtfrrtlie Public Works Slate-I nient :i Bill to enable the Waste forests and country lands on security of mljnoont blocks- This scheme is »b*a«»J : oil-Bt) 1-iflfroduced and withdrawn.. Itisjproposed so to construct'r6Wflssb rs that they may be convertible into, tramways Mr Hobbs will, on Thursday, ask the Minister foviPnblic Works widen J the proposed leducfcion in rates of I coal and settlors' produce the Waikato line of Railway will come into effect. GISBORNE;Satura/. There was sold yesterday*.by. pri. vate bargain,. 14i acres of land : '; with house and buildings on it, at' C- inbourne, for £2500. WELLINGTON, Saturday, '; , Tbe Public Works Slatemen! "wilT ;in, : all be deliyered'on Tuesday next. /.,,.Government;/will telegraph it to the newspapers; A very successful trial with the vn S} i m '.Mp. ,ft»'ough . jtlie r mostj Q &S&. R#/"pt',Vtne Irfreet, along* the quay to the Queen's Wharf. lEtevthing passed of well. » Hqrses. took scarcely any notice o'f* ? 4he engine;" Sharp corners were rounded with perfect ease, and no stoppages. A vast crowd witnessed the trial. The.traiaway will be formaly opened on Saturday, nnder the auspices of His Excellency the Governor. - vTi I .®.,.Hinemba,' with nearly 200 passengers' for the setHement at Katikati,, which .left Aucklaad at 10 p.m. on Wednesday night, arrived at noon to-day.- . There was a large. crowd of Maoris and' Europeans to welcome 1 the'iiew Settlers, and an address of welcome was read on board by Mr Edgecurabe, Chairman of the. Town Board, on behalf of that body, Mr Vesey Stewart was welcomed back by many; Aid friends, and .in a few appropriate words, thanked the people of '■ Tauranga; : for ■ their 1 kiridly' welcome and good wishes. ''" The passengers commenced at once' to disembark, and their luggage was soon put upon the wharf. Many of them have had great difficulty in obtaining quarters for their temporary accommodation. The new settlers ere, many of them, of ~a ; very , superior class, and will make excellent colonists. It is to be regretted that no provision exists for their reception fat Katikati, and some of the families have consequently been left behind in Auckland—the erection of houses immediately will be necessary. It is said that the'terms' upon which the land has been sold are these: Eeach settler had to pay 10s per acre before leaving home Jfor the land he desired, ;and is to pay another thirty shillings per acre in installments during the next five y with interesti Jt the rate of eight per cent, per annum making £2 per acre. Mr Stewart, as you know| .igave ten shillings per. acre, but, of course, has had to' bear a great many heavy expenses. Several cadets have also been brought out by Mr Stewart to. learn farming in New Zealand. Amongst the new settlers are twenty famalies of Plymouth Brethren Persuasian, In the second class. ::: GRAHAMSTOWN, ]ast night. A. monster meeting will be held to-night, to urge the construction of " the Thames Railway, connecting•; East Coast and Waikato as a Government measure, out of the Public Works Loans. u ■... ■. There was tremendous, excitlraent among the Te .A.rqha natives this 1 morning when Mr James Mackay paid them £3,000, the -balance due them for the Arbha blocki They ai?e ; are also to get 7,500 acres reserves.