ENGLISE CABLEGRAMS.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1001, 21 November 1878, Page 2

ENGLISE CABLEGRAMS.

[rEUTEK'S SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS. I MADRAS, November 14. Gold has been discovered at Wynaad, Madras.

ST PETERSBURG!!, Nov. 14. Russia supports French intervention on behalf of Greece. ' LONDON, November 14. The British Afghan troops are •suffering from unhealthy supply. Ti.e trausporfc is defective. The Ameer is passive, seeming disinclined for,'war, [press agency. I LONDON, November 14. Fearful gales have been experienced on the coast. The Blair Athol, bound to Australia, put back having sustained damage. The ship Woodlands also returned, having been m collision. Arrived, at New York, the barque Thames, from Auckland.. The ship Piako, bound for Lyttleton, New Zealand, has arrived at Pernambuco, with her cargo on tire. The passengers have been transferred to the Loch Doon, bound to Queensfcown. The Merchant Shippiug Underwriters' Association telegraphed, under date of 15th inst., additional information regarding the ship Piako, that she. was scuttled. Dormer and Co., m the China trade have failed for £100,000. Leighton succeeds Sir Francis Grant as President of the Royal Academy.

A * Standard ' telegram from Rome says that Dr Macabe, succeeds Cardinal Culleu. NEW YORK, November 14. The President of fche United States has ordered the payment of the Halifax award. The Marquis of Salisbury, m replying to the United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs respecting the award, eaid ho was prepared to consider m a friendly spirit the American proposals. LONDON, November 15. The Marquis of Lome, and the Princess Louise have Jailed for Canada; LONDON, November, 16.

Scotland has subscribed £170,000 towards the relief fund for the suffers by the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank, LONDON, November 15. Sir Arthur Gordon, late Governor of Fiji, ou the occasion of being presented with the freedom of fche city of Aberdeen, stated that he recognised the eminent qualities of the higher permanent Colonial officials, but deprecated the eagerness of the Colonial Office to avoid party questions. This was- calculated to render Governors careless of the interests of the colonies. LONDON, November 16. Elliston, formerly chief officer of the mail stoamev Avoca, has been remanded to Melbourne on the charge of being connected with the robbery of £5000 from fche Avoca. LONDON, November 19. Brindisi mails are delivered* Diasterous floods have occured m the Eastern Counties, Fearful gales were experienced m the North sea. ROME, November 17. The King of Naples has been stabbed by an assassin,afc Naples. He is slightly wounded: The President of the Uouucil of Ministers accompanying fcho Kiug, while seizing the assassin, was mortally wounded. Assassin arrested. Cause nofc political. '