Telegraphic News.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1005, 30 November 1878, Page 2

Telegraphic News.

EXGLISE CABLEGRAMS. PAIITICtTLARSOFTfIEGAPTUIIE ' OFALIMUSJID. \ THE VICEROY'S PROCLAMATION. [press AGENCY, j BOMBAY, November 23. The British force advanced . and shelled the fortress of Ali Musjdi in the Khvber Pass. The Amir's troops were strongly posted, and an attack was postponed until the remainder of the column arrived. A late telegram states:—"The British troops attacked Ali Musjdi yesterday afternoon. The , Afghans evacuated it last night. After a brisk cannonade, the troops occupied the place in the morning. The British loss is trifling." BOMBAY, November 24. The Viceroy of India has issued a proclamation of war against the Amir, and avers that the hostilities are directed against the Amir, not the people of Afghanistan, whose independence is recognised aud respected. He further states that England would not to'erate the intervention of any foreign Power in Afghanistan. PRISONERS TAKEN TO PESHAWER. THE MAHARAJAH OP CASHMERE OFFERS A CONTINGENT. [eeuter's special cablegrams. I CALCUTTA, November 20. Daca was occupied unopposed. The head men of the Kurd Khuaibar Vildancs are offering their services. Supplies have arrived on all sides. The native contingent will shortly rendezvouz at Lahore, where their future destination will be settled. The Maharajah of Cashmere is anxious to send a contingent with the invading army, but the Indian Government considered that greater service would be rendered if he watched the Afghan border contiguous to his frontier. The prisoners oi.ptu.red at the fortress of Alimusjid were taken to Peshavrur The rank and file wili probably be dismiss 1, and the officers

treated with tho customary usages of European warfare, LONDON, November 27. The Ameer has released Yakoob Khan, but is to come to terms withJEtifjland.'v rf|j Jm+, Tho Msliah vjfe ;retu*|fc[ to Herat, m£feasiiSf! tho dangers |of |thq r situation!!; jf| ' ffi] W' ' Ea«laM hias'idomanded an tion from Russia regarding General? K ufmann's speech on the Afghan difficulty.

LONDON, Nov. 28 Tho City of Glasgow B»dIc will declare a din lend chortly.

General Kanfmann, the Russian Governor of Khiva, urges the Government at St. Petersburgh to mako a demand on Great Britain for a guarantee that.she : will, not permanently hold the JKjv'ber Pais.

STE \MESR SUNK': 200 LIVES LOST. [PRESS AGE.VCr.J LONDON, Nov. 26. The steamer Pooierama, from. New York to Hamburg, collided with a barque off Folkstone at midnight. ;. The steamer sunk ,in ton .minutes Two hundred parsons "wore drowned; one hundred and seven eared..; [reuter's SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS.] ROME, November 27. A widespread socialistic agitation in Italy is causing uneasiness, many arrests have been made. VIENNA, November 27. During a Cabinet Council meeting at which the President of the Hungarian Council, the Austrian Minister and Count Andrassy were present, a bomb was exploded outside, the buiding, No body was hurt.

■.. » .... ~- ■. _ • AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS. ADELAIDE, November 27. The Council lias rejected the Land, and Property Tax Bill. The Assembly read the Loan Bill a third time. SYDNEY, Nor. 28. A meeting of the Chamber of Com* meree has condemned the action of the strikes. The Company's engineers refuse to join the seamen. Efforts at mediation have again failed. A. meeting of shareholders will be held to-axor on coa* alder the position; . +■ . ~ SPECIAL T3LMQRAMS. Q—[press agency.] AUCKLAND, last night. WRECK OF THE S.S. TARANAKI. Telegrams from Tauranga announce tbe total wreck of the steamer Taranaki, on Karewa Island, six miles north of Tauranga harbor.

The Taranaki left Auckland yesterday with several passengers. All passengers and crew were saved. Karewa is a small rock island risihg 350 ft. high in the fairway for Tauranga. It is supposedthe vessel wen* ashore in the fog early this morcmng. Insurance : South British, £2,000 ; New Zealand, £750; Union* JSBOO. Other offices are interested.

WELLINGTON, last night. Fifteen thousand acres of the Waimate Plains will be sold during the financial year. ,. It is estimated they will yield ,£8 per acre. Henry Brett, of Auckland, is Gazetted a Justice of the Peace. The director, of _ the Geological Survey, Br Hector, who is one of Mr Sheohan's party, wiil if possible work his way throught to the Waikato, in order to gather information as to the geology of a comparatively unexplored part of the colony. DUNEDIN, last night. DUNEDIN RACES. Maiden Plate, 40 sovs.; 1 £ miles; Goodman's Cork, 1 \ Pendas' Sir James, 2. St. Andrew's Handicap, 100 spvs j 2 miles; Gilligan's Mnfti, 1; Goodman's Chancellor, 2; Mason's Campbell, 3. This was a splendid race. Time : 3min. 44aec. PATE A, Wednesday. KIMBILL BENT, THE DESERTER. Kimball Bent, a deserter from the o7th Regiment thirteen years ago, ' and who has ever since lived with the Maoris about fifty miles up the Patea River, and up till Monday had , not been seen, by any European since hp deserted, wds interviewed by a Patea Resident, and said he intended to lay his case before the Government, qs he is anxious mow to get back to his native country ( America). B«nt deserted after being flogged, and in ISSG was believed to have shot Lieutenant-Colonel Hassard in an engagement near Hawera, and a large reward was offered for his captme. T.ie Maoris treat him as a slave, and say he was never allowed to carry arms. He hj. is kept a diary the whole time of his absence from civilisation.

GRAHAMSTOWN, Thursday. THAMES -.DISORDERS AT THE BOOTHS.—THE ELECTION ADJOURNED.

The Mayoral election yesterday was a keen contest, and both committees have been working hard all day. Everything proceeded in a quiet and orderly manner till halfpast 5, when, while a large number of electors were endeavoring to poll, a rush was made for the door of the booth, completely? putting a stop to all further proceedings, and necessitating an adjournme.it of the election until to-day. The Returning Officer has telegraphed to the AttorneyGeneral, explaining the situation. Both parties are confident of success. . THAMES, Thursday,

The election to-day resulted iu a majority of £0 for MoCullough.

Totals: McCullongh, 381 ; Dr Kitgour, 301. Towards the close of the poll thet;a Was jntense excitement, largo yisrowds:f assembling in the street n|f|i' the polling-booth. £No Was ex,c|Wl so^t the fj|nte3t |&>r tho ;K Supeiinte ? ndency between Mi , Wilpftamsorsihd Mv Gillies If ; ;*]•■ PcHicITOHU-RCfI Thsßday.# Cr. Ick is returned as Mayor. WELLINGTON, Thursday. ; ' Mayoral Election : Drans field, 740, Hatchinaon, '/20. DUNEDIN, Thursday.

Mr Walter was returned as Mayor by a majority of ,273 over Mr Pish. The show at Forbury Park was well attended yesterday, bub not so largely as on the occasion of the races. The majority of prizes for merinos, was taken by tho Hon. Mr Campbell, but he had close competition in Murray, Roberts and Co., >vho won the champion cup for she best merino ram. Lincoln, Leceister, and Romnoy Marsh sheep were well represented. Among the cattle the usual Alderney breed waa most couconspicous, and the first prize was won by Mr Barron, with a splendid animal. There were not many pigs exhibited. Those shewn were of superior description, and a porker of wonderful size, the property of Mr Winkerheid, obtained the first prize. A feature in connection with the show was that the tent of the New Zealand Hardware Company, which contained a splendid selection of exhibits. The implements shewn had much to recodimend them; Reid and Grey were among the chief exhibitors and prize-takers. The winners of the champion cups for sheep were :—-Best merino, Pt.Campbell ; best Leicester ewe of any age, C. Tumbull, best Lincoln ewe, N.Z. and A.L. Co. Ctampion cup for best Shorthorn cow, Jas. Gaw's Susan; champion cup for best Ayrshire cow and heifer, Peter Orr.