TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 176, 11 August 1876, Page 9

TELEGRAMS.

(From our Daily Contemporaries.) Wellington, August 3. It ia stated that great reductions will be made in the Estimates; and that some 400 General and Provincial Government officers will lose their appointments, and probably the Volunteer vote for the South Island will be struck off. In reply to enquiries by this Government, the New South Wales Government telegraphs that no further action has been taken in re a second cable for European communication, because no answer has yet been received from the Victorian Government. IiOMDON, July 3. Montenegro has declared war against Turkey. The alleged reasons being that the Forte has blockaded the frontier, and insists on reforms impossible to carry out. July 4. The Servian troops crossed the frontier, and had an engagement with the Turks. A later report says the Servians were repulsed with the loss of 2000 men. This is denied, and the Servians declare they succeeded in one action on the Eastern frontier of Bosnia. Subsequent actions took place in which a victory was claimed by both sidea. July 9. The interview between the Czar of Russia and the Emperor of Austria was cordial. Gortschakoff and Andrassy were present. They agreed to a note not to interfere, but to reserve the right to mediate between belligerent powers until some decisive result is arrived at. The great powers guarantee the neutrality of the Danube. July 15. In replying to a deputation urging the neutrality of England in the case of a general war, Earl Derby concurred in their object, and Baid the Government refused to accept the Berlin memorandum because a compromise was unfeasible, and was unacceptable to the Porte, and further the insurgent fleet's in Bessica Bay would not take the initiative, but was there because England and all the countries had been misled. A general war was most improbable. France would certainly not go to war, and Germany and her people had no direct interest in war, and England would not provoke hostilities. Austria was in a peculiar position, but her own self-interest would dictate peace. There was a powerful party in Russia whioh desired that the Sclavonic Empire should be under Russian guidance and influenceThat party, however, was not now in power. Earl Derby believed that the Czar was a sincere lover of peace. The Russian finances and the extent of her recent conquests in Asia, were reasons also why Russia should not desire war. Earl Derby also confirmed the recent telegram, that the policy of non-intervention would be followed by Russia, and added that nothing should be done without the consent of the great Powers. Though England could not prevent decay of Turkey, she had guaranteed her against murder, but not against suicide, or sudden death. Mediatory sieps would be offered if opportunity came as he thought it might shortly occur. The New Zealand loan of £1,250,000 of five per cent, debentures had been offered, but only £200,000 was subscribed for at 100 to 102*. Tenders for the balance are invited at par. Wool biddings dull ; prices without recovery. The fall is estimated at 30 per cent, on June rates of last year. Wheat is declining : New Zealand, 47s to 50s ; New Zealand hemp is quiet, but prices firm. Arrived : Jessie Osborne and Bangitikei. Auckland, August 4. The schooner Argus is now 16 weeks out on a voyage to the Chatham Islands, and is almost given up as lost. She was a new schooner, and was insured in the South British for £2000, The crew consisted of — Morgan (master), Hayward (mate), and six others. There were 17 passengers, including Kerr and Engest, two of the principal run-holders on the island. It is thought the vessel may have got ashore after landing the passengers. It is proposed to send a vessel in search. One of the immigrants hns escaped from the Quarantine Station. It is supposed some friends went down in a boat and conveyed him away. Attckiand, August 8. The Acclimatisation Society have sent to San Francisco for 250,000 salmon ova, to be shipped with those for Canterbury. They propose to introduce crabs, lobsters, and other shell6sh. A report from the Tauranga district states that alluvial gold has been discovered in the Eainai Ranges. * At Maketu a great Native gathering, for the purpose of taking up ' and scraping the bones of defunct ancestors, has been just concluded - — and, strange to say, without any drunken riot.