Telegraphic News.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2091, 29 September 1896, Page 2

Telegraphic News.

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A stupid inmnur wis -persUtp-utly oircnlatfrl yesterday «hut Kngland had declared war against Turkey, prompted possibly by.:'the Telegraph Department's announcement 'hat communication between France nnd London w>»s interrupted. The Governor was asserted to have rpceivnd a massacre, but Givertiment Honse knew nothing about it. Th«* excitement was aocpptuated by the Rev. Haskatt Smith, who preached in the evening at St. Peter's, announcing tbe declaration of war s a fact,: and.drawiag a lurid picture of the bloody straggle that must ensue.

A poker belonging to tbe murdered people Jones, has been found in bushes near the house. It is sssumed that Mrs .Tones seized it to defend herself, and tbat the murderer flung it there Despite tbe utmost diligence, the police have been unable to find any further clue to the perpetrators of the tragedy than the somewhat slender information already in their possession. Melbourne. Sept. 28. /The affidavit u of Mr Johnston, who was employed at the Bucban mine, concerning which 8U(;h sensational revelations were recently made, alleges that the mine was " salted," the space between the timbering* and limestone formation being filled with ore from other parte of the mine. One-director---took his samples from this false face. Mr Johnston says that Messrs MDrs-an and Slee were both paralysed at finding limestone everywhere, esppcially as the Company's 4#oney had been wasted on other thinas. Any man who said anything about the mine was at once discharged, a regular system of terrorism being in vogue. London, Sept. 27.

Mr Jerome Dyer, who visited the Fast as delegate from the Victorian Governm«nfc to open up trade, has submitted to Mr Gi'-Hes offers from financiers to embark a quarter of a million in the wine trade: provided the Government will guavantec three per cent, for fourteen years, with conditions protecting the Government. The projectors propose to employ European experts to mature wines, and grant advances to small wine growers at rates fixed by the Govern* metit. They will waive the right to claim a bonus if tbe interest is guaranteed! The prime mover in the venture is the largest proprietor of wine stores in England. Cairo, Sept. 27. The Dervishes are now straggling to reach Omdurman, and are said to bo thoroughly demoralised.