EUROPEAN NEWS.
London, August 24. Owing to the Turks refusing to evacuate Rodgoriza, in conformity with the Berlin Conference, the Montenegrins are beseiging it. The Consuls at Constantinople are trying to arrange the matter. It is rumored on the Stock Exchange that Lord Dufferin will be British Commissioner in Asia Minor. It is persistently reported that President M'Mahon resigns in autumn. The Anstrians present loss in Bosnia is 1300 men. Money Market unchanged. Consols, 94f. Business dull on Stock Exchange, except Egyptian securities, which have greatly advanced, owing to the Battlement of" the finances. Wool sales progressing satisfactorily. Prices well sustained at opening rates. In the home trade there is fair competition, while foreign buyers are operating cautiously. Corn market easier. Heavy failures are announced —James Virtue and Co., Baldy, Dester and Co., and Tinsley Bros —all in the publishing trade. A Turkish army corps has been sent to the Turkey-Montenegrin frontier. Athens, August 24. Considerable difficulty has arisen in carrying out the decision of the Berlin Conference re the extension of the Northern Greek Provinces. Vienna, August 24. The Austrian troops have again attacked and routed the Bosnians after severe fighting. • St. Petersburg, August 24. The Golos this morning saya that Russia is about to issue a new international loan. London, August 25. For the Dunedin Municipal Loan over L 229,100, was subscribed at .an average price of L 95 la 7d. The Dowager Queen Christina of Spain died at Vienna. Rumor says the cession of the island of Tenedoes to England is probable. There is a general mobilisation of the Austrian army.
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Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3133, 27 August 1878, Page 2
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