THE RUSSIANS CROSSING THE DANUBE AT GALATZ.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3935, 26 June 1877, Page 2

THE RUSSIANS CROSSING THE DANUBE AT GALATZ.

SYDNEY, June 27. Arrived: SierraNevada,fromNewYork, with immigrants. LONDON, June 25. St. John's, New Brunswick, has been almost destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at about fifteen million dollars. Bayazid ha 3 been recaptured by the Turks. The French Senate have adopted the proposal for dissolution. SINGAPORE, June 25. 12.13. The Cabinet in Council resolved to ask credit for cautionary preparations. 6000 Russians have crossed the Danube at Galatz. The Turks, under Malchin, are retiring.. A despatch from Gortschakoff states that Russia does not intend acquiring Stamboul.

AUCKLAND, June 25. There were several alarms of fire on Saturday night, but nothing serious occurred. The football matches are lacking spirit, owing to the late fatal accident. CHRISTCHURCH, June 25. At a meeting of the Drainage Board to-day a letter was read from Mr Carruthers, resigning his appointment of Consulting Engineer. The considerat ion of the letter was postponed. It is rumored that a new morning paper is to be started at Timaru. At the Resident Magistrate's Court to-day W. H. Capons, the boy arrested for endeavoring to pass buttons in imitation of sovereigns as sovereigns, was committed to the Industrial School for 13 months. A youth named Reese, charged with a similar offence, was committed for trial. H. Fielding, formerly editor of the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette was brought up here to-day, charged xinder the name of Hiram Walter Patterson, with having embezzled moneys belonging to the Darebin Town Council, Victoria, in the year 1873. Inspector Buckley said that the total amount embezzled was about £600. The prisoner was remanded till July 24. DUNEDIN, June 25. It has been determined to keep the lists for the Macandrew testimonial fund open a few days longer, and it is understood that the presentation will be made on the eve of his departure for Wellington to attend the next session of Parliament. A public meeting to consider the railway question will be held early next week. WELLINGTON, June 25. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency repoi't, under date London, June 22nd, that wool competition is increasing, and the quotations average lkl better than at the opening sales. The principal advances have been in superior greasy, superior combing, washed cross-bred, and combing. In washed the market is firm, and in scoured the market is unchanged. The sales close on the 2Gth. The competition by home and foreign buyers is active. The tallow market is quiet ; mutton, 425 ; beef, 41s. The wheat market is flat, the weather being favorable for the crop here. Adelaide wheat, 63s ; New Zealand, 5Gs. The leather market is flat ; best sides, 10id. .

(prom our own correspondent.) WAIROA, June 25. The Mary Ann Hudson did not get into Mohaka on Saturday. There was too much sea.

(from our own correspondent.) DUNEDIN, June 25. In reply to inquiries made by certain members of the Dunedin police force, as to whether in the event of the Otago police declining to serve at the reduced rate of pay compensation will be allowed for past service, the Native Minister has intimated that compensation will be given on the conditionsperscribed bylaw, and no other. As the new Constabulary Act, under which the reductions in pay are to take effect, has not yet been submitted to Parliament the reference to the conditions prescribed by law is somewhat ambiguous. Some of the members of the force in Dunedin will have their pay reduced to the extent of as much as 36s per week, and why they should be kept in a state of suspense, and prevented, at the risk of endangering their claim to compensation, from quitting their connection with the force, appears rather strange. Great dissatisfaction exists among .the members of the force. Inquiries made at Wellington by the Hon. W. H. Reynolds, since the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce on Friday last, have resulted in the Government replying that they have given instructions for the immediate preparation o f plans for the Clutha and Clinton railway, and that "when the plans are completed, tenders will be at once called for.