CABLE MESSAGES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LI, Issue 5603, 8 February 1879, Page 5

CABLE MESSAGES.

LATEST EUROPEAN. {BJCBXBB’S TBLEQBAMa.] LONDON, Fkb. 5. The Presideut Haa eent a message to the Chamber which expressed hia devotion to Parliamentary affairs. T •■v-;:;' Feb. e. . in consequence of the plague, throe week#, in quarantine has been ordered at Malta for arrivals from southern Russia. Increasing vigilance is used againai the plague on the frontiers of Germany, Außtria, Turkey, the and ' at the Italian porta. | The Ambatoador at St Peteraburg > has been recalled, and Lord Dufferin succeeds. 1 . . ~, AUSTRALIA* PRSTOTO’sTBtSGBAMa.] BVDHEY, Fbb. 7. • Brandy, ksroeene, tobacco, and rice unchanged; New Zealand wheat or oats, none in the market. Arrived—Hero, from Auckland. ’ Three men have committed for trial in connection with the recent fatal case of pugilism at Windsor. MELBOURNE, Fra. 7. Sir Chas. Slade addressed Ms oonatituent* at Portland yesterday. He oharaetsrised the Council’s Reform Bill truly liberal. In the bush fire in the Oolao district firs perrons were horned to death, and three others hopelessly injured. ; W".- BRISBANE, Feb. 7. Mr M'llWraith, Premier, has been reelected. Macroasan, Minister of Works, will be opposed by Mr Morgan, a local lawyer. ■ ; At the Wanriok Agricultural Show banquet, Governor Kennedy spoke strongly in fareur of agricultural, education. He also condemned protection, wfaioh bo considered to he the means of robbing the many for the benefit of the few. Ministers in reoent speeches have promised to oiler the Available land for aale afc a fair price. ..r , Heavy rains have' fallen throughout the Colony. ■■ ■ ADELAIDE, Feb. 7. Wheat and- flour unchanged. COOKTOWN, Feu. 7. The blacks are proving troublesome. They speared Capfc. Sykes, bat hie companion, Hortby, escaped to the boat, pursued by the blacks.