SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5633, 5 December 1879, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

| [BY CABLE.] THE QUEEN'S HEALTH. [P.EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] London, December 2. The Queen is suffering from a severe cold. THE QUEEN RECOVERING. London, December 3. The Queen is recovering from her indisposition. There is no cause for anxiety. THE NIHILIST REPRIEVED. St. Petersburg, December 3. Mir3ki, the Nihilist, has been reprieved, and sentenced to penal servitude. COLLIERY ACCIDENT. Berlin, December 3. A very serious colliery explosion has occurred at Chemnitz, Saxony, by which 50 miners were killed. A CANADIAN RESIDENT MINISTER. Quebec, December 3. The Dominion Government of Canada intend to appoint a Minister to reside in London to adequately represent Canada. THE WOOL SALES FIRM. London, December 2. At the wool sale, to-day, 7700 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market | was firm. THE VINE PEST IN SPAIN. Madrid, December 2. The vineyards in Malaga are attacked by the Phylloxera xo-itatrix. 29,060 nectares are diseased. The pe3t is increasing. COLONIAL NEWS. FAILURE OF GODOFFROY & CO. [from: our own correspondent.] Melbourne, December 4. Godeffroy and Son, of Hamburg and Samoa, contractors for the conveyance of immigrants to Adelaide, have failed, liabilities £'500,000. MR. BERRY'S REFORM BILL. Melbourne, December 4. Mr. Berry hopes to obtain 47 votes on the Reform Bill. Melbourne, December 4. It is stated that Munro's re-election for Carlton is having a demoralising effect on Government supporters. His amendment on the Reform Bill, proposing the substitution of provision resembling the Legislative Council's, is likely to be largely supported. Arrived : The Ringarooma. [keuteu's telegram.] Sydney, December 4. The membera of the Church of England are taking steps to petition Parliament against the withdrawal of State aid from the church schools. Arrived ; Rotonia. Sailed : City of New York.