CABLEGRAMS.
(From the Press Agency.) «. PROSECUTION OF HOSTILITIES. BRITISH SQUADRON UNDER ORDERS. <*> London, May 13. [Received at Sydney after midnight on the 14th.] The Roumanian Chamber has passed a resolution to authorise the securing of independence. The Roumanian accounts of the battle of Reni are not yet confirmed. The Russian batteries at Ibrailia sunk a Turkish ironclad, with 200 men on board. Official despatches state that the Russian troops have arrived at Dadin. Turkish official accounts state that the I Russian Army Corps unsuccessfully attacked the intrenchments near Batoum, and were repulsed with the loss of forty thousand men. The British Squadron has been ordered to Port Said. ♦ Bombay, May 13. GREAT EARTHQUAKE. Iqueque, on the west coast of South America, has been destroyed by an earthquake . GLADSTONE'S RESOLUTIONS. The debate on Mr. Gladstone's resolution is still continued. A majority of the Conservatives go with the Whigs for neutrality. The Liberals are divided, some favoring dismemberment of Turkey, and others disagree with Mr. Gladstone.
AUSTRALSAN NEWS. Sydney, May 14. Arrived—Rotorua. The influx of Chinese into the Northern Queensland goMfields is still increasing. Sailed—Hero.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 330, 15 May 1877, Page 2
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