CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 574, 5 March 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST WAR AND HOME ]S T EWS. (reuter's telegrams, per press AGENCY.) London, March 3. Tlie Bulgarian question lias been arranged. The Russians have made substantial concessions. The claim for the Turkish fleet has been abandoned. The signature of conditions of peace is imminent. March 4. The conditions of peace are signed. The claim for Bulgarian and Egyptian tribute lias been renounced. Cardinal Franche has been appointed Pontifical Secretary of State. (SPECIAL TO THE ARGUS.) London. March 4. The treaty of peace was signed yesterday. (SPECIAL TO THE PRESS AGENCY.) London, March 2. Arrived—Ship Waitangi, from InTercargill.

DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. [IIEUTEII's TELEGRAMS. PER I'IiESS AGENCY.] Sydxey, March 4. The Combined Fifteen in their second innings scored 100. The . Australian Eleven thus won by four wickets and two runs. Melbourne. March o. After the Ministerial statement tomorrow, the Assembly is likely to adjourn this -week for three months. Sir John Coode leaves for England by the San Francisco mail steamer next month. He will furnish his report from Home. Several nine-inch guns have been placed in position at the heads, and arrangementare being made for laying torpedoes across the entrance channel. One large firm, within the last three months, has sustained losses of nearly forty thousand pounds owing to so many failures. It is understood that the Governor has received a telegram from Homo instructing him to be guided generally by circumstances and accept the advice of his responsible advisers.