CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 891, 22 February 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

'! LATEST HOiMK AND FOREIGN i NEWS. ' ( EIErrEEiVTEI.ErtI:.IJt. i'EK PRE.-iS.'.A-'Wr.VrlO.V.} ' London, February l<>. ' Tin? force itttrlvr Colonel Pearson lias ' F)tivH safely established at Ekopei. ! February 17. The Home Rule candidate for Cork was : et»jd!«d by a large majority. Lord Napier, of Magdala, has been stuntntoncct- home from Gibraltar, and in'rtvetl at London to-day. * February 18. Sir Charles Dilfce has given notice in ! I the House of Commons of a resolution j eorteieijitting the Zulu war. I St."PETEtwciTSRit, February 13. i TFw C«»r has issued a inamYc.it.>, raiifytn ; -a (bjtmite RuMo-Ttukish treaty of point'", which was signed at Constantinople on the Bth. Tiitr K-itlulrafr.il of the Turkish troops from the Russian territory has commenced. (rffECIAL TO JtELBOI'KNE ARGCS.) London, Februaryls. The Victorian embassy has arrived at Home, all well. The Bank minimum is unchanged. IMoney is becoming scarce in open market. The accumulation of gold in the Bank continues. Reserve, fifteen and a half , millions. The stock market is unsettled. j Consols have been affected by the African i disaster. The market for Australian i securities has suffered somewhat. | The New Zealand Agricultural Company has been promoted by Sir J. Vogel and Mr. Lnrnach with difficulty. Despite the opposition of the Times, the first issue of half a million, L 300,000 has beeu subscribed. Corn is inactive. Recent shipments from New Zealand have been of inferior quality. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. (srECIAt TO PRESS -ASSOCIATION.) Svdnet, February 21. A cablegram from the Cape of the 4th February states that, in engagements with ,

the English, the Zulus were defeated, and Natal 18 quite secure.

Six hundred men are at work at the Exhibition.

In consequence of the Bank refusing farther advances to the Sydney Corporation, they have no funds to pay their liabilities. They have applied to Government for instant loans.

(becter's telegbam, per press association .Melbourne, February 21.

A deputation interviewed the Deputy Postmaster-General to-day regarding the prohibition of the use of the code of figures in the cable messages to Europe, urging that it is an inconvenience to the mercantile community of the Colonies. The Deputy-Postmaster promised to take steps to ensure the representation of the Colonies at the International Conference to be held in July next. In the match England v. Victoria, England made 325 and Victoria 142. The majority of the cricketers return via San Francisco, and stay a short time in New Zealand. They leave Melbourne on the 11th of March. Communication with Port Darwin is restored. The Adelaide lines are working badly.