CABLE TELEGRAMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1243, 25 September 1875, Page 14

CABLE TELEGRAMS.

m , . , , London, September 3rd. The ironclads Iron Duke and Vanguard came into collision off Wicklow in a dense fog, and the latter sank in 19 fathoms of water. All lives were saved. The Turks have violated Servian territory, burned a village, killed aome of the inhabitants, and seized a quantity of cattle. The popular feeling j a Servia k feed against Turkey. * The 8.8. Pera arrived at Galle ftomAuttraha on the Bth inst.

The wool sales we languid. There has been a further decline on medium and inferior sorts of 2d under June rate* and better classes of wool are Id lower. Wellbred is shtfty, but combing is eagerly bought. 125,000 bales are catalbgued? The sales close on October 2nd. Foreign arrival! have been so large as to depress the cam %*¥ c% A * A< l cc Ue« c is at 65s to6 7«> New Zealand, 52s to 55a.

The ship Hudoon has arrived from Lyttelton. "

™ B , ._ . . September- 9th. The Pacha of Servia has telegraphed to fo« Porte that tbo insurrectionary agitation fr graatty »JJay«d fo nmymm of prepwt

by European powers. Servia is not likely to be aggressive. The insurgents refuse to assent ws a conference at Mortar, and demand that Bosnia and Herzegovina be made a European province as a tributary of the Porte. September Bth. Further fighting has taken place in Turkey, but Servia promises neutrality. A sensation has been caused in Paris by a letter of Admiral Laronoir, commanding the Mediterranean squadron, declariug he will only support MacMahon whilst he keeps aloof from the party of the September revolution.

Captain Anthony H. Hoskins succeeds Commodore Goodenough in the Australian command.

Wholesale desertions have taken place from the CarlUt forces, and a collapse ox the cause is believed imminent. A Chinese Embassy proceeds to England in connection with the Magarey murders. September 13th. At a conference respecting the colonisation of New Guinea, Lieut. Armit, 11. N., gave the'result of observations duriug a survey on tj^e coast, and, after a prolonged discussion, it wa* resolved to form a Colonisation Society, and to organise an expedition of 200 volunteers under Government co-operation. The Aas ralian mails, via Brindisi and Queensland, are delivered. There has been an improved attendance and more animation at the wool sales, bat without a recovery of prices. Stocks of tallow are unusually low. Arrived. — Crusader, from Port Chalmers, and W. W. Smith, from .Auckland. September 16th. The Servian Parliament v divided on the question of the address to the Throne There is a strong minority favourable to a declaration of war. The Empress of Austria has been thrown from her huni, aud sustained a slight con cuneion, but is now recovering. SPECIAL MESSAGE. London, September 6th. New Zealand wools, being in large supply, | are particularly depressed. Irregular lots show a fall of 2J to 3d. Prices of fleece, superior, 23J to 31d ; medium, 20d to 22d ; inferior, 15d to 19d. Scoured, superior, 23d to 29t1 ; medium, 19d to 22d ; inferior, 16d to 18d. Greasy, superior, 13d to lCd ; medium, lOd to 13d ; inferior, 7d to 9d.