CABLEGRAMS.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 110, 29 April 1876, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN. (From the Wangami Chronicle.) SYDNEY. April 26. The Governor opened the Exhibition yesterday, which was considered liner than any previous one. Agricultural and machinery exhibits were splendid ; also cattle and horses. Fine arts were fairly represented. The show of wools was splendid; Victoria aud Tasmania well represented. April 27. The ship Countess of Kintore, from Loudon to Wellington was spoken on the 10th March. She had measles on board, anil there had been three deaths. MELBOURNE. April 26. The Government bavo handed over to the Stevensons their detained letters unopened. The Commissioner of Customs has stated that all packages imported the firm will be opened and examined, order that the reliability of their invoices may be tested. April 27. Application has been made, and a writ of habeas corpus granted, to bring up Sullivan, the New Zealand murderer, who is applying for a discharge from custody. The Barracouta has arrived from Auckland. Three of the seamen, wounded in the attack at Samoa, have since died. ADELAIDE. April 27. The Suez mail arrived here yesterday evening. Yesterday, eight of the Strathmore’s survivors left for New Zealand. Two went to England, and one found employment in Ceylon. The New Zealand Provincial 6 per cent, loans, £IOO,OOO each, were successfully floated at 102 and upwards On the 28th February, the English trading vessel Amalia, while off Gibraltar, was seized by the Guardacosta, and a prize crew put on board. The crew of tho Amalia, however, overpowered, captured, and carried them prisoners to Gibraltar, where they have been committed for trial on a charge of piracy. The Spanish Foreign Minister demanded satisfaction from our Government. Several great jewel robberies have been committed at noblemen’s houses in the suburbs of London. General news anticipated by cable. At an annual meeting of the Mutual Provident Society, a highly satisfactory report was presented. Business in all the colonies has increased.