LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Waipawa Mail, Volume I, Issue 20, 20 November 1878, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(Reuter’s Telegrams to Press Agency.) Constantinople, November 17. The Council of Ministers advised the Sultan of Turkey to make amicable arrangements with Greece before foreign intervention. The assent of the Sultan is considered certain. Rome, November 17. The King of Italy has b een stabbed by an assassin, and slightly wounded, at Naples. The President of the Council, as Minister accompanying the King, while seizing the assassin, was mortally wounded. The assissin has been arrested. The cause is not political. New York, November 14. The President of the United States ordered the payment of the Halifax award on the 22nd of November. Lord Salisbury, replying to tiie United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs respecting the award, said lie was prepared to consider in a friendly spirit America’s proposals. London, November 15. In consequence of the Afghan difficulty, a committee is forming, with S.r J. Lawrence as chairman, in favor of an immediate meeting of Parliament. Madras, November 14. Gold has been discovered at YVymiad, Madras. St. Petersburg, November 14. Russia supports French intervention on behalf of Greece. [Special to the Press Agency.]] London, November 14. At the inquiry into the Woolwich collision, the jury, after a long deliberation, found both vessels blameable. Fearful gales have been experienced on the coast. Tiie Blair Athol, bound for Australia, put back, having sustained damage. Tiie ship Woodlands also returned, having been in collision with the Donner. A company in the China trade have failed for £IOO,OOO. Leighton succeeds Grant as president of the Royal Academy. A Standard telegram from Rome says that Macabe succeeds the late Cardinal Cullen. The Piako, bound for New Zealand has arrived at Pernambuco. The cargo was on lire. The passengers were transferred to the Loch Doon, bound for Queenstow, In view of the Afghan war there is an influential agitation to convene Parliament November 15. Sir Arthur Gordon, Governer of Figi, on the occasion of being presented with the freedom of Aberdeen, stated that he recognised the eminent qualities of higher permanent colonial officials, hut deprecated fhe eagerness of the Colonial Office to avoid party questions, as calculated to render Governors careless of the interests of the colonies. The Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise sailed to-day for Canada. November 16. Bank rate, 6 per cent.; Market rate, per cent. Scotland lias subscribed £170,000 towards the Glasgow Bank relief fund. Money is in less demand, and rates are dropping. A reduction in the Bank minimum is expected. The Bank reserve acquires fresh strength week by week. Eleven and a-lialf millions are ‘now in reserve. The stock markets show an improvement daily. Consols are firm at 96. Austral:an securities have experienced a strong revival. Victorian 4 per cents, 94 ; New South Wales, 99. New Zealand 5 per cents consolidated are quoted at 102 ; New Zealand per cents, February and August, 945. The Egyptian fund is fully subscribed. The corn market is unchanged. LATEST telegrams. [Per Press Agency.] Auckland, November 18. Father Heneberry is erecting a monster marquee, capable of holding 4000 people, for next Sunday. He shortly begins a crusade against intemperance. Lyttelton, November 18. Arrived—Ship Rangitikei, from London, with 59 passengers, and a large

cargo. The passage occupied 105 dayi » from the dock, aud 98 from land to land.' Port Chalmers, November 18. Arrivals—Augusta, barquentine, 45 days from Mauritius, with a cargo of sugar. Dunedin, ship, 86 days from London, bring 32 passengers 2200 tons of cargo, and 40 tons of gunpowder. Waimate, November 18. The fire is still burniug, but very little damage has been done to the Maiden Bush. The loss will fall principally on the wood cutters, and holders of small sections of dry bush which have been swept. Hayes’ large portable engine was saved. His upper mill is expected to be at work in a week. Hints, Jeffries and Barrett’s plant was totally destroyed. It is now ascertained that there are forty families destitute. The Mayors of Christchurch, Timaru, Oamaru, and Dunedin are to be requested to take steps to assist in obtaining relief. The houseless people are lodged temporarily in the Public Hall, Hospital, Ac. The losses are estimated as follows : —Studholme’s £40,000 ; Price’s, £1000; Barrett's £800; Rickman’s, £4OO. It is estimated that £BO,OOO will not cover the damage. Wellington, November 18. The Agent-General telegraphs that he has despatched the ship Western Monarch with 369 immigrants for the Bluff, and the Northern Monarch with 146 for Timaru and 220 for Lyttelton. The Merchant Shipping Underwriters’ Association telegraph, under date November 15, regarding the ship Piako, that she was scuttled. The only nominations for the Mayoralty to-day are Dransfield, the present Mayor, and Hutchison, late Mayor. An exceedingly keen contest is expected. Three of the local papers support the former, and the Chronicle the latter.

Westport, November 18. A mysterious lire occurred here early on Sunday morning, which destroyed a large building, the property of Hooper anil Dodson at Nelson, next the Westport Times office. No one live 6in tho building, nor had it any lire places. The building was uninsured.

ARRIVAL OP THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND. (By Electric Telegraph.) Auckland, November 19.. The Glasgow City Bank investigation shows a loss of £5,190,983, which the shareholders have to make good besides £1,000,000 capital. Heavy failures have occurred in Glasgow and London on account of the bank. The Ameer of Afghanistan deiies the British Viceroy, and puts trust in Russia. The Russian Press advises the Czar to support the Ameer. Roumania has been recognised by the United States. The Russians retain Adrianople * iL&be Treaty of Berlin is fulfilled. The Servian army has been reduced to a peace footing. The Colonial Trust Co-operation Society, London, has suspended through fraudß. The Directors have been arrested. One, Viscount Bury, lias been already sued. Captain Cnuddins, Commodore of the British fleet, is dead. The rinderpest lias broken out in Northumberland. James Sawters and Co., Liverpool, have failed. The War Secretary and First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking of Cyprus, said Austria, France, and England will form an alliance. Lord Hamilton's Lilliput won the Challenge Stakes at Newmarket. In a panic at the Colliseum Theatre in Liverpool, forty persons were crushed to death through a false cry of fire. A railway collision in Wales killed 12 persons and wounded 20. The Duke of Edinburgh sailed for Canada from Marseilles to welcome the Marquis of Lome. The Emperor William has resumed the Government. Von Beust has been appointed Austrian Ambassador at Pans. Negotiations between the Vatican and Germany have ceased. The Paris Exposition closes on the 10th November. Again there are rumours of marriage between the French Prince Imperial and the Princess Thyra. Juan Don Cosi, an Internationalist, attempted to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain. The American Consul has been publicly insulted at Taugiers, Morocco. The Nile burst its banks at Damietta ; 120 square miles have been overflowed, and 20 villages submerged. The loss of life is nearly 1000. David D. Caultan, vice-president of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, is dead. B}' a collision on the Old Colony Railway near Boston on the Bth, 25 were killed and 100 injured. Rear-AdmiraJl Paulding, of the United States Navy, is dead. W. J. Hass well has been arrested at New York for offering forged notes on the Union Bank, London. Admiral Gore Jones, R.N., in disguise, was ordered out of the Russian war steamer Europe at New iTork for examining armament. Robert McCauley, chaplain to the Orangemen of Canada, has been murdered, it is supposed, through religious hate. The- baique Isaac Hall has been chartered at New York for New Zealand. The Cheyenne Indians have surrendered. London, October 27. King Alfonso of Spain received a publio ovation on his escape from assassination. All the Directors of the City of Glasgow Bank have been imprisoned. Niehol Fleming, who has been connected with the bank, absconded. San Francisco, October 28. Burglars have robbed the Mar’ >ttau Savings* Bank at New York of ov* n <*rtwo million dollars.