LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Waipawa Mail, Volume 2, Issue 133, 20 December 1879, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

[Reuter's TELEGRAMS TO London, Dece^R^-^p|| Arrivals—Gloria and Star Parliament is summoned to despatch of business • The Court of Appeal haR of error in Orton's a point as to whether the Co^^K®. r |s**Ai po .vercd to pass two Bentenc^MtyC;-C * same offence. ■' Three per cent, consols, 97. land 10-40 5 per cent. loan, 99£. [ 1 &S? Calcutta, Dec Fighting was still being con Cabul on the 14th. The Af {&%*! were numerically superior to made a desperate attack on south of the city, occupied troops. Therefore on the 1 Roberts decided to abandou , f■; r : l

concentrating Ins forces on the cantonments of Sherpan, north of Cabul. Orders have been given to Generals Gough and Arbuthnot to bring up reinforcements from Gandamah and Jellalabad. December 16. Further details of the fighting on the 14th instant show that Afghans to the number of 30,000 made several desperate attempts on the British forces. General Roberts lost one gun. He telegraphs to the Viceroy that help is urgently necessary. December 17. Telegraphic communication with Cabul is interrupted near Jogadabak Pass. General Gough reports that the tribes beyond Gundamali ure obstructing the British advance. St. Petersburg, December 16. Reports are generally current that there is a quarrel between the Czar and the Czarewitch. The latter demands constitutional government, which the former refuses to accede to. Melbourne, December 17. The Assembly will adjourn from tomorrow until the 20th of January, when the prorogation will take place. December 18. The Assembly has adjourned. Sydney, December 17. Mr Cameron lias given notice of motion for the suspension of the immigration vote till next year, in consequence of the depressed state of trade and the financial exigencies of the colony. December 18, The French Commissioner has presented the Mayor of Sydney with a Sevres va«o from the Republic of France.