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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 94, 26 February 1879, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAPHIC

(FEB Plim AQjJNCY,) St. Petersbdeoh, Feb. 23. ASSASSINATION IN RUSSIA. Russian Governor-General of Province of Knaikon has been shot by an assassin, and is severely wounded. Berlin, Feb. 23. • A FIELI) MARSHAL DEAD, The death of Field Marshal fojt Ron is announced to-day. " ! London, Feb, 22, BANK RETURNS. Total reserve in notes and bullion in Bank of England is £18,000,000. COMMERCIAL. Australian tallow, best beef, Od. lower, Ijest /button, Is, lower, Vienna, Feb. 22, Austria pb SYDNEY! The report of the Committee of the Lower House of the, Austro-Hungarian empire approves the proposal to apportion amongst Austrian firms the Government grant of a hundred thousand florins for Austrian representation at the Sydney exhibition,

London, Feb. 23. THIS GAFFES WAR. J:Colonei Stanley, Secretary of Stato for War, has been authorized to express to General Lord Chelmsford, Commander-in-Chief at Natal, the sympathy and confidence of tho Queen, ' ' '/ ,/ • • Bombay, Fell 23. , " CABUL. / A large meeting of Mollahs has been held at Cabul, and declared that Shere Ali had sought Russian help, and that, thoreforo religious demonstration in his favor would bo unlawful. Sydney, Tuesday. .. CAPTAIN COOK. A public holiday was obsorved to-day in consequence of tho ceremony of unveiling the statue of Captain Coolc in Hyde Park. The Governor performed the ceremony in the presence of Ministers, military and naval forces, and various public bodies. Upwards of 20,000 spectators were present. Wellington, Tuesday, lUTANGATA RELIEF FUND. A public subscription has been set on foot for the relief of the sufferers by tho Katongata catastrophe; the town clerk collected £GG ill about a quarter of an hour. ALLEGED FAVORITISM. The enquiry into alleged favoritism of certain Govcvnmentofficials in disapproval of a tender forfuiiiiture,'aiidfitting, forthe Government House, and the Building fell through this morning, the complainant, a foreigner, refusing to proceed without legal assistance, which commissioners positively refused to allow. Further action is to be taken.

Acckund, Monday, LATEST ,FROM THE KELLY,S. Arrived':—Rotoruiv from Sydney, via Russell. The- Rotorua brings Sydney daces to tlio ljth. Ned Kelly left a written statement at Jerildivie which' is full of intimidations .against the the police. Kelly says that when lie was Id years of age ho received a sonoence of throo months' imprisonment for using a neighbour's horse without the consent of the owner. After this he says the police becamo a nuisance to his family, and he then became a wandering gamester. He soys he had stolen 200 horses when the afl'ray took place with Constable Fitzpatrick. When the Constable came to arrest his innocent brother Dan his mother said, "If Ned were here he would lack him (Fitzpatrick) out of the house." Ned Kelly came up, when a struggle ensued, and Constable Fitzpalrick was shot. This statement of Kelly is said to completely exonerate the police from the chp.rge of taking improper liberties with his sister, which is now said to have been a mere attempt to excite sympathy.

WANT OF MOPY, Want of money is being severely felt in Victoria, MAN SHOT, A man named Kendall has been found shot in the domain, Sydney. TAURANGAj Monday, THE TAUPO. The statement that the Taupo wa3 impeding the navigation of the channel is' a mistake. After Considerable, labor the pumps wero got to work ypeterday, and though tlio tido was risipg, reduced the water considerably in a very short time. Sanguine hopes are entertained of floating the steanjer if the pumps work well. Dunedin, Monday. THE RING,AT ITS REST. The bookmaking fraternity have shown their sympathy \vit)i the sufferers by the ICaitangata catastrophe, ifr. H. Prince has already collected amongst the members of the ring at present in town close on £IOO, and lie is sanguino of increasing that amount to £2OO within a few days.

VARLEY. BLOWING. At a lecture-delivered by Mr. Yarley yestei'tlaYi £76 was collected, The subject of Pijile roadjug i|i tho public schools was dealt with at : 'so|i)Q lpiigth by Mr. Varley. At one of his services yesterday lie said that if the colonists brought up their- flrilflyeu wjUiQut ljioval trailing, a nation would be rearpd wtfyjut a backbone, whose training would proyc a curse instead of a blessing to them. If the people of Dunedin had his spirit they woqld pqt ajloiy a month to go over their heads without having the Bjblc road in the public schools every morning. Imvsboamill, Monday BANKRUPTCY LAWS, At a meeting of tho Chambor of Commerce this afternoon, a resolution condemning the existing bankruptcy laws was unanimously passed, and recommending that no bankrupt receive his discharge unless it could be shown that the estate woijld pay 10s. in the pound, Tho reckless trading and induced by the existing law? were warmly commented on. Jhe question of co-operating with the Commissioners pf the Sydney Inter : national Exjiibitiqn was introduced. A sub-committee yras formed'to two inimc: dijjtc §tepq tp collect exhibits in Southland.

In the Resident Magistrate's Court this morning, a tradesman was fined 20s. for a breach of the Stamp Act. Napieb, Monday. NAI'IER BREAKWATER.

A large piiblic ipelingwas hold to-night at the Theatre Royal, to~coimcletHhe construction .of a breakwater for Kapjer.' Piesolutions were unanimously earned to the' effect Hint the Harbor Bojvvd should not spend further money on the present harbor works, they being a failure.; praying the Harbor Board to endorse for the purpose .of making a further inspection of the roadstead, ■Hie dj.affc of a petition asking the Governor not' to sanction ,1 digtvict railway to Clive Grange, was proposed by Sutton, M.H.R., but was lost The meetwas #]iusia§tjc for the erection of abreakwater at Napier, AlexaudkA, Monday. TAWHIAO. The native meeting will take place on the 16th March. Tawhiao has now returned to Hikurangi. The natives are employed in improving roads and conveying food, • Monday, CATTLE ON CROP lANIS. Tjh'e Nelson >Waste I#aiid Board have decided on'regulations to'prevent the gratuitous depantiirnge of cattlo on Grown lands. Great dissatisfaction exists in the Grey Valley among the small farmers, and a public meeting is to be held to consider the matter, A petition is in course of preparation, protesting against the enforcement of the regulations. wmju,

Lato account? confirm terrible loss qf life by 'collision"betwfeeii the' English Rinardo and the French steamer Byzantine, in the Dardenellos, on the 18th, ijv which the latter was sunk, About 280 persons were rescued, but fully 150 perished,