LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1537, 20 April 1885, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

UV- ELECTRIC Ltfl.lWH A I'II— COPYRIGHT. ; (PER R«[tTKft'» AftRNCy. ) Received April 17, 3.40 a.n». St. Prtebsb&uoh, 16. A despatch \\»s l>«m received from General Komoroff, doted the 6th April, in which he states after the hostilities on the 80th March, the remnant of the Afghan forces fl«d to Herat. A detachment <>f Russian troops remain at rhfc Pulikistf fort, two miles north of Penjdeh. General Komapoff concludes his despatch by stating that an advance is at present needle.ns. | Received April. 18, 2 a.m. Byt>n»y. 17. Tho dispute between the Pacific Mail Company and the Seamen* Union still remaios unsettled. A Caltinet Council was held to day at which fnithcr measures were taken for placing the defences of the Colony in a satisfactory condition. Meiaocrn*, 17. The Goyornuient are in rectipt of a

telegram from the Agent-General to i the effect that the political situation in ' England is very menancing. The trial of the convict Barnes for the murder of the late J. B. Slack was . concluded to day. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to d»ath. Tenerifte, 16. The New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tongariro sailed this afternoon for New Zealand ia the Cape. Received April 18, 12.80. p.m. London, 17. The Vtelief that a peaceful settlement will be effected in regard to the difficulty between England and Russia in regard to the Afghan frontier question is hourly increasing. St. Pbtersbttrgh, 17. In his latest despatch to the Russian Government Eamaroff reports that the Afghans have evacuated all their posts on the frontier, and the Russian troops remain stationary. Received April 18, 8.30 p.m. * London, 18. The stock markets is improving as the apprehensions of war between England and Russia have subsided. Cdisols advanced by 1-J per cent and are now quoted at £97. The market rat** of discennt has declirted to 2£ per cent and is now at 1 per cent below the ank rate. New Zealand securities generally have advanced by f to 2 per ce nt. Colonial bread stuffs : — Adelaide wheat, in store, declined by 2 per cent to 38s per 4961b5. Adetoide flour remains at 275. New Zealand wheat declined by 2s, and is now 82s to 37f«, according totality per 4961 hs, in store! Australian tallow remains at 4£l for heef, and 83s for mutton of average quality. The wool market continues firm. The catalogue for to-days auction comprised 8000 bales. New Zealand mutton has suffered a decline of fiom t<y $<\, and is'uovc realizing s^l to 5Jd per p\mud. ADELAWE, 18. Ireland Fraser and Go's circular, dated Mauritius, April 2nd, gives tht» stock of su^ar on hand at 28.000 tons, and. the exports this season to New Zealand at 7,000 tons. Received April 19. 4 p.m. St. Petkrsburgh, 18. It has transpired that in the late despatch to tUe Government Komaroff announced that when PenjoYh and the posts in the neighbourhood were evacuated l>y Afghans, and the latter fled to Hprat, he deemed it expedient to place Peitjdeli^ under temporary Russian administration. (From Reuters Special Correspondent.) | ' ; SCAXIM, 18, evening. j A messenger has arrived with a letter to General Graham from the j chief of the Aoaara tribe, offering a ; fore* of five thousand men to join the I Bri ish Rgaiust Osrimn Digna.