CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 11 October 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

! REUTERS. CABLEGRAMS. [PEB PBBSS AdBNCY] f ■ ' ' I London, October 7. ' The feeling throtfgbout Europe is in. ' dignant at the proposals^ the Porte for i k the settlement of the Montenegrin and 1 Greek questioni,~and the Continental ' press generally expresses extreme disapp roval of the (same. The French journals [ urge, prompt action against Turkey to I secure the settlement.of the difficulties. The Great Powers, however, are. awaiting > proposals from England before taking • any steps, i In some quarters the blockade of Tur* kish ports is suggested as a means of 1 coercion towards the Porte. The Czar's new steamer, Livadia, has sailed from GJasgow for Russia. In view of the state of affairs in Ire--1 land, the barracks at the various towns in the West of Ireland are being prepared to receive a further complement of troops ( from England. '■-. Owing to hohVy rains and . storms serious floods bn^e occurred in the Mid* . land Counties. of England, i MBLBotfBNE, October 8. , The steamer Albion has arrived here with the assistance of the tug Rescue. » Farrell,' who was dismissed by the I Service Ministry, has been re-appointed 1 4o the post of Parliament librarian, Go« vernntent also intend to re-instate the !■ various Ministerial returning officers. Nbw Sotrra Wales, ( The revenue for tbe quarter shows an i increase of over £297,400 over the cori responding quarter of last year. More than half the increase is derived from the ; lands. Railway receipts show £54000 i increase; Customs, £34000, including • £25,000 spirits; taxation proper, shows ■ £40,000. •-' > Water is still badiy^anted at Temora. \ It is computed tbat 109,000 loads of dirt [ ate grassed. It is stated, -that unless • water is cbtductedta the field within two ' months the thujority will be o^aipelled to '' leave. A 45 ounce- nugget has been found in one chim. The particulars relating to the wreck of I the Sufan Godefry are curious. Tbe vessel was built at Lubeck in 1872. but I had to be strengthened before she could , pass survey. She sailed in the South Sea trade for several years and arrived in . Sydney in 1878, where she was con« , demned and lay partly dismantled two years. She was then void with all faults i for £600 to Roby Brothers and Captain i Edmonson. She was understood at the i time to be a harbor hulk. She was, how*. ever, docked and refitted, and surveyor's 1 certified her fitness for coal or timber for 1 nny port of the world. After she left k Sydney uninsured site was found to leak ' on the voyage to Newcastle so much that tbe donkey engine was set on board to keep her afloat. She leaked worse when loading, and did not ship full cargo. Left Yokomahana on the 19th bnt so leaky that she put back when she caught the , gale which she war unable to weather, and was obliged to run ashore. She was I seen making for port and a life boat was ; got ready but the coxswain explains i that the ship wearing away suddenly for i tbe beach took him by surpise, and then ' it was useless to- proceed to lier. Ed* ' ir.ondaon eatne alongside alive but so in* jured that he shortly expired. An inquiry is proceeding.