CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 4 November 1881, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

NEUTER'S CABLEGRAMS. if [from our own co-respondent 1 * London. October 25 w The capture of Herat by the Ara.-r !:■ is fu«lj ootfirmeJ. Peforo the city vr as a orcipied, three fi.rce taltles \ prp fci

fought with forces of Ayoub Khan. The hostility displayed by the JNa* tive population against the French occupation of Tunis is so bitter, that the General in command of the French forces is resorting to great severities. number of Arab insurgents have been executed, and their heads publicly ex* posed in the capital Baron James Rothschild died at Paris yesterday. .. ' MfiLBouBNB, October 27. Eobert HodJle, formerly Surveyor* Genera], is dead. Aged, 78. For the last 28 years be had been io recc'pt of pension of £1000 a- year. Strong disapproval is generally expressed at the report of the Police Commission, and it is not expected that the Government will give effect to its recommendations. Censures are passed on gome of tbe officers, which a*e considered unmerited. A meeting was held at Wangaratta, under the auspices of tbe Mayor, to pretest against the propose! reduction of Sergeant Steele,. who distinguished himself during time of capture of Ned Kelly. -_