LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1126, 6 September 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(FROM OUK OWN" CORRESPONDENT. ) A lxandri A, September 3. The British engineers are engaged in cutting a passage for the, sea into Lake Maeroites. This step is being J taken in order to flood the dry bed of the lake and marshes to the southwest of this city, and to prevent a flank at- ; tack by the enemy. News to hand from Cairo reports that the Native population are menachfg the Europeans who remain in that City, and their position is considered critical. The British force at Kassassin on the fresh water canal is throwing up entrenchments with a view of strengthening the position of the camps. London, 4. A further number of regiments are now under order for service in Egypt, and will be despatched at an early date. It has transpired that this force, which consists of about 15,000, men, is intended to occupy the positions now held in the neighborhood of Alexandria by Sir Evelyn Woods Brigade, to enable the latter force to join the main body of the British army under 'Sir Garnet Wolsely in the projected operations against the enemy. Alexandria, 3. Wolsely's supplies at the front, and the means of transport are now officially announced to be ample. London, 4. Further, serious rioting took place in Dublin last evening, and some difficulty was experienced in restoring order. The military were again called j^b to,o.lear thej^jeets, andijri several tateses 1 wfeiß^SiSmpeiled to^charge the'mbb with fixedbayonets. Tawhanga.aud his Maori colleagues now in London are trying to establish an association which professes to purchace ten million acres of Native land from its original proprietors, paying for it by permanent Government annuities, secured to the sellers, and their descendants. The Daily News in commenting on Native Affairs in New Zealand, expresses an opinion that Te Whiti should now be released, and restored to his home at Parihaka. Five hundred special constables enrolled in place of constabulary who have struck in Dublin, came into violent collision with the mob and ultimately tired upon them. The excitement was intense, and a considerable number of the specials narrowly escaped being lynched in the streets. Bkisbane, September 5. It is understood that the Government of Queensland has recehed a telegram from the Agent-General in London, asking authority to grant free passages to Queensland of four hundred of the dismisssed Irish police constables. t Melbourne, September 5. The steamship Wairarapa sails for New Zealand on Saturday next. ' Further charges have been laid against Burns, now under trial at Hamilton, for murder. — —