LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1184, 25 September 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(PKK KEUTKK's AGENCY.)

Alexandria, September 21. The rebel garrison at Damietta have (iually refused to surrender, and show no sign of yielding. It is expected that an attack by British troops and gunboats will be made forthwith.

Further arrests of members of the National party and Arabi's partisans are daily being made, a number of prominent persons being made prisoners.

The T'.ritish iron-elads have commenced to shell Fort Ghemelet, at Dam-

ietta.

Sir Evelyn Wood has been ordered to proceed with his regiment to Damietta to co-operate with the fleet in the assault on that place.

Latest.

Reports to ha-d state that Abdel Loa has left ' amietta for Cairo, and that the rebel garrison has yielded.

Constantinople, 21

It has been discovered that a plot has recently been formed among the adherents of the Albania League to attack and massacre all Christians in Scutari, a town in the south of Albania. The conspiracy was detected and a number of arrests have been made.

Intelligence is to hand that the Czar j has reached Moscow and has received ! a great ovation from the people. It | now transpires that the object of Mis i Majesty's visit to Moscow is to attend the Exhibition now being held there, and not, as alleged, to attend the coronation ceremony. London, 21. Consols 100-],-. New Zealand loans unchanged. Bank reserve LI 1,800,000. The cricket match between Shaw's ; Eleven and the Australians, which was ! concluded yesterday at the Oval, ended in a draw. Sydney, September 23. The art collection in the Garden ' Palate was insured for £3,000. This, as already stated, was the only insur- : ance on the building or its contents. j Sailed — This afternoon, the Union 1 Company's Wakatipu, for Wellington.

The action of the Government in storing valuable documents in the Exhibition building is generally condemned.