LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1187, 25 October 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

_ +, (PER REUTER'S AfIEXCY.) Received October 24th 1 a.m. Mi.idourxe, October 23. Accounts to hand from all part 5 ? of tho colony state, that a splendid rainfall has been experienced.. Adelaide, October 23. Heavy showers have fallen throughcat South Australia. Glowing accounts of the effect upon the crops are to hand from the country districts, and hopes of a good harvest are confidently entertained. Received October 24th 4.30. p.m. Melbourne, t ctober 24. Serious floods have occurred at Burregurra, on the river of that name, 84 miles S. W. of Melbourne. Three persons have been drowned by the inundation in their homes. The following horses have been sprrctebod for the Melbourne Cup : — Aide-de-champ, Attache, Bryan O'Lyn, Gardinia, Hobart, Ironmaster, Mistake, Nautilius, Proctor, Prattle and Rupert. The betting is unchanged, with the exception of Drummer, whose price has declined owing to an accident to 100 tol. Sydney, October 24. The strike of men employed at the Nepean water works has concluded. Lond N, October 23. Telegrams are to hand from Manilla ?

announcing that aterriffic cyjlone has been experienced in the Fhillipine Islands, and the greater portion of the town of Manilla has been completely destroyed. ; Intelligence has been received here that the steamship Gulf of Finland, 1,586 tons, outward-bound from Liverpool to Melbourne, went ashore at Gabbul Zoogur, in the Red Sea, and in need of assistance, which has been sent from Aden. Received October 21, noon. Londox, October 22. A military Commission has been appointed to inquire into the cause of the defects m Inch were apparent in the army hospital and transport services during the recent operations of the British troops in Egypt. Paris, October 22. A treaty has beon concluded between Greece and Tunis under terms of which France assumes the responsibility of the Tunisian debt. A judical tribunal is appointed and a yearly allowance of £28,000 is accounted to the Bey. Alexandria, October 22. In consequence of witnesses having been examined by special commission ; at Cah-o in the absence of Arabi and his associates, or their legal advisers, the enquiry before the Commission will be re-opened on Saturday next.