LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1193, 10 November 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGR AMS

(Pliß RECTKIt's AOKNCY.) Received ovember 9 1.10 a.m. London, 8. . A detachment of sepoy troops ar« rived yesterday at Portsmouth. Cape Tmwn 7. A delegation of Basuto chiefs had an audience of the Hon J. C. • canlan, Premier, to-day ; no understanding was however, arrived at, the situation is unchanged, and the prospect of a peaceful settlement of the native difficulty is considered gloomy. ( ITAWA 7. A serious fire occurred to-day at Halifax, Nova " cotia when the work house hospital attached to the buildings was destroyed and thirty one invalids perished in the flames. New Y.-rk 7. The tate elections throughout the Union are progressing rapidly and returns now to hand show a large gain for the Democrats. ! Sydney, 8. he trial of William i mm, who sometime ago set fire to Wright's bedding factory, was concluded to-day and the prisoner was found guiHy of having caused the death of Mrs Wright, who ' perished in the flames, and sentenced \ to death. .Received November Bth l!. 10 p.m. Melbourne, 8. A company has been formed here to : acquire from Yogel the sole right of j using the Brush and Lane Fox system j of Electric lighting in Victoria. Yogel has nearly completed the arrangements for illuminatiug the j Spencer street railway station by the ; arc light, and is also making prepara- | tions for instalation of incandescent • i lamps in Elizabeth street. j