LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1205, 8 December 1882, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(per reuter's agenoy.) Received December 7, 0.50 a. tn. Sydney 6. The strike of wharf lumpers has terminated, men having agreed to return to work at their former wages. Melkournr6. All the persona who were injured at the recent railway accident are progressing favorably. The weather is~cloudy to-night, and it is considered doubtful whether the transit of "Venus will be visible from the Victorian station to-morrow. Received Dec. 6, 9.50 p.m. The steamship Rotomahana, which started yesterday afternoon for Bluff, grounded in the Yarra, and has not yet been got off. Part of the cargo is now being transhipped into a lighter, and it is expected that she will float off with tonight's tide. So far as is known she has sustained no damage. ' v Beceived Dec. 7, noon. The early morning was bright and clear, and favorable observations of the transit of Venus were obtained. The Rotomahana is still aground in the Yarra, and all traffic on the river is stopped in consequence. "Received December 7, 2 p.m. Later observations of the transit of Venus from the Melbourne station were successful. It was somewhat cloudy at sunrise, bat the. clouds cleared off before the critical time. Twenty three good photographs were obtained. The observations at the Gippsland station were not successful. The weather was misty and rain falling. Cairo 5. It is probable that the rest of Arabist prisoners will be pardoned, except Sulimen Bey, who is charged with having instigated the massacre of Europeans " in Alexandria. Paris 5. Owing to a difficulty between France and Madagascar, French cruisers have been ordered to proceed to the Island forthwith. London 5. The critical state of Mr Fawcett, Postmaster-Goneral is causing great anxiety, according to the latest bulletin he is still suffering severely from diptheria.