TATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1284, 13 June 1883, Page 2

TATEST CABLEGRAMS

(per reuter'b agency.) (Beceived June 11, 9 p.m.) Launceston, June 11. The ship Asterope became a total wreck, and ig now lying on the beajh at Lowhead, with her back broken. Londq#, 10. i It has transpired that the friends. of Daoud Pasha, who was hanged at Alexandria yesterday, appealed to Gladstone to use his influence to obtain commutation of sentence of death, but the Premier refused to interfere in the matter. Received June 12, 0.50 a.m. Melbourne 11. The New Zealand Government, in reply to James Service's despatch, have cordially agreed to support the proposed annexation of the New Hebrides Island by Great Britain. London, 11. A Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister will be brought before the House of Lords to-night, and it is expected that the measure will pass. A course of festivities, which has been organised at Birmingham in honor of the Right Hon. John Bright, and which will occupy a week, commenced to-day, (Received June 11, 9 p.m.) (Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriter's Association.) ! London, 10. [ Arrived — Ship Lady Jocelyn, from [ "Wellington, February 2oth. New York, 9. Arrived— Ship Irene, from Auckland, March 2nd ; Grosvenor, from Auckland, March 7th.