LATEST. CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1289, 27 August 1883, Page 2

LATEST. CABLEGRAMS

(PEtt REUTER'S AGENCY. ) Beceived August 25, MO a.m. Sydney 24. ; Arrived— Hauroto, from Lyttelton. ; The Agricultural Society's Exhibition was opened to-day by His Excellency the Governor, in the presence of ( a large number of distinguished visitors. The Exhibition is considered j very successful as regards the number j and quality of exhibits, and was largely attended during the afternoon. The New South Wales Parliament t will assemble for the despatch of business during the first week in October. It has been proposed t!ir..t a memo

rial shall be erected to the memory of tlie lale Archbishop Vaughan, and active steps are now being taken to raise a fund for that purpose. London,, 24. Arrived — Sorata, from Melbourne July 11. -„ ; Hong Kong, 23. Reliable intelligence is to hand from Tonquin states that in the recent engagement between the Chinese and the French, the latter failed to maintain their position, and suffered a repulse by the native troops. The news of the French reverse has caused great excitement in China, and a serious affray occurred in Canton, during which a coolie was shot dead by a European. Placards in the Chinese language have been posted in Canton urging the Chinese to rise and massacre the European barbarians. , : Paris, 23. Comte de Chanibord died to-day, aged 63. Received August 25, 2 p.m. Calcutta, 24. Intelligence has reached here from Cabul that a general rising of the Ghazahnees tribes against the Ameer has broken out. The movement, according to latest reports, was extending, and. a strong force of Ameer' s v troops J had been despatched to the disturbed districts. (Received August 25, 7.40 p.m.) . Sydney, 25. At the Hawkesbury Race Club meeting to-day, the race for the Hawkesbury Handicap was won by First Demon ; Sardonyx, second ; Despot, third. Eighteen started. First Demon won easily by three lengths. Time, 2 minutes 21£ seconds. (Received August 25, 12-30 p.ni.) Melbourne, 25; A communication has been received from the German Government in reply to Berry's ultimatum on the results of the Postal Conference, held in Sydney in May last. The State Secretary of the German Postal Department, writing on behalf of his Government, states that it would be impossible to countenance the demand of the' Colonies for a separate vote in the affairs of the Postal Union, and urges that the question should be left to the vote of the International Convention next year. „'.,.,..