LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1304, 1 October 1883, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(PER REUTKR'B AGENCY. ) (Received Sept. 29, 0.55 a-m/) Sydney, 28. A violent storm passed over the Colony last night. Pour and a-half inches of rain fell in this neighbourhood. . London, 28. A rumour is current here that -Chas, Parnell has been shot The report, tbe origin of which has not been traced, caused some excitement/ but it j has not gained much credence/ Thfc m eoting at Dii hganoon yesterday was largely attended by PavneH's followers, and notwithstanding the .presence of a large number T of Orangemen, nothing approaching the nature of a riot occurred. : -The 'presence of strong Viodies of constabulary and. military haviug been sufficient to preserve order. .;'■:" Constantinople, 27. Telegrams to hand from Sofia state, that large numbers of arms are being imported into Bulgaria. The arms are declared to be of. Russian make, and the Government are said to be cognizant of the movement Paris, 27. . It is reported that the Chinese Envoy has definitely declined : the Freuch proposals for a settlement of the Tonquin difficulty. Great secresy is, however, observed regarding the progress of> the negotiations, aud no official announcement has yet been made. Received Sept. 29, noon. Lo doit. 28. It has been ascertained that the report that Parnell had been shot at, is •Utogether unfounded. . The Rev. Shaw was accorded a public reception to-day at Exeter Hall on his return from Madagascar. There was a very large attendance of sympathisers, and the general public. Shaw gave a lengthy narrative of the treatment he had reccived'at the bands of i.hj French naval authorities, showiug be had been subjected to considerable ill-usage on shore, and on board the warship which took him to Reunion. The I ondon press are unanimous in urging Shaw to demand from the French Government reparation for the treatment received. Received Sept. 29, 2.80 p.m. London, 28. News is to hand of another fatal agrarian outrage in Ireland, the victim being a landlord in Mayo, named Crotly. No clue to the perpertrators of the murder has been obtained. O'Donnell was again brought up at the Bow-street police court to-day. Mrs Carey gave- evidence of the murder, and testified that O'Donnell, after he had committed the deed, stated that he had been seal out to assassinate Carey. Berlin, 28. The statue " Germania," which has been erected at Niederwald, was unveiled with great ceremony to-day, '•y the Emperor William, in the pre 3ence of an immense concourse of people.