LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1339, 21 December 1883, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

» t (per rbuteb'sagrnoy.) (Eeceived Dec. 19, o*so a.m.) Sydney, 18. Arrived: Wairarapa, from Auckland. Sailed ; Hauroto, for Wellington. Major Atkinson and Mr Whitaker are among the passengers, An action for libel — Cook v. Larnach — is now proceeding. London, 18. It is officially announced that Imperial rule over Basutoland has been restored. The Boyal Dublin Eegiment of Fusiliers is under orders to proceed to Egypt. (Eeceived Dec. 19, 1 p.m.) ! ondon, 19 The Fenian. Joseph Poole, who was found guilty of the murder of Kennedy, was hanged at Dublin to-day. It has transpired that Earl Granville has expressed his willingness to mediate between France and China, for a settlement of the Tonquin difficulty, if requested to do so. Cairo, 19. Baker Pasha has been appointed to the supreme command in Soudan, and started yesterday for Upper Egypt with troops. Calcutta, 18. The International Exhibition up !Q

the present time has been visited by ; 124,000 persons, and is gaining in : popularity, especially among the natives. Eeceived Dee. 20 f 1.10 a.m. Eomk, 18. Thf interview between Prince Frederick William of Germany and" Hia Holiness Pope Leo XIII at the Vatican to-day lasted an hoar. The interview was of a very cordial nature. The organ of the Catholic party refers to^ the meeting in juhilaut terms. His Imperial Highness leaves Rome on Thursday next. Paris, 18. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the additional war credit of "20,000,000 francs, for defraying the cost of the Tonquin expedition, was voted by a large majority . Lisbon, 18. A serious fire occurred at the Royal Dock Yard to-day, and resulted in the destruction of one man-of-war, lying in the dock. A large amount of material was also cousumed. Albany, 19, Arrived in King George's Sound, the P. and O. steamship Parramata, with the inwar<M»«sß vV i a Suez and Brin- . disi, dated London, Nov. 18. Received Dec. 20, 2.15 p.m. Melbourne, 20. Sailed, yesterday afternoon : Manapouri, for Bluff. Arrived, this morning: Tarawera, I from Bluff. London, 19. The police authorities deny that precautions have been taken to prevent a Fenian attack upon London Bridge or Newgate Gaol. It is admitted, however, that a strict watch against suspicious characters is kept at Hawarden Castle, and that the police guard has been strengthened at the Premier's seat. Paris, 19. The report gains credence here that Soutag has been evacuated by the native garrison, and was occupied without opposition by the French troops who advanced against it on the 12th inst. Received Dec. 12, 2.15 p.m. . Melbourne, 19. A serious calamity, it is reported, occurred in the Duke mine, Timor, near Maryborough, yesterday morning. Four men lost their livfts. London, 18. Tenders for a 5 per cent Cape loan £5,000,000 were opened to-day, and were found to amount to £6,500,000, the minimum being £98. In consequence of Fenian threats, strict precautions have been taken to guard Hawarden Castle, London Bridge, and Newgate Gaol. Rome, 18. Prince Frederick William, German Crown Prince paid a visit to the Pope to-day.