LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1342, 31 December 1883, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

T~ : — '"' (Pflt RBUTK^S AGRNOY. } "*"••; ■~#- r ' / Eeceived P.e& 28, 1 a.nu j Melbourne, 27. The Intercolonial cricket match was continued here to-day, when- the first innings of the New,! South Wales team closed for 415. ) When the stumps were drawn for the day the home* team had lost two wickets for 107. * ; Cairo, 26. Rumors are cufrent here that El Mahdi is advancing upon ; Khartoum, and is now withij ten days march of the town. ) * * Calcutta, 26. The International Exhibition is still visited by large j numbers of persons daily, and up ;to '- tho present time 140,000 person^ have been admitted. Decr2B, 2-40 p.m.) London, 27. A report is current to-day that the French Government intends to hold the Chinese Government answerable I for the expenses France may incur despatching troops to Tonquin, in consequence of the hostile attitude of China to that oountry. Telegrams are to hand from Newfoundland announcing that a serious riot occurred at Harbour Grace, a port in Conception Bay, between Orangemen and Catholics. The rival parties numbered several hundreds, and fighting was carried on for some time. Three of the contestants were killed, and a number seriously wounded in the affray. Eeceived Dec. 29. 1 a.m. " Sydniy, 28. Seven men have been arrested by the police on charges of complicity in the murder of Catherine .Owens, at Waterloo, on Wednesday last. Melbourne, 28. The intercolonial ci'icket match was continued here to-day, when the Victorians resumed their first innings, and at the close of the day's play they had lost five wickets for 85.3 runs. Horan, bowled, 126; Scott (not out), 97. London, 29. Obituary — Thomas Holloway, the proprietor of Holloway's pills and ointment. Nijw York, 28. General Grant met with a painful accident, having slipped in the street and fallen heavily, seriously injuring his hip. St. Petersburg, 27. A bulletin issued to-day states that the Czar is recovering from the acci- . dent to his shouTSer, recently sustainedwhile hunting. Beceived Dec. 29, 2.10 p.m f London, 28. llt is now stated to be probable that ■ the Islands Hainan, Formosa, Crusan, situated off the Chinese Coast, and forming part of the Empire, will be seized by Prance as a guarantee for the payment by China of the French war expenses in Tonquin. 1 Latest intelligence from Newfound- ' land state that 28 persons were seri--1 ously wounded in the riot which occurred at Harbor Grace between 1 Orangemen and Catholics. As a re- ; uewal of the disturbance is feared, the > authorities have asked the Imperial Government to despatch some troops , and gunboats to the soene of the 1 rioting.