LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1346, 9 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(per reuter's agency. ) Received Jan. 8, 11 "45 a.m. Paris, 7. Intelligence is to hand from Tonquin that the King of Auuam has tendered complete submission to France, and endorsed the treaty entered into with the French Commissioner by his predecessor. The latest news received from Madagascar announces that Malagasies have accepted the ultimatum of the French Commander, and agreed to cede to France the Northern portion of Madagascar. London, 7. The steamship Duke of Westminster, , which recently went ashore at the Isle of Wight, still lies stranded^ and in a most critical position. The cargo is being rapidly removed, with a view to the possibility of the vessel breaking up. , ■ 1 Later. The steamship Duke of Westminster 1 h&i been abandoned by her owners. Sydvry, 8. Arrived — Ringarooma, from Auckland. Intensely hot weather is being experienced here. Yesterday the therrnonieter registered 100. degrees in the shade. ': News is to hand from Samoa reporting the death of Admiral Laudlophe, the French Commander in the Facile, i (Received Jan. Bth, 2 p.m) Melbourne, "8. Arrived — P. and 0. steamship Car-* thage, with the English mails. A disastrous fire occurred last night at Suttor and Turnbull's sawmills, Fitzroy. The insurance amounts to £7,000. Pons' comet is now clearly visible here. The gold returns for this Colony show that last year the yield decreased by 139,000 ounces. Sydney, 8. The entries for the New Market Handicap amount to 22, and for the Australian Cup to 14, including Mar-tini-Henri. (Received Jan. 8, 4*20 p.m. ) London, 7. The various Colonial Agents-General to-day waited upon the duke of Buckingham, Chairman of the Executive Commission for the Colonial Exhibition, to be held in London in 1886. His Grace took occasion to urge the colonies to take an immediate share in the exhibition of matters connected with the health and good education, to be held in London this year ; also to cable the amount of space they will require, and ,to be in time for" the reception of exhibits. Sir; P. Cun!i3e Owen, who was present, urged that the attention of the public should be called to Colonial products by arranging for an exhibition of cooking and eating (?) The Agents-General cordially acquiesced in the suggestions of the Duke and Sir Cunliffe Owen, as likely to lead to results both useful and beneficial to the Colonies, Received Jan, 8, 1.25 a.m. Melbourne, 7. Seventy-one entries have been received here for the Newmarket Handicap, and thirty-five for the Australian Cup, to be run at the Victorian Racing Club's meeting in March next. London, 5. The cargo, comprising 4000 carcasses of frozen mutton, per Orient steamship Chimborazo, has been examined, and found in good condition. A portion of the frozen mntton ex Teviotdale has been sold at an average of five pence per pound. Brussels, 5. It is announced that < ordon Pasha has been requested by King Leopold to proceed to the Congo River to take command of the Belgian expedition, and that he has agreed to the King's request, and will leave at an early date. St. Petersburg, 5. It is now known that the Czar did not, as alleged, meet with an accident last month while out hunting, but that he was injured by a Nihilist attempt on his life, and has since been confined to his Palace. London, 6 The British Government, in reply to the note received received recently i from the Egyptian Government, in ! which the latter linked for English as- ! sistance in the Soudan, has. insisted

that the Egyptian troops now at i Khartoum should be withdrawn to 'i second Cataraoh on the Nile. i London, 7. It has further transpired in connection with the reply sent to the Egyp- \ tian note that the Government has ,' stated that it is not opposed to the dispatch of a Turkish expedition to Soudan, provided the whole expense of such expedition is borne by Turkey. " ?■ "Cairo, 6. The resignation of tjie* Egyptian Government is believed fio be probable, and also the Khedive )s talking of abdicating. ■ -■- ~j '■'■*-■ ■■■■■■- Eeceived Jan. 8] 3;4:) p.m. ' 'New York, 7; A serious fire occurred last night at a convent at Bellivilfe, Illinois, resulting in the destruction of the building and the death of tWeuty-seven nuns and pupils, who perished in the flames before assistance could reach them. Alexandria, 7. The members- of the Egyptian Ministry have handed their resignations to the Khedive. -, v