LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1358, 6 February 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(PEK RKUTBR'BAORNCY.) Received Feb. 4, 12.80 p.m. Brisbane, 4. It has beeu ascertained that no loss o l lif«. occurred from the hurricane rociitly experienced in North Poot« Island. The freezing works near Bowen am completely destroyed, and it is fenred there has boHn a wreck on Gioueester Island, ofFEdgcumbe Bay. The 1 storm bad a most extensive front, and H<-riou* floods are reported in many pans of Northern Queensland, oue hundred persons at Bowcn are in a state of destitution. (Received Feb, 4, 0 83 a.m.) Cairo, 2. News has been received here that Bfilvcr Paaha after landing at Trhicitab male a reconnaisaoce iu force, and had a skirmish with the enemy. The. latter fled southwards. Baker's cavalry pursued tho rebels for miles, kHlin^ hundreds of theu). Colonel Gordon, recently appointed Governor of Soudan, passed through .l-iovosl'.o yesterday, and eutert;«l the ilesuii. f:n route to Khartoum. London, 2. Thomas aa-.l Son, ctock V>ro!-:orF,.who h:>.ve become dofaultere for the amount ;i £300,000, have defraud ..il tho-

London Chartered Bank of Auatra lasia to the extent of £121,000, by wholesale appropriation of securities belonging to the bank's customers, . '. .". "Melbourne, 2. ' The Melbourne offiy,!r of the Londo ; . Chartered I3ank of Australasia statcF • tliat according to London advices the Bank's loss by the defalcations of Thomas and Son will not exceed £20,000 nioro than, is covered by the reserve fund, which is vested in con;sois, apavt from the o d'-ary business. Received Feh.' 5, l'5 y o.in. -■. - . Melhouhv .5. The Marchioness of Npmia^bw.-,^-taken seriously ill on Sunday, nd remained unconscious for some t ; :n». She has siiuce regained consciousness, ,bu ; t lies in a ye y precarious condition. Received Peb. 5, 1.5 a.m. Cairo, 3. News is to hand from Sinuat, whero the garrison is without provisions, to the effect that the foraging parties .which were sent out to obtain supplies were cut to pieces by AvaKs. j . Washington, 8. "The -Tariff Bill;.. which is now before Congress, provides for a general reduction of customs duties to the extent of 20 per cent. The proposed induction will be applied to woollen goods. Thft death is announced of Wendall Phillips, the well-known American orator, aged 7 5. . *" London, 4. \ The wreckage beiongihg to the illfated ship Simla has been washed ashore on the Sussex coasts It has transpired: that the Government has decided to apply to Parliament for th«:j»tm of £20,000,000 to be deyoted to defences at home and abroad. Paris, 3. M. Eugene B^nher, .-.formerly. President of. the Senate, died to-clay, aged 70.