LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1374, 14 March 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Received March. 12; % a.tn. • : -7 ,-. 7 '.':." *?a? is - 1° It has ti-ans-pirdd that, the French Government have«ent' instructions to the Governor of New Caledonia to invariably demand the extradition of any . convicts escgpfeeS from the p^nal settlements who may take refuge in Australian territory. - " Cairo, 10. Latest intelligence front Souakim is to the efiwjt.^Ai".the..W(tfeWtyeeij._ General Graham's .troops and the followers of jJama^ Digne is expected to take place on. Friday next. It is probable that the". B^tiSh force will afterwards advance to Sinkat ■ London, ll... The death 'is* announced, of Wm. Blanchard JerroWi author and journalist, aged 58. h7" '"jf. Sydney, 11. Sailed — Hauroto, for Wellington. Tlie prisoners who were arrested in connection with. the Waterloo tragedy have been acquitted, I Hoavy rain fell over a large portion I of the country last night. Received 12, March, 12.50. p.m. ': Melbourne, 12. The interior agricultural statistics of Victoria show the yield to date has been thirteen million bushels, ; averaging 18-89 per acre. It. is estimated that the total •• yield for the season will amount to fifteen million buahels, London, ll. A debate has taken place in the House of Lords on the subject of Central 'Asia* c occupation of Mero by t^usSia* jj n the course of the same Earl Kimbarley, Secretary for State for; India,' made a speech which announced that parleying is now proceeding between the English and Russjali, Governments with a view to definitely JSx" the lines of the RnssoAfghan frontier. The House of Commons has passed % vptev of credit for half a million sterling to cover the expenses of the British expedition to Soudan. The Marquis of Hartington,. Secretary of State for War, speaking to the motion, -stated that the Government 1 t ■ 1 ■ ■ ~ dQemetf inessential that the Red Sea 1 ports shcrara be heldty British forces, and added rthat the Government ac- j cepted* the 'full responsibility of the policy t^atmay he pursued by the Egyptfen^vwOVernmeut daring the time British l^sts. Receiv-fa March 12, t.60 p.m. A s.<:.'.- y Y')faLßoxni&E, 12, , Sailed— steamship Manapouri, for Bluff. - : London, ll. The homeward mails via Suez and Brindisi dated Melbourne, January 81, w-sre delivejeci to-day. A portion of the cargo of frozen mutton ex steamship Potosi was sold to-day at f»|d to sfd per lb, The meat wapiti exMllei^cpndition. "•' .V y ' ? r fCMifo,n. , Telegrams are to hand from Souakim reporting that firing has been heard in the direction of Zareba, a small town.eight miles from Souakim, where the y second battalliou Royal highlanders; (42nd foot), and the tenth Hus,sfars are encamped, and that the whole British force at Souakim have been suddenly despatched to the scene of the supposed battle. Received- March 13, 0.55 a.m.

'■Cairo, 11. Further intelligence has been received fronS Souakim, regarding the fighting w]^|hjis|)^leved toyhave commenced near Zariba. The troops despatched from Souakim found that the fi ring • was Tonly due to a skirmish which had taken place with a body of Arab rebels, who had attempted _to intercept, convoy 8 despatched to the British camp at Zariba. The rebels dispersed without difficulty. It is now expected that a battle between the main body 'ijf rebels under Osman , Dicne, and*' General Graham's forces will ta^e plaice to-morrow. Paris, 11. Despatchts <to hand, from- Tonquin • announce -that" the : **i=tfain-htidy4Jf the French arrived before B^ckn'irift*, and that turo.fpr.ts in the Vicinity' ofthe town have been captured and occupied by the. French troops. Received March 18, 12.40 p.m. Albany, 18. Arrived at King George's Sound, the P. and 0. steamship Ballarat, with the English mails, dated London, Bth Feb: The,- Victorian Navigation Board have written to Dunedin to ascertain the nature of the enquiry held there, into the collision between the Wairarapa aud Adelaide. The Board wish to know whether its proposed enquiry is invalidated by the official enquiry held at Dunedin. Cairo, 12. Latest telegrams to hand from Souakim announce that the whole British force .uuder General Graham ,. reached

Zareba last evening, and the troops bivo^ack;sd for the night. Orders have been given for au advance to be made to-day j&t pooh K against Osman Digne's position. The troops wilfbe formed into squares, and ih this order will attack- the- rebels, who * are' encamped 'in strong force at Tamarieh, a r short march from Zareba.. •