LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1397, 7 May 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(pbr router's AGRNGT.) * Received. May 6, 1.10a,m.< :»r: • ••• ■■ .. ■ j■ r Jjotipotij 3.,! • ■ Arrived at ' Plymouth to-day, - Xbe Orient steamship John Elder frdih Melbourne, March 22. i _V : In the House of i Commons to-day. ' Sir Michatel Hicks Bisach gave notice of motion^, censprjnjg, the 'Gdtvernm§r.t for the delay i whiclb haa occurred .in the arrangements for rescuing General ; Gjordon kias the garrison at Khartoum. Th« Oriental Banking Corporation has suspended payment. . • The steamship , State of Florida, trading between Glasgow aad*America is now several days.ov^rdtt^ ;,Lif^o^tß, T bearing the name of they vessel* (have picked up in the middie^ofth^ Atiantic t a^id much anxiety is felt regarding the fate of the passengttn. and crew. f The well-known firm of Dalgety, Ducray and Co., general merchants, Lombard-street, has been converted , into a Joint Stock, Cbnittanjr, with a' capital o/. £4,Q00;0p0 u (sic). ',; / i- Received May .5, 12,50 p,ra. : • •- Sydney, 5. The doors of the local brauch of the Oriental Bank were closed this morning, and considerable anxiety prevails 'The corporation is liable for ,£45,000 on note circulation in this Colony, and for about £1 14,000 to other - banks ► doing business in Sydney; Melboubne, 5, It has transpired that the Victorian Government has £150,000 on deposit with the Oriental Bank. Received May 6, 1.5 a.m. \ Melbourne, 5. I The associated banks have decided not to cash-notes of the Oriental Bank Corporation in circulation in the • Colony. r v . , l A petition has been lodged in the li Supreme Court of VictjOria for winding , up the local affairs, of tbjb Oriental t Bank Corporation. . '"'*< J>; ( , Her Majesty the Queen will return on Tuesday next *- ■ ! Hong Kong, .5. . 1 Latesfc.intelligence from-Pekin s.ates that thecity is now in' a state of pei^e, no disturbance, or an4-foreign demon-, strations having occurred • for some time past. 'Preparations for the d«v fence. of the city, and the augumentation and improvement of the Imperial army are however, being made continuously, and ihe fortifications in thenighbourhood are being rapidly pushed forward. Received 6tb, noon. Sydney, 6. Intelligence has been received that the steamer India, bound from Newcastle to Lyttelton, has foundered at sea. Crew saved., .. v ' ' Received May 6, 12.80 p.m. Melbourne, 6. ; i It now^i^nßpire^ifpfeiMwieetibn with - Captain . Lockyer jbft? sjteamship, JAdolaide that he delivered up his mate's certificate, and shipped at Adelaide as purser, but really to act a* commander.