LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1411, 9 June 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(per reutkr's aoency. ) Beceived May 6, 1,25 a,m. Sydney, 5. The New Zealand foothall team played the northern districts at Newcastle, and scored another victory by nineteen points to nil. The ground j being wet and sloppy heavy rain having j fallen early iv the day and continued i until a late hour in the foreuoou. j The visitors were subsequently entertained at a banquet by the local club. Melbourne, 6. Sailed — Tarawera, for Bluff. Adelaide, 5. The South Australian Parliament was opened to-day by the Governor, who referred in his speech to the deeply regretted death of Prince Leopold, and stated that a telegram had been sent to the Queen, for which Her Majesty's thanks had been recfcived. The speech expressed regret at the low price of wheat in London, through which the Colony suffered. Tlie harvest had been abundant. A bill to amend the Land Laws is annouuced, and the institution of the Land Tax to meet the deficiency in the j revenue. The proposed necessity was pointed out of Imperial legislation, to authorise . the establishment of a Federal Coun- i cil for which, however, a plan would ' shortly be subuiitted to Parliament. It is also announced that the Government intended to make arrangements for holding an International Exhibition 1887. Received June 6, 1.20 p.m. Melbourne, 6. Service, Premier, received a telegram I from the Agent-General in London, ; stating that a report of tiie Committee j of the French Senate, recently issued, ! in no way removes the objections i entertained by the Colonies, to Kecidi* j vistesßill, the provisions of which are • not materially altered. Received June 6, 2.85 p.m. London, 5. The funeral of the late Sir Bartle j Edward Frere, took place to-day at j St. Paul's Cathedral. The ceremony was grand and impressive, being wit- '. nessod by a large assemblage, including j the Duke of Cambridge, General Lord i Wolsely, and a number of other dis- ! tinguifhed people. Received June 7, 1.80 p,m. Melbourne, 7. The trial in equity suit Hill versus Clarke, has-been postponed until the 28rd inst. I For the Maribynong Plate, 108 i horses havo been entered, and for the ; Victorian Racing Club Derby, 125 j have been nominated. | Bombay, 6. j Intelligence is to hand from Lahore ' in thePunjaubjthat a Russian Jew, who : is suspected to be a spy has been ar- \ rested- there, in -consequence of sus- ! picious movements on his part. Ho | has been conducted to Kurraochn, j Scinde, where it is expected he will ba , released, on condition that he leave.a j the country. \ Cairo, 6. ■ The preparations which were in pro- '■ gress here for the autumn campaign to ! Soudan, have now been suspended. . Constantinople. .6. ! Latest news from the island of' Crete reports that the disputes he- ; tween the Cretan Christians and > officials of the Porte have been ar | ranged, and affairs are now qiiet | and pacific. In consequence of the • settlement arrived at, Photiader Pasha, who recently re&igned the Governorship of the Island, has now agreed to retain his office. Received June 7, 1.5 a.m. Melbourne, 6. Morgan, the murderer of Margaret ! Nolan, who recently confessed his! guilt, was executed to-day. j London, 6, J The s,s. Florida, from Wellington. I Api'il 4, with a cargo of frozen meat i arrived here yesterday. ; The House of Commons re-as- ' sembled yesterday, after Whitsuntide holidays. A telegram from Souakim, where the garrison has been reinforced by a body of British marines statos that Osman Digna, with a following of 70,000 Arab rebels is now iv the neighborhood, and threatens to make an attack upon the /town. Cairo, 5. Reports have reached here to the effect that General Gordon left Khartoum, and escaped southward up the j river Nile on board a steamer. Madrid, 5. A serious dynamite explosion oo- J curred at Barcelona, where attempts were made to commit similar outrages last month. The explosion was caused by a dynamite cartridge, which had been placed in the street. One person was killed, and the buildings on the spot were greatly injun-d. Syd>ey, 6. A sculling match has been arranged

between Hanlon and Beach, to take place on the Parramata River, for £200 a side. Thq date, terms, and general conditions are to be decided on Monday next. Received June 6, 10 p.m. London, 5. The Australian cricketers commenced the Bth match of their tour today at Manchester, where they mci 11 representing Lancashire. An excellent wicket was pitched, and the ground was in a fair state of order. The Australians went in first, and succeeded in putting together 174 runs, towards which Bannerrnar. contributed 36 (b), M'Donnell, 49 (1 b w), Murdoch, 39 (b). The Home team then went to the wickets, and when the stumps wore drawn for the day thejr scores stood at 109, with 5 wickets down, J. Brigg3 being not out, with 46 to his credit Giffin, for the Australians bowled splendidly, and succeeded in doing the hat trick. During the day rain fell at intervals, and play was occasionally interrupted. Tlie attendance of spectators was very large. Arrived — City of Sydney, from Auckland. The New Zealand footballers were entertained at the Town Hall today by the Mayor of Sydney. Leoky, received a nasty wound on the eye during the wafcel' at Newcastle yesterday, and it is doubtful whether he will be .able to play to-morrow. Received June 7, 8 j».m. London, 6. The cricket match, Australians v. Lancashire, was resumed to-day at Manchester, the weather being fine an enormous attendance of spectators was present. The local team with 5 wickets down for 109, continued their first innings, which after an excellent display of batting on the part of Barlow, and Steele, closed for a total of 195, or 21 ahead of the Australians. The highest scorers for the county were Barlow, 28 ; Briggs, 46 ; Steele, .41. The fielding of the visitors was excellent, and alone prevented their opponents score being much larger than it was. After the usual interval the Australians went in for their second innings, and a splendid display of batting ensued, with thf result that when time was called for the day, 202 runs had been put together for a loss of only thiee wickets. The chief contributors were Bannerman, b 44; Murdoch, c 64; Giffin, not out 79. Received^June 7, 8.50 p.m. Sydkey, 7. The New Zealand football team played their fifth match of their tour to-day, when they met for the second time the representative 15 of New South Wales on the local ground. The weather was all that could be desired, but the attendance was only moderate, not more than a thousand persons being present. The turf was hard and in good condition. Toe visitors had another easy victory over their opponents, who were completely overmatched, and only succeeded in obtaining one try, while the Now 2'oalanders secured three goals, and three tries. All the goals were kicked by Ryan and the .touch downs secured by Robertson, Helinore, Tairoa and Ryan. The pasr.ing and dribbling of the visitors generally were excellent, and some pplendid runs were made by most of the teara, but particularly by Ryan and Warbrick. Melbourne. 7. Ai rived — P. and O. steamship Rubina with the English mails