LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1490, 31 December 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

» (PRR RRUTKB'K AORXCY.) Received Dvcember 28, 5.80 p.m, GA»d 4 27. Telegnupg to bau4 A-oin ifee frpnt repoi-t tljat a dntathment of •rtiller j rttelied Koiil, and pr*pfttttions are proceedinjj for the advance of ill tiie troops that have arrived there. Ma^bid, 27. An eaithqnakc of a soriouf character

hA Wen experienced in Andalusid. 1» " sh^ck was felt over the greater tn^detptl^ of to numlp > of peoplu^ueside^s||jftUß injuries %tnatr^ otl^j. *$gsofck of earthquake hai alw-Jj&W 1 felt here, but it was slight and caused but little damage. Received December 29, 9.65 a.m. MeLBOCRNi, 27. Th# Intercolonial cricket match wan continued . to-day when i?ew..,oouth Wales team continued their first innings which closed fer 403 not 277 aa previously telegraphed. Murdoch being the highest scorer with 97. At the vlose of play to-day the Victorians had scored 143, with one wicket down. Mew's stable of St Eilda was destroyed by fire to-day, and 23 horses perished in the flames. Capetown 26. News has Keen received from the coast of Kothern Zuhland stating that the British flag has been /hoisted there, aad a proclamation announcing I the assumption by Great Britain ©f the | ownrship of that district. Madrid 26. j Later intelligence from tU« province of Andalusia shows that the lossjof life from the earthquake was very large. One hundred and fifty persons were killed at Albnquiros and forty at Aienas Bel Bey. Received Deomeber 30 1. 1 5 a.m. Mrlbovbkk, 29. | The intercolonial cricket match was resumed here today, , -where the Tictorians, with tine wicket down for 143, continued their first innings. They remained in all day, ant? when time was called had lost seven wickets for 423. Blackham was the highest scorer with 109. ,:.!.'•', / ; A Madrid 28. Further shocks of earthquake of jsjreat severity have been experienced in the Southern districts, and over several Provinces during the past two days, and especially in Malaga, and Granada. Three hundred persons lost their lives at Alhama, a, ,1 the town is in ruins. AtPeriana tl. ; y were killed and a great many injured. At Albununlas several towns and villages sud«r«td severe damage, and the cathedrals at Granada and S«ville are injured. A general panic prevails, and the inhabitants have left the towns, and are encamped yi £he open country. It is believed that altogether fully a thousand persons have perished. Cairo 28. A messenger who left Khartoum a fortnight ago reports lUm, extreme distress prevails among the followers of the M«hdi many being famished and dying and4arge numbers are deserting their leaders. Received December 30th 2.25 p.m. Mklboure, 30. The New Zealand Government is communicating with Service regarding the protest against the German annexation in the Pacific. It is understood the New Zealand Cabinet diffors from Service as U the character of the protest. , „ ' < -"i \/ I Beliable details to hand show that at Alkumelas alone fully nine hundred lives have been lost through the recont earthquake. The town of Perina has been entirely destroyed by a land slip caused by the earthquake. SYr>NE»v.3O. .;. The N.S.W. Government have decided to join the other Colonies in protesting against the German Protectorate in New Guinea and adjacent is* lands.