LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1538, 22 April 1885, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

BT BLECTBIC rKi.£(i;iA!'Hr-CUPUUOHr. (FKR TtKUTIW'S AOKIfG'Y. ) Ueceivvd April 20, 10.40. p.m. SvDK»r,2O. The deadlock between the Pacific Mail. CompViy and the Seamen's Union still Continues.. Tlie captain of the Z. alandia oltained hands under protection of the police, and ' refuses to accede to the demand of tlw Union that Chinese shall not l>e employed aboard the vessel. Unless the matter can be satisfactorily arranged with the Union the Zealandia will not be able to sail with the outward Frisce mail on Thursday next, owing to the difficulty of obtaining non-Union men. Owing to the recent telegrams indicating the probable peaceful settlement of the Russo-Afghan qnes tion the Government consider it at present unnecessary to close the western channel of Port Jackson, as proclaimed in the Government Gazette of the 15th inst. Received 21 «t 1.30 a.m. L*k»ox, 20. A telegraphic dispatch has been received at the war office from Sir Gerald Graham in which h«» states that the Colonial troops marched on Satntday last a distance of fourteen miles through a pass, consisting mostly of difficult country, in nine hours. Colonel Richarlson. Commandant ©f the Australian contingent, is conducting the retirement of the force in excellent style. Received April 21, 1 p.m. L(»N»ON, 20. It is expected that Jto-niorr«*, Tuesday, tlw* Government will adfc the House of Commons for a vote of six millions ta defray the expenses of the military preparations now being carried on. "• " ■ Mklboprve, 21. It is announced that the Imperial Government have chartered the Peninsular and Oriental R.M.S. Roaetta for service as an armed cruiser on the China station, and the Orient steamer Lusitania for similar service in Australian waters. A mild case *f variola, or small poic, wns reported to the health authorities to day from Hotham. Received 21st, 5 p.m. LouDpv, 20. In the House of Commons today, Mr Gladstone announced *hat the Government had received a further despatch from Sir Peter Lumsden, but it was not a reply to the enquiries made in the communication of th« tenth instant, wherein the Government asked the British Comraissiener to report all the circumstancei connected with the Penjdwh incident: Sir Peter Jjtimsden's present despatch, Mr Gladstone added, confli.tflVJ with the version ef the affair recently published by th*» Russian Government from General Kotnaroff, and the Cabinet, therefor^ must await further details bej&>re coramilnicating. Luiiisden's despatch t» the Hotme. The statement made in Parliament to-day by the Premier has caused a renewal of anxiety as to the probabl* result of the Russe-A/ghan difficulty. St. PKTBRSBURCm, 20. The Russia? Baltic fleet las how rendezvoused, at Crinstadtr' nmkin^ aetiTe preparation for sea.