LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1583, 5 August 1885, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

BY KLKCTHIC TKI .EGIIAI'U— C'OIM lilfiHT. R(«coi vod A ugust 4 , 1.15 a.m . Mklboimink. H. The trial by Court Jlurtial n! the insubordinate members of the Victorian Permanent Artilery force is still proceeding. The Melbourne Omnibus Company laving declined to accede to the

demand of the drivers for a reduction of their working time to eight hours, the men havH accordingly decided to remain out on strike. j London 1 , '5. The Right Rev. Dr. Walshe was to- 1 day consecrated Archl>i*hop of Dublin l>y His Eminence, Cardinal Moian. Ottawa 2. Louis Rie.l was to-day brought tip for sentence. He was condemned to be hanged. Keeeivod August 4. 1 1.45 p.m. MriLBOUKXE, 3. The following horses have been scratched for the Melbourne dip in addition to those already notified : — Anchorite, Boadicea, Cinciimatus, Capri, Conjecture, Dirk Hattemic, j JEI wood, Faro, Feras'do, Freetrader, j (Gardenia, Glimmeri Hastings, Moor, she, Quality, Rufus, Silver King, Tlie Teacher, and Zeno. Received August 4, 1.30 p.m. Sydney, 4. Sir Peter Serntchfey leaves this week for New Guinea in r|de.r to enter upon his duties as High Commissioner for the protected district in that territory. The omnil-us drivers strike still continues. Tlihv had an interview yesterday with Mr Clapp, manager of the company, but without anything definite. Large numbers of applications from all parts of Victoria, for space in the. Colonial Exhibition, to he held next year in London, are being received by the Victorian commissioners. London, 3. The Government are in receipt of telegram from Rvigadier General Grenfell, commanding the Egyptian army, announcing that a rumor is current among the Arabs to the effect that Osman Digna is dead. The rumor so far, however, lacks confirmation. St. Petersburoii, 3. M. De Oiors, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been granted two mouths lenve of absence, and will pay a- visit to Bohemia.