LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1616, 21 October 1885, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

by KM-mic il;.i;<;i<ai'h— copyright. Received October 20, 1.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, 19. Jogo and Willeroo have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. An inquest was h> Id on the body of Donald Nicholson, jockey, killed on Saturday at Cau field, the jury returned a verdict of accidental death. Sydney, 19. A case of small-pox has been re- 1 ported to the sanitary authorities from ! Alexandria, and strenuous efforts are | being made to isolate the disea?e. j Returns to hand from the polling j for county electorates show Mr Abbott so far heads the poll at Gunnedah, wliile Messrs Kidd a^d Garrett are ; ahead at Camden. i CONSTANTINOPLE, 10. It is announced tUat a body of Servian troops have occupied Kolieuh j Pass on the Macedonian frontier, a \ position which \* puitly siliuU-d i withiu Tnrkish tenitc^. Received Oct. LU, 2. p.m. Sydney, 20. Abbot has been elected for Gunne dah, but Badgeiy has been defeated. Dil'bs, who was defeated l>y Sir H. Parkes at St. Leonards announces his j intention of contesting the Murrunibidgee electorate. Paris, 19. The result of the balloting shows a considerable Republican majority. Constantinople, 19. The reply of the SnMiine Porte to the combined note of tlu- Great Powers has Iteen published. In reply the Sultan asks the cooperation of tlie Powers in inducing a settlement of the present dilhVjlty, more especially ii view of ihe attitude assumed by Greece and Servia. A diplomatic note has been issued by Prince. Alexander of Bulgaria in which he declares his entire rertdines to sultmit to the decision of the Powers.