LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XI, Issue 1739, 4 August 1886, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

(Copyright).

Received August 2, 10 p.m.

Sydney, 2.

The cargo of the barque Chasea will he discharged at this pott in order that a proper survey may be made with a view of ascertaining whether the vefleel can be repaired to proceed to Wei* lington, or whether she shall be condemned. Melbourne. 2. THe following "horses have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup :— Black Snake, Brigantine, Comus, Coir, Cordety Gazelle, Gipsy Warning, Halcyon, Hot Iron, Deal Oolt, Pacinth, Proniethus, Recovery, Sandal, St Gibelle, Sauvegnon, Scylla, Soldiers Wand, TVtford, The Pencil, Velocipede, Warwick, and Yellow Jacket. Lohdon, 2. The Marquis of Hartington has now completed the task of forming a Ministry, the vacant portfolios being allotted as follows : — Secretary of State for India, Sir R. A. Cross ; Secretary of Stale for the Colonies, Edward Stanhope ; President of the Board of Trade, Colonel F. A, Stanley ; Lord Privy Seal. Earl Cadogan. Received August 8, 1.20 p.m. London, 2. The Australian cricketers commenced a mfcch to-day at Canterbury^ against an Eleven Of Kent. There was a good attendance notwithstanding the heavy rain which fell dnring the morn* ing, and continued at intervals throug honfc. The Home team went in first, and wheii the stumps were drawn the score stood at 118, with 5 wickets down. Lord Harris scored 24, caught ; Hearne, not out, with 38. Play wab frequently interrupted by heavy showers. Received August 8, 1 p,m. London, 2. Cross and Stanley, who have been appointed respectively Secretary of State, for India, and President of the Board of Trade, have l»et-n raised to the Peerage. Th« Colonial recipients of honors in connection with the Colonial— lndian Exhibition were formally invested with their orders at Osborne to-day by Her Majesty the Queen. The proceedings were On a grand and imposing scale, Mrlbournr, 8. Additional scratching from the Cup: Kingsgrove. The seamen have announced their determination to resist the demand of the ship owners for a reduction of wages, and threaten to strike if the same is persisted in. Reports from Port Derby announce the arrival there of the steamship Triumph from Wellington. The police at Derby report that miners at Kira« berley are getting gold, but water is short.