TELEGRAMS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5089, 30 May 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

\ CABLE TELEGRAMS. (Rkutbr's Teiißgeams to Press Agency.) I LONDON, May 27. The signatory Powers are unprepared [ ~ with the details of the pending negotia- ~ tions, but the prospects expected from _ the European Congress are materially K improved. r LONDON, May 28. a The papers are sanguine that the peace c Congress will meet on the 11th of June. t . It is substantially confirmed that Bis- : . marck will preside, and Lord Salisbury and Counts Schouvaloff and Andrassay >f will attend. " 3# Naval preparations at Chatham are bee ing relaxed. t There has been sharp and continuous y fighting in South Africa. The British IS generally were successful. >- (Special to tiik Press Agency. >■ LONDON, May 27. k The Australian Cricketers v. the Marylei" bone Club : The first innings of their op--6 ponents closed for 33 runs, and the first •t innings of the Australians for 41. In the l " second innings the Marylebone Club only y scored 10. The Australians' bowling was n very effective. The game was won by d the Australians with nine wickets. Spofd forth took eleven wickets for twenty runs, and Boyle eight wickets for seventeen r runs. There was a very large attendance, c Bismarck invites the Powers to a Con- ., gress, which is expected to meet on the 7 11th of June, at which the whole treaty r , is to be submitted. i It has been officially stated in Parliaa ment that the prospects of peace have '- materially improved, c