CABLE NEWS

Patea Mail, 21 September 1880, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

RECEIVED LAST NIGHT. STEALING SIR H. S. ROBINSON’S JEWELS. • • Melbourne, Monday. Thieves entered Government House on Sunday evening, while his Excellency the Marquis of Normanby and guests were at dinner, and carried off from the bedrooms £l5O worth of jewellery belonging to Lady Robinson and daughter. No arrest has been made. LONDON WOOL. London, 18th. At the wool sale to-day 9,700 bales were offered, and the tone continues firm. DEATH OF BARON KELLY. London, 18th. The death is announced to-day of Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Lord Chief Baron of aged 84. / cricket”victory. j London, 18th, The cricket match Australians v. 11 gentlemen of Scotland was resumed and concluded to-day, at Edinburgh. The Home team continued their second innings, which closed for 130 runs. Boyle bowled splendidly for the Australians, and did the hat trick, taking three wickets with three successive balls. The Australians requiring 132 runs to win, went in for second innings and obtained the required number with the loss of only four wickets, thus winning the match by six wickets. Jarvis and Alexander batted well, scoring respectively 41 and 47. Both were caught out. INWARD STEAMERS. Adelaide, Monday. The Orient Company’s s.s. Cuzco has arrived from Plymouth. The Sorata wreck is now abandoned. Her back is broken. Melbourne, Monday. The Siam with the inward Suez mail has arrived here.

NATIVE TREACHERY. Brisbane, Monday. The steamer Ripple has arrived from the Solomon Islands with only part of her crew and five wounded Kanakas, one not expected to recover. While trading with natives at one of the islands, the natives who had come on board made a sudden attack on the crew, who repelled the assault with difficulty, and eventually killed fifty of the natives.