CABLE MESSAGES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 6844, 24 August 1885, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

[UEUTISIt's COPYRIGHT TELEGKASia.] ACCIDENT TO THE S.S. JOHN ELDER. London, August 22. The Orient Cornpauy's Royal Mail Steamship John Elder, en route for Australia, lias been detained at Port Said owiug to a slight accident to her machinery. She is expected to rosume her voyage iv ahout fivo days' time. x FROZEN MEAT CARGO. j The bulk of the frozen meat ex' ship Mataura, from Napier, has been examined, and found to be in good condition. A MASSACRE AT BERBER— GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. London, August 23. A communication has been received by Her Majesty's Government from the Khedive of Egypt informiug them of a terrible massacre which has taken place at Berber. The populace, who were reduced to a state of starvation, rose en masse and took possession of the treasury. The garrison endeavoured to repel the insurgents, and great loss of life resulted. RUPTURE EXPECTED BETWEEN GERMANY AND SPAIN. Madrid, August 22. The action of Germany iv regard to the Carolina Islands has caused great excitement in this city, and an antiGerman feeling is rapidly growing into existence. The diplomatic tension between the two ooantries is so great at the present time that an open rupture is menaced. RUSSIA WAIVED HER CLAIM TO ZULFIKAR PASS. New York, August 22. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the New York Herald confirms the statement that Russia has waived her claims to the oocupanoy of Zulfikar Pass.