LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume 5, Issue 518, 31 August 1883, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. [Reuter’s Telegrams.] London, August 28. At the wool sale to-dav 10,800 bales were offered. No material charge in prices was experienced. The market, if anything, is weaker. I The homeward Suez mails, dated Melbourne, July 16, were delivered here today. August 29. Received August 30, 2.43 p.m. There is no change to report in consols, New Zealand securities, or colonial produce Atthe wool auction to-day, 111,000 bales were offered. More demand was experienced, at a slight improvement in prices. A further portion of the Xouic mutton was sold to-day at prices ranging from 6d to 7d per lb. Paris, August 27. The Temps, in its issue to-day, publishes a telegram from a correspondent in Tonquiu announcing that the King of Aonam has submitted to the French force, and offered the services of his troops in the event of further military operations in Tonquin being necessary. The King has also accepted the terms offered by the French commission which proceeded to Hue to negotiate for the cessation of hostilities, and agreed to pay the war indemnity demanded, the French troops meanwhile holding the forts which they recently captured, and which command the city, as security for the payment. The provisions of the compact arrived at also recognise the French claim to the protectorate of the country, and confirm the same. August 28. Admiral Gilber sailed to-day to relievo Admiral Pierre as commander of the French operations at Madagascar. An attempt has been made to incite fhe populace of this city against the Republic, and placards urging the claims of the Comte de Paris, the head of the House of Orleans, and grandson of the late King Louis Phillipe, to the throne of France under the title of Louis Phillipe 11., have been posted in several places in the city. Angost 29. The intelligence recently to hand that the King of Annam had submitted to the French commander, and that terms for the cessation of hostilities have been agreed upon, is now officially confirmed. Cairo, August 28. Thirteen prisoners who were tried an* found guilty of complicity in the ma. sacres at Alexandria in July, last year, were hanged to-day. Cape Town, August 28. O’Donnell, who shot James Carey at Port Elizabeth last month, sailed to-day for England, where his trial will take place. Madrid, August 28. A serious political crisis has occurred here owing to a difference between King Alfonso and his Ministers, the latter having objected to his Majesty leaving the kingdom on his proposed visit to the German Emperor. No decision has yet been come to in the matter. Vienna, Angnst 27. Reports are to hand of continuous untiJewish rioting in Western Hungary. The ( troops were called out, and several conflicts with the rioters have taken place, in which numbers on both sides were , killed and wounded. Batavia, August 27. A volcanic eruption has broken out on the island of Cracatoa, in the Straits of Sunda. The outburst is terrific, and is plainly visible from this town. News is to hand from Anger and Serang, 1 on the Java coast, that a serious influx of sea has been experienced, and much damage has been caused to both places. Angust 29. The tidal wave experienced at Anger, on - the coast of this island, has caused the complete destruction of the place and I great loss of life. The recent volcanic 1 eruption on Cracatoa and the marine disturbances have completely changed the - aspect of the Straits of Sunda, and navigation of the passage is now attended with ’ great danger, , Hong Kong, August 29. ' A force of two thousand Chinese troops has been ordered to Canton, in view of the ; state of affairs in Tonquin. i Melbourne, August 29. , A serious railway accident occurred last i night on the line to Essendon, near this * city. The 9.45 p.m. Melbourne train had i reached Newmarket, when the signals • were found to be defective. The driver j proceeded under orders from the signal- - man, who, however, turned the train on to i a couple siding, when it ran into a cattle train. The shock was a terrible one. r Twenty passengers by the Melbourne train , were injured, two somewhat seriously, , but most of them were able to proceed to i their homes without medical attention. i August 30. , Mr Graham Berry, replying to the German Government’s communication re- } garding the decision of the postal conference held in Sydney in May last, has strongly urged the acceptance of the conditions sought be laid down by the colonies in joining the general postal union.