NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1692, 10 June 1885, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

LOSS OF A FRENCH WARSHIP. THE MELBOURNE BANK ROBBERY, THE DISTURBANCES IN CRETE. CONTINUATION OF THE EARTH(JUAKEB IN CASHMERE. Constantinople, June fi. Further details with regard to the disturbance in Crete show that a number of Cretan deputies boirded the steamer which was bringing Savas Pasha, the new Governor. and attempted to prevent his landing, declaring tint be had been appointed contrary to the w.sues os ;l.e Ua.iu people, London, June tj. Tim r p. r cent consol;! are g lower, 97|. Th" iii-iiket rata of discount lias risen i, and is now 1 per c-.-nt., or I per cent below the Lank rate. The cup of beetroot for this season is estimated at 2,170,000 tons. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime qualify, is iv.iiisiu.,- from dj-l to 5/d per lb in the SmitLiield market. June 8. Tiie French warship Renard has been lost hi Obock. a French possession in the Gulf of Ad-n. The cholera has entirely ceased at Marseilles. June 9.

The examination of the prisoners who are iu_ custody for the Simpson’s road Bank robbery was concluded yesterday, when the whole number were remanded, bail being refused. The police have been taking active steps to prevent the disposal of the plunder by any confederates. Four of the prisoners have been identified by witnesses as the same who were seen to leave the bank aud drive off in a cart, and subsequently to enter iStudley Park, I urtber search in the park yesterday resulted in the discovery of L2OO in National Rank notes and a bag of silver buried in the ground.

Bombay, June 7. The earthquakes in the province of Cashmere stdl continue with great severity. Great damage to property has taken place, and many houses have been swallowed up by the figures iu the earth'. Melbourne, June 8. It is announced to day that the police have arrested six men and three women in various places on suspicion of being concerned in the bank robbery. The cart in which the robbers drove mi has also been found and identified by those who saw it at the time of the robbery. When the prisoners were searched at the police station £loo in notes of the National Bank of Australia was found upon them, together with a largo sum iu gold.