CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1880, 6 September 1886, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

Hongkong, September 1.

Neva ia to hand bom Corea that, fearing the Bnaaiana, the Chineae ironclads recently anchored off the coast, and landed a party of soldiera disguised. On the latter reaching the shore they were attacked by a riotous mob of Coreana and compelled to return. Beporta bare reached here of a terrible massacre of Christiana in North Cochin China and in tbe Chinese province Secfanao. A number of villages inhabited by Chris tiaos an reported to have been burned to the ground. September 2. Tbe frozen meat which arrived per Shaw Savill and Albion Ce.'e s.s. Arawa yesterday afternoon has been examined and fouud to be in good condition. It is reported that a fight has occurred at Knstendjo, a seaport town of Ronmtuia, on the Black Sea, between a party of Bulgarian loyalists and a regiment of Badmen (sic Roumanians), and that numeroua casualties resulted on both sides. Beach declares that he will only tow Hanlan at Sydney. The Frees recognise that Beach ia tbe finest moder sculler. Major Wardill, manager of the Australian team, telegraphs to the Melbourne Cricket Club that the team will return via San Francisco aud New Zealand, where they will arrive in November, and will play a series of matches at the chief towns.