CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1370, 3 November 1884, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

“ LATEST FROM EUROPE [REUTER'S rrr.KfIRAMS —POPYKTOHT, 1 The French in China. .Hong Ko.>g, Cot 31. [ The Chinese are massing large } bodies of troops at Shanghai and 1 Pekin with the view to the prosecution i of active hostilities against the French. I The Soudan Expedition. I Cairo, Oct. 31. > Intelligence is to hand from WadyHalfa that the Canadians have arrived there, and are now passing fifty boats daily over the second cataract, and the troops are proceeding up the Nile with the utmost despatch. (Received JS'ov, 3, 11.30 am.) A Disaster. London, Nov. 2. At the Pacific Star Theatre, Glasgow, last night a false alarm of fire was raised, and a disastrous panic ensued. In the crush that took place in the stampede from the building fourteen persons were killed and a number of others seriously injured. Lord Wolseley. Cairo, Nov. 2. Lord Wolseley and staff have arrived at Dongola. AUSTRALIAN. (BECTKR’s TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.) Prorogation of Parliament. Sydney, Saturday. The New South Wales Parliament, which has been in session for twelve months, was prorogued by his Excel- , lency the Governor. In a speech on the occasion Lord Augustus Loftus made special reference to the railway system of the colony, and mentioned that more than i,600 miles of lines 1 were already open for traffic. In addition to this, 400 miles are in course 1 of construction, and 1,278 miles have been authorised. His Excellency also referred to the financial position of the colony, and stated that the revenue < was in a flourishing condition, and largely exceeding the original' estimate of the Colonial Treasurer. [Received Nov 3, 1 p.m.] Smallpox. Sydney, To-day. A bad case of smallpox has appeared in Woolloomooloo, near this city, and numbers of houses and persons have consequently been quarantined.