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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 640, 1 September 1882, Page 2

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London, August 28, 8.48a.m

Hie Bedouins attacking Mcx were repulsed. An attack on Alexandria is feared. August 28, 5.48 p.m. The chief officers of Arabi's stall' have been captured.

The whole of the work in connection with repairing the iUiez-lsinailia railway is now coirij.detcd. It is intended to overflow Lake Mareotis or llarria, a .salt hike situated in the north of %ypt, extending

' southward from the City of Alexandria, and separated from the Mediterranean on the north sido by a narrow isthmus of sand. The pas-jage by which the sea found its way into the lake was opened by tie English during the war between England and Fiance in 1801, but was subsequently closed by Mehemet AH, and since then it has been a mere marsh. The dimensions of the lake are about twentyseven miles long, and twenty-live miles broad.

London, August 28. The cricket match between the Australians arid the team representing AJI-Krig-land was commenced to-day atKennington, Oval, in the presence of an enormous attendance, of spect dors, by whom the greatest interest was taken in the uiatclt. The weather was tine during the day, but the wicket was somewnat bumpy. The AiieliaiiaiKi wenl in firdt, but failed to make any stand ag inst the splendid bowling and fielding of the Englishmen. Murdoch Blackham, and Garret alon > reached double figures, and, the wickets filling very rapidly, the innings closed for $3 . Tlie Englishmen then went to the wickets, and were ail disposed of for 101. Barlow, Ulyett. and A. G. Steel were the.,-.only players who snoceedei in making double ligures. At the close of the innings stumps were drawn for the day. August 29. The match was concluded to-day. The Australians were all disposed ■of in'their second innings for 122, but the Englishmen, .vith 85 to get, could only succeed in scoring 77. The Australians thus won the match by 7 runs. August 30. The Irish constables at Limerick, who had resigned in consequence of the dismissal of the leaders of the agitation, luve now been appeased, and have withdrawn their resignations. Prince Leopold, who is at present staying at Osborne is seriously indisposed, and the state of His Royal Highness , health is causing alarm. Constantinople, August 30. Acconnts to hand from Turkish sources allege that the Greeks were the aggressors in the outbreak at Dl.i4p.ir in attempting to seize certain disputed property in Thessaly. It is now known that several Turks 'were killed in an engagement which took place.