Telegrams.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1083, 26 January 1883, Page 3

Telegrams.

HOME AND FOREIGN. London, January 21. The etearaihip Cambria was bound from Hamburg to New York. There were 490 on board when »he sailed. Up to the pre lent only 81 have been saved. The worst is feared as to the fate of th« remainder. January 22. Recent telegrams from Cannes s'ate that Mr Gladstone's health has benefited by his visit to the south of France, and continues to improve. TT . The latest inte'liaence from Hamburg reports that rnly 67 of the Cambria’s passenccra have vet reached land. No informa tion has been o tamed regarding the remaining 423 persons who were on board at the f ine the vessel sank ,_ , Ic is reported that the Prince of Wales will visit Canada next March. Paris, January 20. The French Government addressed a communication to the Powers on the subieot of the Circular of English Government explainin'? it’s intentions with regard to Hhypt. The Fr-nch Government protests against the proposals of Kn.land, but the protest is couched in moderate terms. Berlin. January 21. The death is announce i t» day of Prince Fie ’erick Charles. brother of the Emperor William, torn in 1801. Nkw York. January 91. X ife’lieenee is to hand of a s lions rail■ wny aceidi nt. on'he overland line between Sail F arc SCO and Omaha A train hound for ih- foaner plac- slipp d whi e asceiiOing a steep t’la'bent, and ioI ed over the embankment. The engine and all the cariages Were shaft, ere ito idec.-s. As far as is pre Kent known. 2b passengers have b e -n killed ■ami a number of others are sere usly hj j oed, LoNPON. January 21. 1,1 the French Chambers M. Fa 1 litre has rr* pose i a bill giv’ng President (ttd v power to exnel the Bo apirte or O leanist C ps who mav menace the sf ty of the •'oernblic, and to compel 'heir ie»irement ,Vom the a my. The bill, w hieh was received woh uproar, has been referred to a com niiife**. , Utneral Todleben is reported to heienously ill. Tim King if the Belgians his recoytre I from hia lat- i disposal ,n. It, is lennrted that he Duke of E Hnhurglt has aj'eed to aee.npt a million sterling for the surrender of his claims on th • Duchy of Saxe Coburg. 'I he Cape Ministry proposed on'y to con trol the external political relations of the fiasutos. Januarv 22 Sir Hercules BoMnson is to visit England the spring. The assassins of Field, the I ish Juryman, are alleged to have attempted the life of a second inror hut failed. They have heeti identified with several other ptisomrs who aie known as Fenian assassins. T e proposed festivities to celebrate the silver wedding of the Crown Prince have been a' aodoned. , The confer, nee on th" Dannhian question, will nice in Lon 'on on FeVnnary 4. INTEKPKUVIVCIAL. Masai a, January 22 Harvesting operations are going on briskly throughout, the district. The weather is favourable for grain, but not for grass. The crops of the former ab. nt. Hawera and Norrnanbv are larger than ever before known. Mr CaverhiM, an old Can’erhnty settler, has about 'OOO acres of wheat oats, and linseed. Th yi’-'.d of wheat will he probably an average o{‘3o to 40 bushels, and of oats 40 to 60 bushels throng' out the distiiot- ff the weather continues dry, irazte.rs will Suffer severely, this lung spell of drought being unprecedented on this coast. Havelock. January 22 The manager at the Mountain Creek was working in a gravel-pit when a fail of ea th cov«red him. He is believed to he scrim sly ji j't’-ed. Another man. named Wil iam Davies, fell from a bridge at Deep Creek a depth of ab .nt 81ft. He is still alive, Greymodth. January 22 The coal export last week was 1800 tons. The long period of fi to weather has at last broken. Christchurch January 22. Carrington aim Kent have succeeded in making a dynrnn machine. They have enciintere’ many difficulties, and th" first machine they male was so strong that it burned itself up. or something of the or'. The present, machine takes a four-horse power engine to drive it