CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 49, 27 September 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Special to " Star." i I

EICUTEP'3 TELEGRAMS. London, September 25. J Th? official inquiry iuto the sinking of i the steamer Austral, in Sydney harbor, ' h.-!S commenced, and evidence pertaining to tlie structure of the vessel been taken. The defence of the officers will be that the ship was unstable. The ship Loch Fyne, which left Lyttelton for London on May 14, has not yet arrived at her destination, and fears are entertained for her safety. A large force of police has been drafted to Tyrone, Ireland, to prevent rioting, which it is feared will take place in that country between Parnellites and Orangemen. Received September 27. 1 a.m. Pakis. September 25. The France and Chinese negotiations for the settlement of the difficulty in Annam are still proceeding, no agreement having as yet been arrived at. The Chinese ambassador now proposes that France should annex that part of the Empire of Annam to tiie southward of i tl.e Red River (the Songkoi), leaving the i remainder to China, tlie French Government urging as a counter cluim their right to the whole Delta of Songkoi, either noithward or southward of the river. London. SeDtember 27. Tbe Daily in its issue to-day, publishes a telegram from its Natal correspondent, stating that King Cetewayo has expressed his willingness to surrender to the British authorities as requested.