REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2111, 5 June 1883, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. THE WAR IN MADAGASCAR. REPORTED OVERTURES OF PEACE BETWEEN THE HOVAS AND THE FRENCH. (Received June 4, 10 p.m.) London, June 4. A telegram is to hand from Madagascar reporting that the Hovas have made overtures of pe"ace to the French commander, and that the French Government will exact a war indemnity from the Malagases. These statements have not yet been officially confirmed. Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters Association :—Arrived, the ship Titania, from Lyttelton March 10th. ♦ LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. EXECUTION OF THE BOYS OGDEN AND SUTHERLAND. THE NEW TEAS. THE MELBOURNE CUP AND CHAMPION STAKES.. (Received June 4, 10 p.m.) Hobart, June 4. The two youths Ogden and Sutherland, who were found gnilty of committing atrocious murders in April last, in the Epping district, were executed today.

Melbourne, June 4. Private telegrams to hand from Foo Chow, dated June 2, report that the new season's crop of tea is better than the last season's, but no settlement is yet reported. The stock of Congos is 240,000 chests. The first cargo for Australia will not leave before four weeks after the opening of the season. THE MELBOURNE CUP ENTRIES. (Received June 4, 10.20 p.m.) Melbourne, June 4. The following are the local entries for the Melbourne Cup, to be run at the Victoria Raciog Club Spring Meeting : Anglesey Resmond Bargot (renamed County Squire Malwa) Cuba Boolka Miss Jarley Britisher Petronel Chuckster Yattendon colt Claptrap Spread Eagle Coulston Ironband Commotion Signor Doncaster Countess Erictheneus Buttercup Essex Linda King Charles Waterloo King of the Vale Duenna Lesbia St. Lawrence Magnet Wabgunyah Prometheus Joan Robert the Devil Nepean Santa Claus Plunger Stockwell Milparia Suwarrow Ko Wotonga Rollery Tanrus Red Bank Dukedom Bunboora Athena Middlemarch Merinan Cathleen (late Lady Off Color Jervois) Kit Nubbles Palleroo Mentmore Coup de Eta Dunstan Hill talk Tootoo Prodigal (2) Black Diamond Welcome Jack (#) Wizard Bordeaux Rubina Verefc Additional entries are expected from Christchurch. (Received June 5, 1.30 a.m.) Adelaide, Juue 4. The following horses have been entered for the Melbourne Cup. Coriolanus First Water Guesswork Kathleen Kohinoor Little Jack Mistaken Pollio Sting Achilles Conjecture Footstep Vagabond Dick Hatterick Duchess of Albany Bisbis Saldius Gymkhana Trump Yoss Sensation Sydney, June 4. The following are the Sydney entries for the Melbourne Cup : Ad valorem Waxlight Belmont Ike Boscawen Copra Comet Warrick Cunnamulla Archie Depot Palarinda Eva Kingsdale Faro Le Grande Gloucester Chrysophrase Grosvenor Prioress Hesperion Sir Modred Jack of Clubs Lord Mandeville Jessie Mountebank Lord Lisgar Glencoe Masquerade Rosemary Morpeth Zulu Navigator Caractacus Pell Mell Goldfinder Recovery Nicholas Sardonyx Aide-de-camp Segenhoe Delusion Silver" Arrow All Silk Sportsman (Forres- Forest King ter's) • Clifden Sweet William Morceaux The Beau Albury The Drummer Maid of the Hills The Gem First Demand Panide Yatterly Henry Aberfoyle Le Beau (Received June 5, 1.30 a.m.) Melbourne, June 4. For the Caulfield Cup there are 142 entries, and for the Champion Stakes 59.