CABLEGRAMS AND LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 62, 15 May 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS AND LATEST TELEGRAPHIC.

[BETTER'S TE.IiEGEA.MS TO PKESS JLCffiNCYO LONDON; May 10. The honor of has been-coh-ferred upon. Judge^Williaimß, ; 6f Victoria, and Mr Thomas- Elder, of South Australia. In- the : race for. the- One! Thousand Guineas ;to-iday, Pilgrita ;came :in first. Nine horse? started. : . ' . • - .:%. .l\ : -V ; ; „.- BERLIN, May 11. ..">■ The Emperor of. Germany has- befen ahot a];, but escaped, unhurt, and the assassin has'been arues^edv : ■ . v •-■ •' • ST.^T^TJtlßGtH,.Mayiri: 'It is : auhoritatively stated here that it is iinpo99ible to commence the- ivithdrawaT of the Russiai) ta;oops from the neighborhood of. Constantinqple.-until; tlie ; Turks have evacuated iSchuinia, Varna, Batoum, and the.Brilish Squadron has quitted the Sea of Marmora. .; .' . ; i t ' ' [Per Press Agency.] .' ' „:BAIiGLUTHA^ Tuesday.;An extensive.fire has occurred m which several buildings and contents have been destroyed, amongst them the Newmarket Hotel,, The Telegraph Office had a narrow esoapp.:, The following are the insnrancds effected, as far .a.s known : Newmarket Hotel, South ' British, £800} New Zealaha, £1,450; Natidnal, £500.;; Standard, £300. Newmarkets Hall, ; £:500 i ; ;South British, £60(X The piano Vf and furniture were also, insured m the National for. £lso. The stahle3 were burned, but were insured m the-Now Zea?and%r £100. X A,bluestone building, insured- m the Standard for r £4oo, and the stock m the National for £1,500. ' -\ AUCKLAND, Tuesday. • Further particulars of the recent huripicaiie m the South Sea are to hand. Pauy mptu, one of a group of islands, is only between ten and twenty feet , high m the ;centre: The cyclone swept .over the most /populous and commercial'? island m the group. Tlieo'ising of the sea caused by the hurricane washed away every house, and even the bodies out of the graves, which were subsequently eaten by the pigs. Many of the Inhabitants -saved, themselves by, getting to thejiigliest points on the island; and Iwhing themselves on to the cocoa-nut trees, until ; the wind and sear abated. Two schooners were lost on the island, and some boats capsized, and 117". persons | .\yere

drowned. Twenty boats, averaging four to five tons each, were lost, and many thousands of cocoa-nut trees washed away. A steamer has been sent from Tahite to ascertain the extent of the disaster.' More than 150 persons were drowned, £50,000 worth of property destroyed, and the copra trade ruined for years to come. '