CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 975, 4 June 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

f.AVKsiT lIOAi r: NiJ FOKEIGN f I'.KtrKKS TKI.KGP.A M. IV. I: fUE.-=S ASSOC I All Luni'un. .Juno 2. A treaty lias been concluded between England and Portugal for granting facili tic.?f»r the passage of British troops and munitions '4 war across Portugese terriri »rv in Africa. It tXj.,e;)tad to have the •rtiocc »'f ti;«i tut" Zitluhind from Hio ru.'rtii f>> /i.ttaek Cuiewayu s rear. "Washington, June 2. The House of Representatives voteci 20,000 Uols. for the Sydney and Melbourne Exhibitions. {srECIAI. TO MtILbOLItVE HERALD.) ./ u; f e Q. There was a great cyclone in Kansas oii Sniulay. The dusfruciion of property was immense. Over 5000 parous were killed, several of the principal public buijdjngs were unroofed, and numerous private houses were destroyed. The Serapis, commanded by Captain Davidson, is selected to convey the Prince of Wales f.o Australia.

UIKECT AUSTK.iUii." (UECTKK STELKCICAi:, L'Kll ASSOCIATION.) Melbouene, June 3. Sailed—Albion. The Exhibition Commissioners will decline proposals for space after October. Aspajided designs for the Anglican Cathedral hav<» been received and accepted. ■

It is reported that the Government in* tend to raise a further loan of three millions. Sydney, June 3.

yesterday. Eight hundred exhibitors from Great Britain have applied for space ifi tjie International Exhibition. Increased space ha 3 been allotted.

(special to press association. ) Melbourne, June 3.

The Melbourne Juyonile Exhibition will be held in one of the antjzzfis .of. the permanent Exhibition. The commission refuse to extend the time for applying fop space beyond October." ; Amended plans of the Melbourne Anglican Cathedral, to accommodate two thousand five hundred worshippers, have been issued. - ,f '•