CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1301, 8 June 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (bxutkr's telegram, per press association) London, June 7. A report has been received that the Chinese have occupied a large portion of the Kuldja territory, the cession of which to Russia has for some time past been in dispute. Paris, June 7. Grand Prix.—Robert the Devil, 1; Destrir, 2 ; Milan, 3. Venice, June 7. The railway to] the summit of Mount Vesuvius has been opened, and the journey can now be performed in ten 1 minutes. Washington, June 7. 1 The result of the presidential election ! is considered doubtful, and public opinion < is fully occupied on the question. It is 1 believed that General Grant has no chance ] of election. DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS. i (reutxr's telegram per press association. ) I Melbourne, June 7. John Muller, a Swiss, who arrived 5 recently from New Zealand, committed a suicide a day or two ago in Melbourne t cemetery. The body was discovered to- 1 day, and was found to be horribly gnawed t by rata. ? The barque Beatto Bassi, with a cargo i of 350 tons of sugar from Tjilatjap for £ this port, and which stranded at Western * Australia, has been totally lost. June 8. "

In the Legislative Assembly last night a Bill providing for the payment of memben was read a second tune, on a division of 38 to 24. The measure provides that tie payment of members shall not be limited to one eeaaion.