CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1272, 8 January 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

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, It has transpired that Earl Derby, Sdoreiftry of State to tho oolonies.'Willi'at a date in the middle of this month, to be hereafter Died, accord a formal recepiion to the various colonial Agents General, at which, it is understood; the question of a more "formal- recognition of the la'tters' pffioiul status will bo discussed. -'' . .; " January''6.! The funeral oft M, Gambetta took place to-day;- The cortege lnemhdri of the Ministry; and the Clumber of Deputiei, and by deputations from all parts *iif the country, business wqsentirely suspended, andjhe streets through nhich the inneral procession passed were lined with nusao's, of people. It i^; estimated : that fully 250,000 persons were assembled along t he route, from the Palais Bourdon to Pore la Chaise,' • Tho- speotaole;; has noror ibeen paralleled>iuce the funeral of tho great Napoleon; lu^the'panegyrical oration's which, wero delivered on the occasion, special refflrorico.'wu) made to the formo'r 'French prorincei.of Alsace, and Lorraine, and the affection and estoem in which the deewspd.,statesman; ,v?as held by the inhabitants' of those districts. :,,..,,,„i i ; ) ;,'LOSDCttf, l .;..;,: !!■.«'}■>>;..,:•.,'! .;•'.•-..' ; 1 VSit Ageiit-Generai for New. Zftafond.'naif juvite'd,lJJhjierii for 4 .monthly': • .ateanisliipivseftfocrj. between and Ne\v,.^ealand.'Tho ; 6utw»rd 'route.tolie'iviaOapo of:.GdoJ*Hope; and byjthejSiraits pf v Magellan.:-',' ■ ■'"■"-'■'•■'-''•' '~*■•*■ \ f - '■ '■> i '■■'-'' •;•(', :■