CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1282, 19 January 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

———♦ . ■. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT. Reuter's Telegrams, . .. MELBOURNE, This day. The bakers' dispute has been settled, and the men have decided not to strike. ' SYDNEY, January 19. • In the legislative ! Assembly last night, Jtfr A, Cameron was. reflected Chairman of Committees. A Bill granting supply to the amount of .£991,000 was passed through all stages. It was announced that the treasurer will deliver his financial statement on the 25th inst. ADELAIDE, January 18. The police have discovered a quantity of gold, amounting to 2760z, which, it is alleged, .formed a part of the bullion stolen from the, all-fated Union Company's steamship Tararua, some time before the loss of that vessel. It appears that a man named Hinton, who was formerly Bteward on board the Tararua, died on Sunday last, and before his death he requested his friends to forward to his brother in San Francisco a box, the contents of which ho kept secret. Suspicion was aroused, and the box being opened was found to contain the gold, and information was given to the police. . This day. There is but little further information regarding the gold discovery. Hinton was formerly second steward of the Tararua, and died of consumption on Sunday last, He had been for a long time under police surveillance. The gold consists of a single ingot, and was contained in an iron bound box. It is doubted whether Hinton was. the sole robber, and the police are making further investigations.

LONDON, Januaryl7. Received January 19 12.30 p.m.—r Consols have advanced to 100$. New Zealand securities ar» without quotable, change. Colonial bread stuffs and tadlow are steady at last quotations, The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of 8 per cent for the pait half year, and carried £50,000 to the reserve fund.

Homeward maife via ' Naples per Orient steamship Garonne from Melbourne (Nov, 30) were delivered here to-day. ' ALEXANDRIA, •• January 17. Beceived January 19,12.30,p.m,—• Intelligence is to hand from the; Soudan that an engagement has been fought between a batallion of Egyptian troops and the rebels under El.Mahidi, the false prophet. The latter we're vfc torious, and inflicted a severe defeat on the troops, the whole .batallion of (he latter being virtually 'destroyed, fully one half - being killed and the rest placed hovs de combat. ■■