CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1364, 27 April 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

■ Reuter's Telegrams, by electric telegraph—copyright ■-'.)•'■•-.>■ ..LONDON,. '■: «'■ April 25. Received April 26, 7. 30 p.m.—The trial of Michael Fagan,: the,,fourth of the' prisoners', who have been committed for trial for 'the murder of .Lord f. Cavendish and Mr Burke, was com-! menced to-day. - : Another of' the prisoners, Joseph, Hanlon,: has turned informer. ■■ '"' '"■'■-■ .'' .'■' '■';■ At Newmarket to-day Prince Batthyani, of Vienna,' attache 1 to the' Austro-Hungarian'Legation at London, died suddenly in the enclusure at the racecourse. ■:.»■-•■ ■ '. •

NEW YORK, V, : ' ; -'V". April2s.. Further sittings of the Irish Con ; iention have taken place in Philadelphia, At'.! the meeting-to-day Mr Rooney,' one of the prominent delegates, strongly urged the Convention to adopt Mr' Parnell's programme, which he eulogised warmly. ; ;.' ''. "iLONDON, ■' ".' •' .: "\ i^l"!'"/"■ ■•' April 26. •. Theii'ship. British Commercej out-: 'ward'bMict from London. to : Mel-." .bournei'.has'been ran down and sunk' in the Channel.' Twenty five lives' behig lost by the catastrophe, ; ' SYDNEY. . . {!'. , ;', April 26. In the Legislative Assembly this evening the: Postmaster-General's motion for the continuance of the San Francisco mail service came up for consideration,' and after so.m.e- discussion was carried on division by il votes to 3. The Ferryboat Waldemar caught fire to-day and burnt to the' waters edge. No lives were lost. Sailed, this afternoon—Uuion Company's steamship.. Rotomahana/ for Auckland.