CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1446, 2 August 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

BEPTEft's TftyEGRAIIS.

BY MKOTRIO TEI/EORAVH—:COPVII[(}UT MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Received August 1, 2.15 p.m.—Arriyei], tjjis morning—To Anau from the Bluff, Sailed, jjiorning—Manapouri for Bluff, ALBANY,. Wednesday, The Summary of English News via Suez mail, dated London June - 29, gives particulars of the collision be-' ftjfpefli the ships Huruniti arid Waitara iu' tlia English o(snnel on the 23rd of last month. The catastrophe: $ remarkable for its awful suddenness to both vessels. The;, Waitara. sank .■ at; the longest estimate in four minutes. The moment ary interlocking of the.yards .of the two vessels enabled sixteen persons from, the Waitara to clamber aboard ||e Hurunui, other vice all on the former vessel would have perished. No steerage passengers'.were saved), The Waitara ; was engulfed before; any boat icould bß.latinched from'her.

NAPLES,,, , . i • ..July,3l. Latest accounts from Is.Qhia rpjiort that fully 5000. persons lost their liyes

at Cassamiciola and in'the neighbor-' hood. jEffoi'ts- have been -mado to extricato the bodies'of those who perished; from the ruins arid interjthem, but the; air is iibw poisoned with pestilential effluvia, and all that can' be done is to cover the corpses with quicklime and' let them remain. "Vesuvius, which has shown signs of activity since the late earthquake at Ischia, is now in eruption. ; : 'BRISBANE, August 1. • The Hon J. Douglas will oppose the re-election of the Hon S, W. Griffiths for Brisbane North. SYDNEY, : • August 1! Arrived, hist night—Steamship Tarawera, from Auckland. ; ; ,"> •

' ' ADELAIDE, i August I'. The'steamship Pathan arrived here to-day, and' on entering port' was boarded by the South -Australian police. The latter believe that four of the passengers are the " irivincibles," Kavan'agh, Smith, Murphy and Kelly, but find it impossible to identify them. The Captain of the Pathan • doubts the truth of the allegation. / , ' CAPETOWN, ;. ; _ July 31. '• Some further details have been obtained regarding the murder of James Carey at Port Elizabeth. , It is,now known that he was shot, by O'Donnell in the presence of his fainily'.: It is,, however,! uncertain,whether he was tracked froffi Ireland, ... HOBART, '' Thursday. Received August 2,1 p.m.—The Colonial Treasurer made his Budget Statement last night, fie estimates the revenue for the current financial year at £563,000, and expenditure at £'519,000. The surplus will be applied to the, remission: of 3 per cent on sugar, three pence, per pound on tea, and the abolition of the duty on machinery. A new loan of one million is to be raised for public works...