CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1503, 8 October 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

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CONSTANTINOPLE, ' ■■■ .October 6. ■ Lord Dufferin has retained to his post at the British Embassy. His Excellency.hud an audience of the Sultan to-day, and was received by His .Majesty with great cordiality. PARIS, . --October G, / As reparation to Spain for-the insult offered by the Parisians to King Alfonso during his recent visit to this city, the official journal, in its issue today, announces the authenticity of the apology which was made to the king of Spain by President Gravy in the name of France, on the 29th ult., and which was subsequently published by/ tho newspapers,

LONDON, October G. The Court of Inquiry appointed to investigate the,- circumstances under which the Orient steamship, Austral foundered in Port Jackson, on November 11, last year, has concluded its sittings, and delivered judgment to-day. The Court finds that the capsizing of the vessel was due to water entering tne after ports through the coaling being carried on at one side of the vessel for tod long a time causing, her to heel over. . The ship isj however, proclaimed to be perfectly stable in every respect. The casualty was due to a series of small mistakes, none of which are held to bo sufficiently'serious to justify the Court in dealing with the officers' certilicates. Tho Court added a rider, drawing attention to the blameworthy practice of sending ships to sea before they have been inclined and their stability calculated. The inquiry, which was most-critical and exhaustive, has lasted a fortnight,