CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1516, 23 October 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Reuter's Telegrams. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT,' MELBOURNE, October 22, Nepean has been scratched for the Melbourne Cup. The promoters of racing sweeps under the pseudonym of" LocoSpero," whose character was recently exposed by the Herald, have levanted with the money which had been subscribed by the public to varions sweeps. The amount collected by the absconders prior to their defalcation is estimated at £II,OOO. The following are the latest betting quotations this evening The DerbyArchie, 5 to 4; Martini-Henri, 9 to 2; Sardius, Bto 1; Tercet, 10 to 1. The Melbourne Cup—Calma, 10 'to 1. MELBOURNE, Tuesday. - .Received October 21,12.50 p.m.— The following is the latest betting on the Cup :-—Aid-de-camp, 12 to 1; EJrst Demon, 12 to 1; Legrand, Uto 1; Despot, 17 to 1; Nicholas, 17 to 1; Sardois, 20 to 1.

The Governor of Fiji,; replying to a communication from the Tictorian Government, oxpresses' sympathy with the object of the annexation conference, but doubts whether Fiji should be represented at the convention. SYDNEY, Tuesday, Arrived—Steamship Tarawa, from Auckland. :

The population of New South Wales at the end,of last year was estimated by the. Registrar-General's .return at over 817,000, an increase of over 67,Q00 since the census of April, 1881.