CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1650, 2 April 1884, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Reuter's Telegrams, [by EiiEcrnio telegraph—copymonT.] NEW YORK, March 30. Received April 1,0,25 a,'m.—Serious riots have occurred at Cincinnati. An immense raob,,indignant at the leniency of the verdict retuYried '''against a prisonerwho' was Being tried on : a charge of miir'der, attacked and burned the prison jn, which the.-convict was placed, A force of-' United States troops were called out to protect the prison, and a serious 'conflict ensued between the military and the rioters, who exhibited desperate courage,'and refused to yield until a large number had been shot down,. Fully 100 persons were killed, and 300 are suffering from wounds of a serious nature. The emente caused much excitement and alarm throughout the city and in the neighborhood.

MELBOURNE, MaroUl. Arrived, this afternoon—P. and 0. steamship Valetta with the Brindisi mails, dated Loudon, February 22. Preparations are being made for according 'a welcome on Wednesday next to the Rev Dr Barry before his departure for Sydney. SYDNEY, Tuesday, Arrived, yesterday from Auckland,

In consequence ot the prevailing drought, the water supply of the city and suburbs of Sydney is now merely intermittent. Accounts from the country districts generally state that great distress prevails owing to the want of water, There, is ; no present sign of rain, ;

News is to hand from New Guinea that the inland tribes there are engaged in a fierce war, and the Rev, Chalmers has proceeded to the scene of hostilities to endeavor to restore peace. LONDON, .'., March 31. It is announced that Sir Henry Brougham Loch, K. 0.8., formerly, Governor of the Isle of Man, has been appointed. Governor of- Victoria vice Lord Normanby. \

The funeral of the late Duke of Albany will take place at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on Saturday next. Messages to the Queen conveying condolence of Parliament in the death of' Prince Leopold, passed both Houses to-day. The annual Inter-University Boat Race takes place on the Thames on Monday next. NEW YORK, j: March 31. A force of 3,000 troops is now in Cincinnati with the. object of preventing any further rioting. Tho town continues in a very excited state. CAPETOWN, March 31, News is to. Lund that tribal hostilities have broken out in Basutoland and Zululand, and that,heavy' fighting is proceeding over a large area in both countries.