CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2059, 4 August 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY ELECTE'C TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT Keutkr's Telegrams, . London, August 2, The House has had under consideration for some time past the question of the better protection of young girls, and a measure for the purpose was the subject of a protracted debate on Friday night. Eventually the age to which girls are to be protected was raised to sixteen yearn. Ottawa, August 2. The trial of the insurgent Louis Kiel was concluded yesterday. The jury found prisoner guilty, but recommended

him to mercy on account of the weak state of his mind. . Madrid, August 2. The cholera continues to spread with unabated vigOr, and the daily mortality is very great throughout the country, , London, August 1, . The New Zealand Shipping Company's Bi,M,S, Tongariro left Plymouth this afternoon for Port Chalmers, calling at Teneriffe and the Cape en route, London, August 3. The Right Rev Dr Walshe was to-day consecrated Archbishop of Dublin by His Eminence Cardinal Moran, Ottawa, August 2. . Louis Riel was to-day brought up for sentence, when he was condemned to be hanged. Melbourne, August 3. The following horses have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup, in addition to. those already; notified:— Anchorite, Boadicea, Capri, Ciricinnatus, Conjecture,, Dirk Hatteraick, \ Elwood, Faro, Fernside, Free Trade, Gardenia, Glimmer, Hastings, Moonshee; .Quality, Rufus, Silver King, The TeacheV, and Zeno. :V •. "