CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2118, 12 October 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY ELEOTR'.O TK!,EQRAPi(—COPYRIGHT REUTKR's Tkuukams, _ New York, October 10. The death is announced, at the age of 75, of Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New York. The operations which have been carried on for some years past by the Marine Department, with a view of clearing the East River channel,. were successfully finished to-day, when no less than nine acres of reef in what is known as Hell Gate were successfully removed by means of dynamite,

Sydney, October 10. The Hon J. S. Farnell, Minister of Lands, has resigned his portfolio, the reason being that he considers the references made to the working of the Lands Department in the electioneering address issued by the Hon Mr Wright, Minister of Public Works, reflects upon himself, A considerable number of the Parliamentary canditates express themselves in favor of instituting payment of members. ■ Further cases of smallpox have been developed among the persons isolated at the quarantine station, In to-day's issue of the Government Gazette, the appointment of Sir Patrick Jennings as Colonial Secretary, and the Hon Mr Dibbs as Colonial Treasurer, is officially announoed, London, Octoher 10, _M, Tricoupis,. speaking at a banquet given in.his honor to-night, stated that Greece could not neglect her vital interests in Macedonia, and added that his Government counted upon receiving the support of Europe in the present difficulty.