CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2131, 28 October 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT) Ueutkr's Telequams. Sydney, October 27. The dispute between tho Lambton colliers and the coal trimmers at Newcastle and their employers is still unsettled, and there is every prospect of the strike being a prolonged one. A sculling match for £SOO a-side and the championship of the world has been arranged between Beach, tho champion, and Teemer, who recently defeated Hanlan. Beach allows Teemer £IOO for expenses; . London, October 27. Lord George Hamilton, First Lord ofthe Admiralty, announces that it is intended during the next two years to construct nine ironclads, having a combined tonnage of 80,000 tons. The mails per Orient Co.'s R.M.S. Garonne, from Melbourne September 18, were delivered to-day, via Naples, Paris, October 27. The Government are in receipt of a despatch from General DeCourcy, commanding the French forces at Tonquin, announcing that his troops have succeeded in capturing the Black Flag stronghold Than Mai, completely dispersing the enemy, and occupying the position in force. Constantinople, October 27. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff left yesterday for Egypt. The representatives of Great Britain and France yesterday notified to tho Sultan that their respective governments have agreed to take part in the projected conference on the • Bulgarian question. The Turkish delegates have not yet been appointed.