NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2387, 31 August 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BY BLBOWOTBLBOBAPH—COPYRIOHT) REUTEB'B TBLMEiMB. .Athens, 28th. ' An causing great destruction of property and loss of life, has occurred at Philiatra, a town on tbe South West coast of Greece, in the province of .Morea, Fully threo hundred persons are known to have perished. ~ ■. Alexandria, 28th. , SfSveral severe shocks ot earthquake have been experienced in various parts of Egypt. : • Rome, 28th. Reports to hand from several towns in Italy state that very heavy earthquake shocks' were felt during yesfcsrday. , Athens, 30th. Latest accounts regarding the earthquake at Philiatra put the loss of life at loss than was originally slated. One hundred and sixteen bodies, have been recovered, and many persons have been rescued from the ruins of tbe town who. have sustained Berious injuries.

Constantinople, August 30. . Prince Aloxander has arrived at Rustchuck, in Bulgaria, where he has been received with great enthusiasm by the populace, whom ho addressed, saying that ho had full confidence in the Bulgarians, and was prepared to die, if necessary, for their happiness^ It has transpired that the-captors of Prince Alexander treated him in a brutal manner while conveying him to Benirussi. Melbourne, August 30. A telegram published in the Anjus to-day from Auckland states that the New Zealand Government is opposed to any arrangement regarding the cable between Australia and New. Zealand, except that originally proposed, namely a renewal of the subsidy for five years. It is understood in Melbourne that the Cablo. Company would accept a renewal for that term and grant a reduction of tariff if the formor proposal of the Government were now renewed.