NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2858, 27 March 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

The Municipal Frauds. Sydney, March 26. A portion of the municipal documents have been recovered. A letter received from amarried woman, which does not give any name, offers to reveal certain unsuspected transactions, but states her life is threatened should she make any disclosure. Silver Mining Prospects. Sydney, March 26. Silver stocks are steadily declining. The Inspector of Mines reports that there are apparently rich silver lodes on the West Coast, and he recommends that a tramway from Strahan to Port Macquarie should be constructed at a cost of £IOOO per mile.

Our new Governor. London, March 25, It is reported that the Right Honorable Cecil Raikes will succeed Sir William ¥. Drummond Jervois as Governor of New Zealand. The University Boat Eace. London, March 24, The Cambridge-Oxford boat race was won by Cambridge by five lengths. Cambridge kept ahead throughout the race, Two Australians were in the Cambridge crew. Presidency of the Suez Canal. Paris, March 24. The claim of Turkey to the Presidency of the Suez Canal has been admitted by France. Terrible Floods in Hungaiy. London, March 22. Very heavy floods have occurred in Hungary, and great loss of property has been occasioned. Sixty villages have been destroyed, The cemeteries were scoured by the rushing water, and coffins are scattered over the country. In many instances the coffins were smashed to pieces, and the remains of those buried strewn over the ground. Great distress prevails, and steps are being taken to collect fuuds in aid of the sufferers.