CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1296, 3 July 1884, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

LATfcST FROM EUROPE[ebuter’s teles BAMS —copyright. ] [Received July 3, noon.] A Change of Ministry. Cairo, July 2. A report is current here to-day that Nubar Pasha, President of the Council of Ministers, has tendered his resignation to the Khedive, and that Riaz Pasha, who was Minister of the Interior in the Cherif administration, has been summoned to form a new Ministry. The Reform Bill. * London, July 2. ■ The Conservative members of the House of Lords are understood to be unanimous as to the necessity of rejecting the Bill for the reform of the franchise which has been sent (up from the House of Commons, AUSTRALIAN. (beutbk’s telegrams—copyright.) (Received July 3,12.50 p. m.) V Arrived. Melbourne, To-day. Arrived, this morning—Manapouri, from the Bluff' The Federation Debate. Mr Mirams, in the Legislative Assembly, has decided to move an amendment to the resolutions te the Sydney convention, with the object of restraining the proposed Federal Council from legislating on colonial tariff questions. The debate on the resolution stands further adjourned. British Buie in the Pacific. AU the Australasian Governments except New Zealand have replied favorably to the proposal to guarantee Li 5,000 for the expense attaching to the extension of British rule in the Pacific. The reply of the New South 'Wales Government, though favorable, was not quite definite. Passed. In the Legislative Assembly last night a bill providing for the amalgamation of the legal professions was agreed to on a division by 50 to 6, [Received July 3, noon.] Skipping. Sydney, To day. Sailed, yesterdayafternoon—Hauroco for Wellington. Arrived, last evening—Australia, s.s., from Auckland/ Revenue ReturnsBrisbane, To-day. The Queensland tevenue for the last quarter amounts to L 697,000, an increase of Lz 2,500 as compared with the June quarter last year.