CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 32, 25 August 1885, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

EUSSIA AND ENGIAND. FROZEN 1 MEAT TRADE. SIR CHARLES DILKE THINKS OP MARRIAGE. PRINCE OF WALES TO VISIT STDi\£Y. [bEUTEKS TELKGBABMS.I New Yobk, August 22. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the New York Herald confirms the report that Russia has waived her claims to the occupancy of the Zulfikar Pass. London, August 22. The Orient Company's R.M.S. John Elder, en route for Australia, has been detained at Port Said owing to a slight accident to her machinery. She is expected to resume her voyage in about five days' time.

The bulk of the frozen meat ex the ship Mataura, from Napier, has been examined and found to be in good condition. It is announced that Sir Charles Dilke will shortly marry the widow *f the late Her Mark Pat ti son. The Prince of Wales has announced his intention of visiting Sydney if he can possibly complete arrangements. The Prince, however, in the event of the proposal being carried out, objects to the colonies incurring any large expenditure in connection with his visit. The German Government are protesting against Spain sending men-of-war to occupy Uap, one of the Caroline Islands. The German Government are making offers to examine the Spanish claims to the t aroline Islands, and it is expected that the matter will be referred to arbitration. Paris, August 21. Cholera is spreading at a most alarming rate in Marseilles and the vicinity. The daily death rate is very heavy. Received August 25, 1 a.m. St. Petbbsbxjbg, Angust 24. His Imperial Highness the I'zarewitch left to-day for Kretnsier, a town in Moravia, at which place he will meet their Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Austria.