REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 92, 14 January 1886, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

London, January 121 r -j' The Colonial Office having redeire^ a cpmmumcatiom from' the colonies, re]ai tire to the lowering of the^iS^moaii'-flag"-by a party of marines from the German man-of-war Albatross, has replied to the effect that there is no reason to believe ; that Gkrmanjr intends -I»^annexSsmoa?: Mr W. L. Jackson, M .P. for Leeds, has been appdinted Secretary for the .^easury. ..^^ ! .,. aw ,,,. ; , .^,,^,-i^^. The Kight HonrArthur Wellesly Peel been - unanimously re-elected as Speaker of the House of Commons. h\ In ■ reply_^o^h"e j^jiresentations from the English and Foreign Office on the subject of recent events in Samoa th^ German,: Government have replied thaf they are w^th<fti| Information on the snb4 ieotbutiny., Attention of annexation is ; ' •■■■ :^\ -. ' ■ : V' *?■?. ;>Mli>Bn), January 12. ":■ News i« tp.hindfnavCarthegsna of an abortive attempt at a Sipublican rising which has taken place there. Although' the disturbance was^nof of a seriou^ nature, $ the governor of the city was wounded. ■- ; -'--'- ■ - ' Received January 14, 1.30* ann. q- \ li. is vbelieTed that i&sA Carnavon| Lerd Lieutenant of Ireland contemplates resigning that office. r ? --"-- -^ A - j It is* announced that 1 the Otago Harbor Board .invite tenders. r for , a loan of £150,000, at 5 per cent! The minimum being 'fixed at £101, ao^ toniders will b 4 opened on the 29t^h January . j