CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 9, 3 July 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

SERIES OP BOWING MATCHES. fBBUTKB's TKLKOBAMB. I Received July 3, 1.15 a.m. . London, July 2. A series of rowing matches for the championship frill take place on the Thames on August 30th and 31st, and September Ist, in which the following; oarsmen will compete : - Beach, Wallace Ros y Perkins, Teemer, Bubear, Kemp, and Matterson. .',.... London, June 30. The Marquis of Salisbury accu«es Mr Parnell of haviug fabricated the story of the ponservattve party having offered him Home Rule. The French Government are making inquiries as to the suitableness of Madagascar for the reception of conricts. Sir Samuel Davenport does not expect that the Prince of Wales will be able to visit Adelaide., A despatch has been received from Mr E. L. Layard, British Consul at New Caledonia, in which he declares that it is the intention of the French authorities to eject settlers from that island in order to re-acquire their land for the settlement »f convicts. A catalogue of 12.600 'bales was submi ted to auction to«day, the various lots meeting with a firm and active demand. Arrived — Loch Brechan, from Port Chalmers, Apt il 2nd The Salters Company have conferred the freedom of their livery on Sir Arthur Blyth. The Drapers Company had ia» tended to admit the late Sir Alexander Stuart into their livery. A Canadian* official has sailed for England to assist in the negotiation with the Agent-Generals relative to a colonial subsidy for a Canadian-Australian cable. The first train has been despatched from Montreal to Vancouver. JSew Yoek, June 30Per Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association : r - Arrived — Stella, from Auckland, April 7th. ' ♦