CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 61, 4 November 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

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London', November 1. Thirty thousand workmen ih Chnrleroi, Belsium. have demanded universal su?. m *7^' , ... „ . , •niS-Tw C*l\ B,l^ Rl?w«i c to indicate to the English pablic which are doubtful mines in Queensland. The British Government, notwithstanding the French agitation on the sub. ject, have signified their intention of ad hering to their present policy with regard to Egypt, and have declined to leave the -coantry to the dworder. which the withdrawal of the Brihsh troops would entail, It is estimated that the receipts in connection with the Colonial and Indian Exhibition will show "a surplus of £60000 over the expenditure. Sir P.O. Ovren and the Eiensmgton Exhibition circle will be totally excluded from the control of the Imperial Institul2?,' -r, « i The French Government bave give* ofe for M fc-rr^ ate n rri po'tatl0 2 of 426 recidivates to New Caledonia, and arrangements have beea made for tbeir departure on the 30st. The prospectus of an Australian Mvtual Shipping Company bas beea issued, witb a capital of £100,000, in 1000 shares of £100 each. A third of the shares is reserved for the colonies. It is propo«ed to charter veweh.to carry goods to the colonies only. The shareholders will be entitled to divide the whole of the profits of the company, after deducting six per cent, for the formation of a reserve.

The Times states that a wholly fictitious value has been placed on many of the Queensland mines, in order to influence the market. M. Waddington, French Ambassador, in an interview witb the Earl of Iddesleigh, warned him of the growing irrita* tion over the English occupation of Egypt. The French deficit is 22.000,000 florins I? francs).

Hong Kong, November 1.

Latest news from Tonquin reports tbat bodies of Chinese troops have attacked two French positions at Tonquin, and tbat desperate fighting took place.