CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 130, 2 June 1888, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright { PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION, j London, May 31. It is thought that m consequence of the pledge given by the Parliament of New Zealand not to borrow in the London market for three years, the loan prospects are excellent. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United KingdonTis 2,540,000 quarters, and for the continent 600,000 quarters, j In the House of Commons, Lord Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, stated that, in his opinion, an invasion of England was very remote. He mentioned that the Government were doing every* thing that was necessary to secure the safety of the colonies and the commercial I > defences, but many more cruisers were required tb protect the merchant ship* ping aud coaling stations. I John Bright, who is ill with congestion I of the lungs, is improving. j It is stated that the French claim the Island of Maitre on the ground that it long has been a dependency of France. June 1. The Standard spitefully attacks the New Zealand loan, and suggests that the money is wanted to meet the Budget de* fit-it and sustain the mercantile credits Berlin, May 30. The National jSeitung announces that Henry Nillard is organising a German Antarctic expedition. New York, May 30. It is reported that the Government have despatched four men -of « war to seize British sealing vessels said to be carrying on operations in Beh ring Strait. St. Petersburg, May 29. The Russian Government conceals the fact that famine is existing in the South. Paris, April 29. The French press, regards the German frontier rules as bellicose. The German press, however, declares they were made in order to prevent quarrels arising.