HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 293, 15 June 1895, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

* STANDARD BANK SHAREHOLDERS. TRADE IN THE EAST. JAPANESE RULE IN FORMOSA. A GIGANTIC BRIDGE. (Per Press Association] jLondon, June 13. At the meeting of tbe P. and O. Company tbe chairman said be did not expect any marked revival in Eastern trade, as the Chinese were slow in war, and would prove slow in commerce. The Japanese were decidedly more active, and would soon be a great competitor against Great Britain in the India cotton trade. The death is announced of Manuel Zorrilla, of Spanish republican notoriety, i The depositors in the Standard Bank have resolved to accept 2J per cent interest now provided, the balance to be paid in 1903, and no dividend is to be paid to shareholders until the interest on deposits is paid in full. It is reported that Mr W. Robinson is likely to succeed Sir M. Fraser as Agent - General for Western Australia. Tbe Marquis of Ripou states tbat bis desire to follow the request of tbe New South Wales Parliament, aud select as 1 tho Governor of the colony a gentleman who has bad experience in tbe Imperial Parliament and official life necessarily limits tbe field of choice. JbERLiN. June 14. The German Federal states are for tbe most part either hostile to or indifferent respecting the proposal to summon an international currency conference. Shanghai, June 14. Japanese rule has been established in tbe northern portion of Formosa, where tbo Chinese troops have been disbanded, and everything is reported quiet. Washington, June 13.f_| The Secretary for War bas approved the plans for bridging tbe Hudson river from New York to Jersey city. Tbe bridge is to be constructed without piers, aud it is estimated will cost four and a half millions. It will be completed iv ten years, and will carry six railway tracks.