REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

Kumara Times, Issue 2114, 8 June 1883, Page 2

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU RAILWAY SHARES. BRITISH MINISTER FOR BELGIUM. HOMEWARD SUEZ MAILS. THE QUEEN'S HEALTH. THE ASCOT CUP. THE GARONNE'S FROZEN MEAT. ELECTIONS FOR THE EGYPTIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. THE CZAR'S RETURN TO PETERHOF. (Received June 7, 7.10 p.m.) London, June 6. The balance of the unallotted shares of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway were placed in the market to-day, and were fully covered. It is announced that Sir E. Malet, late Diplomatic Consul-General in Egypt, has been appointed to succeed Sir J. Savile Lumley as British Minister at Brussels. The Homeward mails via Suez and B.iindisi, which left Melbourne on April 24, were delivered here to-day.

(Received June 8, 1 a.m.) June 7. Her Majesty the Queen, who has been residing at Balmoral for the past fortnight, has much improved in health during her residence in the Highlands. (Received June 8, 2.40 p.m.) Evening. The Ascot Cup race was run to-day, and resulted as follows : Tristan 1 Oven 2 Wallenstein ... ... 3 The cargo of frozen mutton by the steamship Garonne, from Melbourne, has arrived in excellent condition. Obituary.—Sir George Bowyer, the well-known jurist and author, aged 72. (Received June 8, 1 a.m.) Cairo, June 7. The first elections for the Egyptian National Assembly are fixed for the end of the present month. Moscow, June 6. The Czar will return to the Imperial residence at Peterhof on Saturday next, the 9th inst. «, LATEST AUSTRALIAN NEWS. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LAND ADMINISTRATION. MR REDMOND ON THE OBJECTS OF THE LAND LEAGUE. (Received June 8, 1 p.m.) Adelaide, Jane 8. In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr Cole's motion of censure on the land administration of the Government was negatived without a division. Melbourne, June 8. Mr Redmond delivered a lecture last night in explanation of the objects of the Land League. There was only a small attendance.