LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Kumara Times, Issue 2840, 7 November 1885, Page 2

LATEST BRITISH AND FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. ] By Klkctkic Ticr.KGßAPH—Copyright. GISBORNE I-lARBOUft LOAN. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT MEDALS. ADVANCE OF REBEL ARABS ON WADY HALFA. INDO-COLONIAL EXHIBITION. (Received November 6, 2.45 p.m.) London, November 5. Tenders for the Gisborne Harbor Board loan of £200,000 at five percent, were opened to-day, when the amount subscribed was found to be £886,000. Tenders at £lO2 will receive 48 per cent. ; applications above that amount in full. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, has received the War Office Egyptian medals and clasps intended for the members of the Continent. (Received November 7, 1.15 a.m.) November 6. The Standard to-day publishes a telegram from its special Egyptian correspondent stating that 6000 rebel Arabs are advancing on Wady Haifa. Sir Phillip Cunliffe Owen was entertained at a banquet last night. In the course of his speech he warmly acknowledged the valuable assistance mideiel him by the Agents-General of the various colonies, which, he stated, had been the means of securing the success of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition

next year. He concluded by promising a hearty welcome to all colonists who were able to visit the Exhibition. [SPECIAL TO PKESS ASSOCIATION. | London, November 3. The result of the annual municipal elections shows th.it die majority of those elected are Tories. The emigration of Germans to New Guinea will lie discouraged after the end of this year. There is at present a very severe tension betwe -n the Liberals and the Radicals, but it is expected that the coming Midlothian speeches of Mr Gladstone will tend to smooth away the differences between the two parties. Even in the event of King Thebau submitting to the ultimatum sent to him" by Charles E. Bernard, Chief Commissioner of British Burmali, -Ins territory will be placed under the protection of Great Britain. In consequence of the serious state of affairs, • British residents are leaving Mandalay, the capital of the Burmese Empire. November 4. A Colonial Consignment Compauy is being formed, with a capital of £50,000. Earl Grey, Lord Selborne, the Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Argyle, and others are promoting a movement for the defence of the Church. King Alfonso, of Spain, is seriouslv ill with fever. The frozen meat by the Doric has arrived in splendid condition. Mr E. C. Cracknel 1, Superintendent of Telegraphs, New South Wales, returns by the Orient steamer Orient. The Soudan War medals for the New South Wales Contingent have been shipped by the steamer Orient. November 5. A scheme which has been propounded by R. C. Baker, M.L.C. of South Australia, for a joint ocean postal service between England and Australia has been referred by the Home authorities to a Postal Commission for consideration. The colonies of Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia have already accepted the proposal. The Adelaide Chapter of Freemasons has been erased from the English roll. Servia and Bulgaria have made large purchases of Australian tinned meat. Rumours have been circulated to the effect that an anti-German,agiation has taken place at Manilla, the capital of the Spanish settlement in the Philippine Islands, and that the agitators have burnt the residence of the German Consul there.