CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 50, 18 February 1879, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(ABUfßJtt'a SPBOIAIi TO PBBBB AOBNCT.)

Her iv, February 12.

?Tho German Parliament opened today. The Krape- oi's speech declared it to revert to the protectionist; principles in f>rce anterior to 1865, in .ordwr t" secure^ a home market fur home produc ions. London, February 10. Consols, 96* ; wheat 61 low«r February l2. Fifteen swift and powerful steamships of large size have beencharjtered to be used as transports tor the conveyance of reinforcemente to ihe British forces at the Cape. The British Government has an« nouQced its wUHngne«» to subsidise a telegraphic cable to the Cape, and it is probable that immediate steps will be taken to have one laid down. February 14. The Premier made & statement in the House of Lords, and a similar one was made in the House of Com* mons, calling upon the country to wipe out the disaster that had taken place in Zulu land, and aUo stated that the Afghan expedition had achieved its object. The protection of the frontier is preserved by the independence of Afghan. Hopes of the weather improving will mitigate the distress. The Lord President of the Council declined to reply to the question, does the Government intend sending a physician to Astrachan to report upon the plague. t Bombay, February 13. The Indian Government have offered to supply a contingent of troops for despatch to the Cape. Sydney, Friday Lady R Jbinson laid the foundation of the central tower of the Exhibition building yesterday, in the presence of a large assemblage. •; Serious bash fires are raging in the Albury district. Saturday. The Government has decided to invite the Prince of Wales to the Sydney Exhibition. A space of four acres has been granted adjoining the Exhibition Building for the Paris captive balloon. Sir Hercules Robinson leaves for New Zealand on the loth March, in H.M.S. Emerald, the 'Wolverene accompanying her.