CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 1, Issue 111, 10 June 1881, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London,. June 8.

The relations between Prince Alex* ander of Bulgaria and his Parliament, whioh have for some time been of an unsatisfactory character, have now bee oome most discordant. The Prince’s demand for a reform of the (system of government has met with gene ral opposition on the part of the members of the National Assembly and a large nection of the community. Much differonce of opinion exists, however, and considerable disorder prevails in the. Principality, which is now declared to be in a state of siege.

Paris, J unto 6. Tel 3 ?rams have bees received front Al* (Tc.-ia regards# that a par'* of S-H e;igi* n&tjtn attft '--kuiau fn i :♦* conetrdetfoiy of a line of telegraph ha re been massacred by Mat iSV.v.y..- ' V Nat? Y..Rg T .In na 8. The question of neutrality of th a inter* oceanic canal, now in course of construction across the Isthmas of Pani.ua, is now being considered by the Great Powers, bat up to the present ti me no definite information as to the rei ult of the negotiations has transpired, Melbourne, Jus • 7. Oaring to a severe gale whioh blew here last night a bulwark, consisting of ]i 3,000 beam ends, erected on the Yarra, opi >osite Fisherman’s bend, in connection wi ;h the river works, has become water-lc gged. A very high tea is running at the sj ot. Jnnoß. In the Legislative Council to-day, the Reform Bill, ee emended in the Assembly earns «p for consideration, but disoniiision was postponed Until to«morrow. The Secretaryship of the Victorian Racing Club, rendered vacant by the death of the late Mr Bagot, has been offered to Mr Byron H. Moore, lease, i of the Melbourne Exchange, 'and it is thought that he will aoceri the post,

Sailed—Rotorua for Bluff. ' Sydney, June 9 1 . Arrived—Arawata, yesterday, from Auckland.

The steamabiD Ocean, with 460 Chin ese from Hong Kong, left Port Darwin on Monday for Sydney.