CABLE NEWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 180, 6 July 1883, Page 3

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THE DAPHNE DISASTER. FURTHER PARTICULA. RS. ONE HUNDRED DROWNED. COLONIAL LOANS. THE ANNEX&TIOS QUESTION. MORE AUSTRALIAN LOANS. THE KHEDIVE CHARGED Wli'H COMPLICITY IN THE ALEXANDRIA MASSACRE. NEWS FROM TONQUIN. THE NEW GUINEA QUESTION. FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION. THE DYNAMITE POLICY.

(BY ETVECTBIO TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PEE3S ASSOCIATION.) -~? ; London, July 4. A new vessel, named the Daphne, when being launched off the ways at Clyde, heeled over and capsized. Two hundred workmen who were on board were precipitated into the water, and of these one hundred were drowned. TheaveragepncefortbeVictorianloan, as given officially, is £98 10s lOd, The Melbourne Harbour Trust Loan will, it is announced, be placed on the market about the 14th instant. Lord Derby, m his despatch to the Government of Queensland, announces that it is the intention of the Imperial Government to strengthen the hands of the Western Pacific Commission, so as to secure better protection of British interests. It is believed m official circles that the sudden change m the attitude of the Ministry m respect to the annexation of Ne\w Guinea was owiag to the larger _ qsA^on of Pacific annexation which was raised by the Agents-General's deputation; The Pal Mall Gazette ex4pesaes its approval of the policy of the Government m retaining freedom ot action m regard to its fnture relations towards New Guinea. The St. Jumes' Gazette twits the Government with not boldly revealing whether or not it would regard the occupation of New Guinea as a casus belli ; and it expresses an opinion that the refusal of the Govern* ment to comply with the wiebes of the colonies, coupled with the advice dven them to federate, is likely to discourage their future loyal relations on the strength of the bond uniting them to the Empire. / lenders for the Western Australian loan close on 10th instant. The miuimum is £96 105. Four eminent Egyptians assert that the Khedive was concerned m the massacre m Alexandria. The latest news from.Tonqnin states that the Saigon troops have driven the Tonquinese from Hanoi. In an article upon the annexation question, the Morning Post says it is probable that colonists will send filibustering expeditions to New Guinea with a view; to compelling the annexation. At a meeting of dynamiters m New York, Sheridan described murder by dynamite as .godless warfare. Lord Derby stated that England will not regard with equanimity the settlement of foreigners m New Guinea. The Duke of Manchester defended the planters of Queensland from the charges of slavery which had been brought against tnem. The Times, m reviewing the decision of Lord Derby, says if the refusal to sanction the annexation constrains federation, it will be a boon both to England and Australia. The Standard fears that the agitation is a dangerous one for Australia. The Daily Telegraph considers the decision unwise, while the Daily News approves it.