CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 194, 24 July 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

GENEKAL NEWS.

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(By elect. iCTBi.Eaa A PH.~copraiGHT } (SPECIAL TO TWTBOPbbss A,SO«^J '< Tk v ~ LOWDON, July 21. .Ihe^ev^alaatlmattdi/er British Queen has realised an average of 7d and the Australian, ex Lusitania, 6±i t) O£d., ■.-; -- ■-> ■-'•• • - • * ■ The Penman forces hare beendefeated by the Ohiliaas, with the loss of one thousand men. The French are endeavoring to force a convention with the Siamese. ; tiight thousand telegraph operators have strack m America, affecting t\M communication with two hundred cities in. the United States and Canada. , Most of the troops stationed at Cairo have been sent to Sues. The Egyptian officers;erery where thwart the acti«n of the .British Government m regard to the second Canal. The result now depends on Baron de Less-ps being willing to make further concessions. Lord Derby, Secretary of State for the .Colonies^ speaking m the House of Lords, said that ifcthere Was aWieason to apprehend that, an, foreign Power medute,dcagg«»s Bioh8 ioh ia the Pacific, the A.aatrahan Governments could have telegraphed Home proposals on the sab^ ject. Thelmperiai Government were unaware ot any: 'such intention. He doubted theability of Queensland to govern some millions of New Guinea nativesrwho^ere'cWaTnlo resist sub. j action, and the temptations offered to Tffipnt 00 - 0 " 11 la , boE P reße °ted a special difficulty m acceding to the wishes and representations of one colony. To en, Mtle the request to any weight with the (government the acquisition of adjoining islands required the combined action of the Australasian colonies, and a federal guarantee ot the cost. Meanwhile the powers of the Western Pacißc Oommis! sion would b 3 extendad go as to include New Oruinea. :.. The i i^cqnoousfc, discussin«r the question of Australian federation expresses a tear th*t the fiaaneiaUnd tariff difference present an almost insuperable obstacle. Cholera has appeared m lsmaila. The P. and O. boat Hohilla has not touched at any of the canal ports, and has proceeded direct. v (BY ELBCIEIO TELEGBAPH.-oPrBIGHr ) (beUTEB's TELEGRAMS ) Melbourne, July 21. | Messrs C.S. Ross and Co., of this city, report sales of New Zealand timber ex Devonport, Maria Virginia, and Urce, as follows :— Kauri pine, aTenwe p-.ces per lQOft super^Sewn loi, Uv 6i ; sawn flttchesi Us fa . dressed boards 3s 21. Average prices per luoft Jiaeal>-C. and a flooring, 6 yt'lll^hrsei;* by 'ill 4.. White pme— dawn boards, 9a 3d-l-essed boards. lo^ per 100 ft super. The 4e !ni nd fir timbjp has sJaelcened, and tQO ; market h wsak.".