CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 207, 7 August 1883, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

- ANNEXATION. /.GENERAL NEWS. 'C.- QUARANTINE. DEATH OF THE REGENT OP -;.T;/.:r; ;.l« : /JA^AM^^ ;i ■'"'■" (BT M.BOTJ 1(3 TELEGRAPH.-^ COPTRIOHT. ) (SPECIAL TO. USITEDPRFSS ASSOCIATION) - London, August 4. The , Agents- J&eneral , memorandum : ph 'the question of annexation has been - 'published here, fhe Times, commenU -ingnn -it f says' that, if the colonies unite c aiid agree to co-operatP, "it is not easy to'flDJectto the policy .they advocate. - - The Si. James' Gazette says that the ~ despifch marks a momentous period m ' relations between England and her ■'-"'"• colonies^ The Daily News considers - ■ that the natives of New Guinea and the islands would probably be gainers by a •joint colonial protectorate. The news- • ; papers generally imply that the difficulty m the way is chiefly of a financial '■■ character, and suggest that the colonies should make definite proposals to meet ■ s^Lbrd'i?Pßeberry EaJls by the John Elder for Australia. , 1: SirJuiius Vcgel estimates that the cost of a cable by Mekolboy, Ceylon, and- Singapore, wouM be one million. ■•- • The .Econc mist advises the ; Eastern Extension Company and tbe Adelaide Go]rfernpent fb;make' a decided feductibn^n'the rates^ on the present cable ' Ind l bverlacd wire. The homew.ardjnailsteamers will not m future touch at Fuez i .at all, but, will o£3prCcied direct from Port Said to Venice, and Ihlhce HomeJl This month's passengers have-been conveyed direct kijirpmiiPort iSaid^.to' Plymouth :by a r ,,' stenmer. with ian speed ot y ;fourt«enrknots. . a -;^ The iTconomist expresses -a general t:r/ Cpipiottj that the r; Australian colonies M^Jbayjßt lately been' going: ahead too fast. Owing to the quarantine difficulties, the British Government has suspended v^the -.conveyance of -iriails bythe Eeyp--1 tian railways, and has sanctioned their transport by the Suez Canal. Passentn^era>ifronT Vehice' snd- Blind isi g9 in g eastward, wi.'l join the London trunk service at Port-Said. Passengers from the .<)oniirient i can i leave ' Venice aiid Brndisi fortnightly by direct steamers to Bon^bay^ but npt touching any y Egyptian, porW Strict o^araiitine . is| being maintained for •b^omeward steamers at all Italian and, ._Erench_ports, and the P. and O. Com* pany have therefore decided to accelerate the speed, p& the homeward-bound packets to the pastengers thereon avoiding all quarantine. j M>Sa, August 3. ■ Ipte]lig^nce! is ( to Jaand that Tuduc, the* Regent of .Anam, is dead, and that .Jbe has »beton succeeded by Phudac.':