CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 228, 29 August 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

THE WAR IN AN AM. GENERAL NEWS. (BY ELECT H IO TELEGRAPH.-' COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRKSB ASSOCIATION) Lonpon, August 25. Mr A. Campbell Onslow, formerly Attorney-General for Western Australia, has been appointed Chief Justice of that colony. The German Government hare decided to prosecute Antoine.the deputy at Metz, for treason. Spain is seeking to enter the triple alliance with Germany, Austria, and Italy. Admiral Pierre, who was m command of the French fleet at Madagascar, has ' reported that there are no grounds for the charges brought against Mr Shaw, the British missionary at Tamatave. It is reported that Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, has closed the Upper Congo against general commerce. Splendid harvest weather is now being experienced. The Mark Lane Express estimates that the available wheat crop will be seven and a half million quarters. It has been arranged that the leaders of the Free Trade Conference shall meet at St. Louis m October next. News from the Cape has been received to the effect that Cetewayo states that m future he will not consult the colonial authorities. The Peruvians and Obillians are disposed to recognise General Iglesias as President. The French have blockaded the chief ports of Anam. Great uneasiness is felt m Hongkong m consequence of the absence oi the English fleet m Japan.