CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 15, 15 December 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

A Colonial Prize-taker-Marquis of Lome on Fecleratibn. The Times on Federation,. - TheySotidan ReheUiphV * The New Zealani Mortgage Company. (BY Wf.EOTRIC TEt.BattA.Pff.— OOPTBrOHT.) (.SPECIAL TO UNITED VRR9S ASSOCIATION.) „ ... IL ... Percy Robin, of Adelaide, a student of St. John's College, Cambridge, has lieen awarded first prize for the Colo-' nial Institute essay. • The Marquis of Lome, speaking at the/ Onldnial Institute* expressed a hope that the Australian colonies would federate, and he : insisted ... thaij England must recognise the coldhies as being the best judges of their own wants. He \irged the £ppointmen|b>of a Couuoil of Envoys instead'of a Federal . Parliaments . and eulogize^ tbe : activity of the Austvalian colonies m the matter of defence*, Sir Aloxajadeiy G»lt suggested that the English'diplomatists might devote some attention" to" improving Jthe !TOmnierdaL«i«e)ations , between the Mother Country and her colonies. H.R H. the Duke of Albany" waspveseht, and there "tfas a crowded audience. „ „ ■ : - ;: 2' BBft'Il"- 1 Signor Gniseppe Mario, the ccl e*brated tenor, is dead, aged 75 years. ( Mr Parneli has refused to coalesce with, the .Liberal party until- the^ .cpnsent to abandon the pojic^ ''"^^6ioji y and f emigration? ( . ...--, . ..- - %■ The Times says that they |co*imp|iisli- ; ment of colonial federatidrT will tend' powerfully to .. reduce r djifficulti«js. , which surround' the larger question of imperial federation. . ........ .7 -", . 1 7- It is reported that a paft^ of Royal Engineers will be sent to 'fortify the! town of Assouan, situated near- thefirst cataract of the Nile, and guarding the approaches to Uppei;, Egypt, ~ The Egyptian garrison, has abandoned 9 SinkaThlan^^ a, force of 15,pb0;rebels is stated^to Jbe . holding the , passes of tjie r Sondan. ".,.,;; rr.. ::i <-.•..; AA .. ■ ", '. ' The-.i'ajtojtications for snares m the t . New !£essnd ( > Moi tgage Company are,, m excess jp^f "'the nur^er open for allots ments . 4 .... ...; ;! oi -< \.\ .<-, j. # -.-; 1 ' ahipmenbs, jfrorn . Victoria, to.; arrive, have been sold at 45sj Bnd 44s 9d haajb^Bn offered for sQo,,iiuavterS;.of Adelaide.,.. ; <s. . ';/; 'Another Colonial Loan. " Canton Being Fortified. El Mahdi's Force Decreasing. , (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.^COPYRIffIST) ! .. (REUTERB' fIELEGRAMS.) y: -.iif , .' , .;'. . , . Lond,oK; Ul ecember" 1 3. j : v The issue of a Loan of three millions; fyr the New South Wales Government, bearing interest at 4 per; cent, is announced, to-day. The minimum price) is fixed at paj% ; .7 ... .""'::' Hong KoNQ,i<Dec. 13. t-, .information has been^ received from Canton that the fortifications suroundipg .that ;city have .been .put m complete , readiness to withstand an attack it; an outbre^pi^ar. shattbLaceux, AmUlwi . strong bodies of troops are posted m the neighbourhood' bTthe city. Cairo, Dec. 13. Latest inteligence to hand from Soudan is to the effect ,-tjhat; *the immense body of Arabs" winch Ei Mahdi recently had under his command bas greately decreased, and'that a large number of his adherents 'are dispersing.