CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 118, 23 April 1885, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(EL H CTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPHUGHT.) SPECIAL TO UXITICI) PItESS ASSOCIATION. Loxuon. April 21. The shipment of frozen meat ex ship Maryborough is selling at s£d per pound. Mr Shapley, a former resident of Wakapuaka, Nelson, has been lost m the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's repairing steamer Magnetic, which is supposed to have foundered. The French Government will allow Nubar Pasha time to consult with the Porte m connection with the suppression of the Boßj)hnre Egyptkn. Mr Gladstone admits, m a measure, the responsibility of the English Government m regard to its suppression.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.) London, April 22. The re-distribution of Seats Bill has been passed through Committee of the House of Commons. Mails per the P. and 0. Company's R.M.S. Shannon, Melbourne 12th, were delivered to-day via Brindiei. San Francisco, April 21. The Pacific Mail Company's R.M.S. Australia arrived here yesterday with Sydney mails of March 26. Paris, April 21. The reply from Nubar Pasha to the ultimatum of the French Government demanding reparation for the suppression of the journal Bosphere Egyptien which has been received proves to be of an evasive character. Madeira, April 21. The Shipping Company's R.M.S. Rimutaka arrived here yesterday afternoon. The homeward cargo of frozen meat is m good condition.