CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1476, 9 October 1885, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(BY EIiECTRIO TKLEGBAPA — COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Oct. 6. An inquiry has been held into the circumstances attending a collision which -took plnce on September 10 m the channel between E. T. Gourley's steamer Idewild, 510 tons, belonging to Suudferlaiid. Ami tliu barque Looli Fergus,- 846 tons, owned by James Sproat, of Liverpool. At the time of the collision the barque watt bound from London to Sydney, and m consequence of the ;djunago sustained she had to put back. The Court held that the captain of the Lle'wild was responsible for the coW ligion. L;vir^. - •!; >Vr T^V* «! The Queen has given perinfisaidn to the Victorian Yacht Club to assume the title of « Royal." The f rozeu meat by the s.sy Tainui is selling at 4% per Ib. ; ■'■''' ' • The bop crop is not equal to last; year ;in quality, . Choicest qu ilili.es are scarce, • and are being held for" hatter' prices. Brewers are using old sto )ks. ' Aniericau i hops are m good dem-.iiid. '';''' .. Continental crops are dunmjred. The British wheat crop has ; averaged 29^ bMstieis per acre. France, Russia, Spain and Italy have smaller harvests than usual. .Germany, Roumamapand Belgium Tiavo Very large yieldn, while: the American crop is rriiich smaller, and Canadian slightly larger than, was expected'.* 'Russia, America,* and England, have, warehoused ;heavi.ly*. The Crown Colonies of U'iji and Western Australia have been, authorised ,ito pass ah Adopting Act, provided the four otlier, Goloiiiea do, so as to enable tliein to send delegated tb the Federal Council. ; :' !: ....!,./' ;.,.-■ ,■•/.»■ .. .:-.v/ ..-•.. ~ Mr Murray Smith, Agent-General for Victoria, has informed the Eastern Fxtension Tele^iaph Cwmpany that, unless the cable reductions to Australia are conceded, eitorto will be made' to break ' up the existing -monopoly: of the Com.pany. _•; j ) \". t .. i.; vj .. I .. Octobhr7. Sir Phillip Owen, Secretary of the Indinn and Colonial Exhibition'/ ap-' proveß of a suggestion received from Cornwall that s< -collective exhibit of mining machinery should, if poß»ible,be oUfaiiied for ,the, Exhibition. r ys% mi 1 Prince Bismark is opposing German immigration tOjQgt ensland. .„ ;, j .^ M. Uefve-Mftngou^and'M'.'Pierri Logrand haye resign* I their portfolios iv f th« t Brisson Minisl ry, consequent upon their defeat 'ici the recent elections. The Royalists proclaim an early downfall, of the French Republic. ; fREDTEB'rt TELEGRAMS.') t'l\ Paris, Oct. 7. ■. The! latest returns give the, reaultuifof the elections for the Chamber of DeptH lies up to the present timtt as 176 Conservatives and 135 Republicans. Belgrade, Oct. 7. A; division of the. Sarvian Army has* been instructed to .proceed to tlV&i fron-i' .tier, and iB now marching iv tiiat direction. ■ sty ■' . ■■■■'-.. ■■:■>-. - • ■• ■ ■ - ■■'■' : i San Francisco. Octobber 5 i, The; Pacific Mail Company's R.M. S. Australia,,, from Auckland (September ,15th). iarrived|lifire to^day^r-oue day j before contract time. ' ; '* A