CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1587, 21 December 1885, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(by electric tblkgiu ph.— copyright) (SPKIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, Dec. IT. The, income tax on deposits will commence m April. Mr Brags; has been appointed Professor of Mathematics at Adelaide University, and will leave for there about the middle of January. j Mr Belcher, of King's College, Cain- ' j bridge, has been selected for the position of Rector of the Otago High School. Colonel Stanley and the several Agents General are arranging to proclaim a sovereignty over New Guinea, which will be done if the colonies are liberal m subscribing funds for the purpose. It is' considered probable that Mr John j Douglas will be appointed High Commissioner. Mr R. C. Baker's postal scheme has been submitted to the Treasury for eon- ! side ration. j In tbe.powers proposed to be granted for local government m Ireland, Mr Gladstone includes the Irish control of police and Irish members to continue to sit m the British Parliament for Imperial purposes. Mr Parnell is to furnish guarantees for the protection of the loyal minority m Ireland, and for the protection of landlords' interests. This revelation renders the action oi the Marquis of Salisbury uncertain. The ca-<e of Hill, Ford, and Newton v. Young, of Christchurch, an appeal to the Privy Council regarding the sale of proparty at Middleton, near Christchurch, has been dismissed. Dec. 18. Sir John Macdonald, premier of Canada, who is at present on a visft to England, delivered an address at the Guildhall last evening. During his speech be referred to the begining of federation m , Australia, which he considered had commenced under auspicious circumstances, ' and he expressed a hope that all the Colonies there who were at present holding aloof would join, so as to make a complete federation of the Australian Colonies.

(REUTEB'S TELEGRAMS). London, Dec. 17 It is reported that a French Protectorate has been established over the island of Anvayissa, or Great Comoro, lying m the Mozambique Channel, hctween Africa and Madagascar. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes an article to day m which it states that ihe scheme proposed by Mr Gladstone for th* settlement of the Irish difficulty includes an Irish Parliament, to sit m Dublin and to have (he complete control of all Irish affairs, the Crown retaining its right of veto, which would, however, only be exercised upon the ailvice of the Irish Ministry of the day. The Australian mails, dated Melbourne, November 7, per Messageries' steamer Yarra, were delivered here today via Marseilles.' Dec. 18. To-day's Standard asserts that the Sultan, has appointed Prince Alexander Governor of Ro'umelia for life, the Powers agreeing to the appointment. Constantinople, Dec. 18. The Turkish Commission Has arrived at Nisch, and Prince Alexander has assented to its proposals with certain reservations. Calcutta, Dec. 18. Advices from Burmah state that the Dacoits are very numerous m the vicinity of ..Mandalay, and that they are haras- | sing the British troops.