CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1609, 15 January 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS .

( KLECTRIC' TELEGRAPH. —COPYRIGHT. ) (SPECIAE TO UNITJSH PRKSS ASSSOuiaTiON. * • * London, Jan. 12.. Mr Todd, Postmaster-General of South Australia, leaves on his return journey to that Colony on Bth April. < Mr Gladstone will uot move ..any amendment to the Address-in Reply to j the speech from the Thhrone. '" Replying to the energetic inquiry of | the- Marquis of Salisbury, Prince Bis- ) marck has assured him that, so far as < ! Gerrnanv-ia concerned the,, status, of. Samoa will not be altered. A shipment of two hundred thousand; salmon ova will he sent to New Zealand by the steamer lonic, which leaves here on 2nd February. Jan. 13. Mr Tbdd, Postmastsr-General of South Australia, expresses an opinion tbat Australia is unwise m asking for a 14-knot mail Service. ' \) Tenders for the Otago Harbor loan of I £150;000 close on the 25th inst. The German squadron is under orders to proceed to Samoa, and it is probable that steps will be taken to appoint Tomaessesi King of the Islands. An outbreak of pJijtflosterais reported from the Cape. * ; The Education" Commission have appointed Sir Richard Orosaj'Home Secre-; tary, as Chairman. ! • It is 'currently reported , , that the: Government intend to buy out Irish land-' lords; i •. ■.;.■■■■.'.<..,. ".•>•■■:>.. ; \ (BKUTEBB' TELEGRAMS.') J . .• London; Jab. 12. Three per cent.. , Consols and New' Zealand securities are unchanged m value. The market rate of 'discount remains at 2|. and the bank rate at 4 pcr 1 cent;- •'- •' <■>.■■■ ' •:» i■<: ■■ , y. : ; An ordinary business is being done m tallow and breadstuff s at late prices. Pig' iron f.o.b. m the Clyde* has fallen to 42s per ton. '■■ Tenders were, opened to-day fprithe loan of £25,000 at 5 per cent, placed upon , the market by the city of Auckland. The total amount t^nd ere for was £137,000. Tenders at £111 ls-will re-; ceive 96 per. cent, of the amount applied for j above that m full;' i ' . ' - < ( ■'■' ;-<vl ' : '''■ ' '■ : ; - ; Jan. 13. j It is. believed that theEarl of Ca^rnar-j voX) iiOrdljieutenant of A lrelandj contem-| plates resigning tbat office. j ...: ••• ; M (I /. ,■ «■■■ , J,an. H. : Upon the assembling /of Parliament to day, Bradlaugh, member for North-, a inpton,; advanced to.thetable,. and was sw'oWin m the 1 usual' mariner/ The; Hon. speaker read' a letter he had re-i ceived" from Sir Michael Hicks -Bjeitchj leader of the Government m the tower House, urging him,, not to. allow. Bradlaugh to be sworn, but the speaker ruled that he was bound to ignore the. letter^ as any resolution, of the former l'Paiflia--ment had no authority' to ' bind the; prelsent one. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach attempted to make some remarks, but was at b'ace stopped by the Speaker,; - who filled that as he had, not been swpm he was not entitled to speak. Rangoon, Jan. 13. Intelligence from Mandalay announces that the British have successfully- carried the Dacoit position at Sagaing, 'killing 60 of the enemy and wounding a considerable number. . j