CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1617, 25 January 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(eT/ECTRIO TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT. ) (SPECIAE TO UNITED PRKSS ASSSOOiATiON.) London, Jan. 21. Rumours are current of further i changes m the constitution of the Cabinet. It, is reported that the Earl of Carnarvon will take the portfolio of ' Pecret'ary of State for the Colonies, and that Colonel Stanley, the present Sec-retary,-will take the office of- Secretary of State for War. The German Reichstag has referred to .a.Cx)mmittee^i^§ilX which hM.feS 6 .?^"l traduced for the purpose of relating the extent of jGr^rman colonisation. During the discussion on the Bill, Herr Bamberger declared that the possession of c'olonie.B could only, be regarded as, costly toys./; HH Ms / •"" ''■>"- m The U.S.S. Company's steamer ■ M»r*roa has beep detained at San Francisco to await the mails. ? -tDr Schraber-will take command , of? |he German New Guinea exploring expedition which will leave Hamburg m February. ... „..-.. , >■ r The French Government will be allowed ti' r tain, possession of the Island of Raiatc.ii m return for fishery con cessions m Newfoundland. '' Sixty moderate Liberals are prepared, to vote for a measure to suppress boy cotting m Ir.eland. France Jjaa occupied Surabawa, one of the Sunda .Islands m the Malay Archipelago. : •' ' • ; ; . The Government intend to deal this session with tire qu ! estrdn6f Parliamentary procedure, i ;>.;: ■...; January 22. Lord Salisbury ha : s received 'positive assurances from Ger'm'auy of tlieir intention not to annex Samoa. ' .. ' The: Wellington Harbor Board loan of £50,000 at 4|- per cent, has been -placed m the market. The minimum has| been fixed »t £97 10s, and tenders will be opened on February. 2: v > In his^eech on the Address m Reply theMarquis of Salisbury charged Mr Gladstoue with ekulkiug behind am; bigubus; denials. ■ „ .^ ' The .. Anglo- Australasian Land , and' Mortgage Company, which recently amalgamated with a limited Company m Sydney, have[hajl all their new issue of shares WbWibecl for* i ' '■'■ ■ ■'"