CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1650, 5 March 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

■■■' ♦ ■ ■ (ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAE TO UNITBD PRKSS ASSSOuIATXON.) London, March 2. Obituary — Judge Clarke, of Victoria ; Duke of Selville, aetat eight years. For the regatta at Rockaway m June, 10,000 dols. have been offered as prizemoney,if Beach will compete. Tenders are invited on behalf of the City of Melbourne for a loan of £150,000 at 4 per gent. The minimum lias been fixed at 103, and the tenders will close on the 10th March. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's s.s. Tainui arrived at Plymouth this (Tuesday) morning, with Her frozen meat m eood order. jMarch 3 V The valuable diamonds stolen some time -asp from Lady Hill Trevor, of Brynkinalt,' Cliifk, Denbighshire, have been recovered. ' i Lord Capel, heir to the earldom of Essex, and who has been appointed aide-de-eainp to Lord Carington, has sailed for Sydney. . The University of Cambridge will confer the degree of Master of Arts on Mr Charles Todd, of South Austra- , lia. In the House of Commons, Mr Thas. Sexton, M.P. for Sligo South, has given notice of a motion requesting the' Government to open up negotiations with a view of .establishing a "universal*pehny postage. ■■'.'■-' ** ■ Mr John Morley, Chief Secretary for Ireland, considers another general elec tion probable shortly.

• (AGE SPECIALS.) (Per s.s. Tarawera at the Bluff.) (l BR. UNITED PRESS" ASSOCIATION. } ; x. London, Feb.°l7. The appeals for aid on behalt of the .unemployed m Great Britain have up to 'the present time been well responded to. The amount of the fund: is n6wJE4QiOOO. It is hoped that the colonies will contribute toward the relief of the existing distress. , ..■,.' An offer of Knighthood has been .made. through the Agent-General, Mr Murray- Smith, to Mr James Service', on ibis retirement from political life. Mr Service has, however, declined'to accept ,thfl honor. An offer of Knighthood has :also been made to Mr Mtirray.Srnith, retiring Agent-General for Victoria, and Mr Smith has accepted the profferecl jhonor. • Mr John. B. Gbugh,-,the well known Itemperknce' orator; is dead.'- -' ' ' ! A proposal has been adopted for laying a duplicate cable' between England and Australia, via the Cape of ' Good Hope. Feb. 24. ; Mr Howard Sperisley, M.P., is preparing a Bill providing for the payment of members of Parliament, which hef proposes to the House of Commons ddr-^ ing the present session. ...