CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1697, 1 May 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT,) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.") London, April 29. . The South Australian loan is expected to be floated at par. The men cotnposiug the outpost which was captured by the rebels, nearSuakitn, have been released. Mr ThOmas Fallen has been recognised a8 Colombian Consul for Auatralia. .- Bishop Mdorhouae will pay homage to Her Majesty the Queen on Tuesday next. The majority of the Australian cricket* iug team have arrived, the remainder beiug still on the Continent. Thd American fishing smack which was seized by the Canadian authorities off Nova Scotia has been released. NelaoD, the New South Wales sculler, his bravely rescued a boy from drowning m the Thames. Mr Strangways has written a letter to the Daily Chronicle, m which he states that Home Rule will Drove unworkable, and if given effect to will destroy the unity of the Empire. An agreement with France m connection with the Now Hebrides question is considered imminent. The Directors of the Scottish Australian Company are prepared to send labor out to Lambton, m New South Wales, if advised. Mr Edward Coombes, C.M.C., New South Wales, will read a paper betore the Royal Colonial Institute on 6th May, dealing with the commerce and industries of New South Wales, also society and art. The English cricket team which visits the . Australian ' colonies next season will comprise Shaw, Shrewsbury, Lillywhite, Barnes, Briggs, Giinn, Uedowera, Bates, Lees, Preston, and Lohtnann. Mr W. G. Grace has been invited to accompany the team, which sails for Australia m September next. Four regiments of Indian trooos have been sent to reinforce the army m Burmah. Mr Jefferson -Davis is deliveiing a series of orations m the Southern States. i