LATEST CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1727, 7 June 1886, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS.

(ELECTRIC TBLEQU^PH.-rrCOeYBIGHT*) (BEtTEEa's TFLEGRAMS). j&WBOVKxv, Sunday. Arrived, this morning -r Tasmania, with London mails dated 30th April. . ; , Sydney, Sunday. Intelligence has been received to-day from Noumea to the effect, that two French men-of-war left New Caledonia m order to annex the New Hebrides. Great excitement is consequently stated to be prevailing among the British residents of New Caledonia. Ltiojon, June 6. Members of Trinity House gave a banquet last nigh f , His Royal Highness the. Prince of Wales presiding m his capacity as an " Elder Brother." Sir Arthur Blyth and Sir Alexander Stuart were preeent, but Sir Saul Samuel was absent,'** he was dining with Mr Os borne Morgan, Undersecretary for the Colonies. The Prince of Wales, m the couree of his speech, extended a hearty ■welcome to all colonists, and expressed a hope that the exhibition would prove the means of strengthening the bonds of union between England and her colonies. Lord Salisbury, who was present, also referred to the Exhibition as sealing the union of the various parts of the Empire. Washington, June 6. In consequence of the recent difficulty between Canada and the United States on the fisheries question, an American ■quadron has been ordered to proceed to Portland, Maine, m order to prevent a possible conflict. Some, June 6. Advices from Florence state that cholera has made it's appearance there. The epidemic is also reported to be increasing rapidly at Venice.