CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1730, 10 June 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.') (SPECIAL UNITICD PIIESS ASSOCIATION.) London, June 7. Mr Brennan, the Australian engineer has perfected his torpedo, and the fina trials of the instrument are to be made m a fortnight's time. Messrs Lightly have applied for 7000 ft of space at the Jubilee Exhibition to beheld at Adelaide next year. : The Copyright Bill introduced into the House of Commons to amend the present.: Copyright Acts, has , passed, through all, its stages m that Chamber. - Mr Tender, of the Eastern Extension Cable Company, states that he is unable to equalise the Government and Press charges on cable messages unless'the Government subsidy is increased.; Lord Roseberry has been appointed Chairman of the Federation League. News has been received from America that l^axwell, who was prrested at Auckland for the murder of Preller, it St. Louis, has been convicted. Greece is disarming her army. Earnest and uneasy suspicion is felt that Russia is preparing a coup on the Balkans. Prince Alexander is a guest of Carol 1., King of Koumania, and it is believed he is arranging for a defensive alliance. In the sculling match, Maljterson v. Godwin, the former won easily. He obtained a lead' at the start and was never caught. Timej 22Uiih 19sec. Thegßritish ; India, steamer ; Merkara came m collision with the steamer Katsaraharno m the Suez Canal. The latter .vessel sustained . serious damage, and is now engaged m discharging her ! cargo. ■ The Prussian Landtag will appoint Prince Luitpold, uhcle of Ludwig 11,,. \ King of Bavaria, as 'regent of Bavaria. r Beach has expressed a wish to row his match with* *Hanlari ;at 'the end of August. i !.■'■••; • V-\ '.': It is reported that the Orangemen of Canada have shipped 1 30,000 MartiniHenry nfles to Ulster; ' Prince Victor Napoleon has issued an energetic manifesto against the expulsion of the Orlean Princes^ from France. A Committee of the Chamber of Deputies advise that all members ot late regnant families should be exiled. (reuter's telegrams). San Francisco, June 9. The Union Steamship Company's R.M.S. Mariposa, laft on .the sth, for Auckland.