LATE CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1327, 22 October 1884, Page 4

LATE CABLEGRAMS.

AGE SPECIALS. London, October 13. i The Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Caivns, and the Duke of Eichmond and Gordon are at present m Scotland, and have held a conference on the subject of the attitude of the House of Lords with regard to the Franchise Bill. Sir James Anderson, m a letter to the Times, admits that a direct submarine cable from England to Auss cralia is possible, but points out that it would cost an enormous sum to maintain it. The Bank of . New. Zealand has purchased from the liquidator the Melbourne and Sydney banking premises of th" Oriental Bank Corpora* tion. Tenders have also been invited for the purchase pf the freehold establishments m other cities belonging to the insolvent corporation The instructions issued by the British Government to Commodore Erskine to proceed to New Guinea and proclaim the British protectorate over the sputhern coast and adjacent islands have occasioned great, excitement m France. The Paris press animadvert on England's insatiable greed for acquirkg new territory, and urge the French Government to protest against the British protectorate.