LATE CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1330, 25 October 1884, Page 4

LATE CABLEGRAMS.

p-i ■'.>'/ I.'-'.; ■,'<■''"-'?■ ■'-'- - ~ " f f to Press Association.) ■ - LONDON. ' 3 «feu.., aOctober22.-:' Scratcbley's sala r^. hw; ;been fjie^.at :£8000: per annum; 1 $bs tNew.f ,Squth ; Wales loan •bas : been largely .paid np>under.~discountiIt is believed that. the_syDdicate who secured upwards of half of the amonWo'f ; theld'ah 'have ' subceeded m disposing of ie to the general ißiF'Baui Bam'oel and Major-Gene- 1 ralSci^tcliley, : at the inYitationi of; Admiralty; had 1 ' an interview WitH Admiral Sir Astle'y Cooper Key re^ ■pecting'the defence of the coal ports m the Pacific, cCdlortel'Downes, 8.A., commander of volunteer military forces at Adelaide, has accepted retired pay with the rank -of Major-General. A syndicate is williog, upon the lan" d; grant -sy steirii : construct' a' railway- between Bun bury and Beverlyy-on ' the proposed Albany iirfe' (Wbßterti'Atitstralia), at a cost of£8(30iOOp. : ; : «Tbe :Counfeil of the Royal Colonial -Institute' have adopted a resolu4iod 'expressive of regret at the death. 4)f Sir Robert Torrens. The! 'Marquis of Salisbury waß ■toned while on a visit to Dumfries.