CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1178, 26 January 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

I KEDTER r S TELEGRAM, PE R PRESS A SSOCIATION. j London, January 23. Three per cent, consuls, 98J. Adelaide wheat, per 4961b5, ex warehouse, 425. Australian tallow is unchanged. Sir Henry Buhver, Lieut.-Governor of Natal, has been appointed Governor of Western Australia. January 24. Five per cent. New Zealand 10-40 loan, 103. The distress throughout Ireland is increasing, and universal appeals for relief are being made. New York, January 23. It is currently reported here that the English Government has decided to intervene in the war between Chili and Peru. St. Petersburgh, January 24. The Russian Government have given an official denial to their rumored defeat and abandonment of Tchikislar. Vienna, January 24. Austria is co-operating with Melbourne in the International Exhibition. She will be a large exhibitor. (SPECIAIi TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, January 24. Victorian politics still receive a good deal of attention at the hands of the London Press. The Spectator warns the public against accepting the violent diatribes levelled against Mr. Berry's Government by the Melbourne correspondent of the Times. It reiterates its approval of a nominee Council. This, it asserts, would restore the Council to its full power under a democratic constitution. The Saturday Review, in an article on the reform proposals in Victoria, admits that a modification of the power of the Council is necessary, but regrets that greater moderation was not shown in the attempts at reform. It says that the " Lords" were warranted in opposing Mr. Berry's scheme, as it was needlessly revolutionary, and repugnant to British ideas of what forms monarchical and constitutional government. The Queen has approved of the appointment of Sir W. C. F. Robinson, late Governor of the Straits Settlement, to succeed Major-General Sir H. St. George Ord as Governor of "Western Australia. J I Exhibits are coming forward largely for the Melbourne International Exhibition. New Zealand five per cent, debentures are quoted at 103. Wheat is selling at from 57s to 58s per. 49Gibs. January 25. Mr. John Bright, in a speech at Birmingham, strongly advocated a revision of the land laws in Ireland. (SPECIAL TO THE MELBOURNE ARGUS.) LoNDON/January 23. General Skobeloff succeeds General Terguskoff in Asia. Mr. Brassy read a paper before the Bradford Chamber of Commerce on the Colonial Empire. He commented on the value, and great increase of trade, and. spoke of the Colonies as a splendid field for the laborer and small capitalists. He condemned the remission of England in not providing for the defence of the Colonies. Coaling stations were urgently required, and also dock accommodation. He eulogised the recent action of Victoria in providing for defence, and advocated a Federal Council, composed of delegates from England's Colonies.

DIRECT AUSTRALIAN NEWS

(REOTKK'S TKLEGRA3I PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.} Melbourne, January 24. Obituary—Fenteman, captain of the Tanjore. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Numerous applications for space in the Melbourne International Exhibition have been received from the leading British manufacturers. The decision to provide additional space gives very general satisfaction. .