CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 120, 1 May 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(reuter’s telegrams.) OXFORD UNIVERSITY. London, April 29. The Heldomadal Council of the University of Oxford has passed a resolution approving of the admission of women to examinations for University honors. THE CHOLERA. The troopship Crocodile has arrived at Portsmouth with cholera on board. There are six cases, and three deaths having occurred since she left Suez. WOOL SALES. The second of this year’s series of colonial wool auctions opened to-day before a large number of home and foreign buyers. The catalogue comprised 8,700 bales, for which a fair demand was experienced, crossbreds ruling at about the closing rates of last auction. The quantity to be offered during the series is limited to 380,000 bales. The sales will close on the 18th June. TASMANIAN LOAN. A loan of £BOO,OOO for the Tasmanian Government is announced to-day. The rate of interest is 4 per cent., and the minimum is fixed at 98. Tenders will be opened on the 7th May. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. April 30. The P. and O. steamship Sutlej, with the remainder of the Australian cricketers, arrived at Plymouth on Monday evening. The cholera patients on board H.M. transport Crocodile are recovering, and the troops brought home have been landed. It is not expected that any further cases will occur. The deaths are announced of Sir Michael Costa, the eminent composer, aged 74; and Sir Michael Arthur Bass, M.P. for East Staffordshire, aged 47.