CABLE NEWS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 177, 8 July 1884, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

[REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.] THE CHOLERA EPEDEMIC. London, July 7. The steamer British King arrived from Lyttelton to-day. One death occurred on the voyage. Medical experts have declared that the disease at Marseilles is true Asiatic Cholera. (AGE SPECIALS.) THE EGYPTIAN DIFFICULTY. BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE ORIENTAL BANK. PRINCE BISMARCK ON ANNEXATION. THE GUN BOAT “ PROTECTOR.” London, June 23. The terms agreed to between France and England as to Egypt are that France shall never send troops there without the consent of the English Government. Public feeling on the Government policy in Egypt is daily becoming more intense. In the House of Commons the supporters of the Government are diminishing, but it is probable that the Opposition will remain quiet until after the Conference on Egyptian affairs has been concluded. The bill which the Bank of South Australia has introduced into the Imperial Parliament for the extension of its charter, is now before the House of Lords. It is opposed by the Treasury, on the ground that one of its provisions is intended to limit the liability of shareholders in regard to note issue. When the bill was under’ consideration last night Earl Redesdale insisted that the liability of shareholders in respect to note issue should be unlimited.

The Tall Mall Gazette last night contained a reference to the decision given by Justice Molesworth in favor of the local winding-up of the affairs of the Oriental Bank in Victoria, and expressed an opinion that this decision would be reversed on appeal.

The prospectus of the Oriental Bank Corporation ia now been issued, and it is expected the company will be floated next month. Juno 26. Speaking in the Reichstag yesterday Prince Bismarck referred to the proposed annexation of New Guinea and other islands in the Pacific, and ridiculed the idea that the Australian Colonies had any claim to monopolise them. Berlin newspapers deny that England is entitled to annex New Guinea. The announcement that the South Australian gun-boat “Protector” had sailed for Australia was premature. Every arrangement had been made for her departure, but at the last moment it was found necessary to delay her departure for a month. She is now lying in the Tyne.