NEWS BY CABLE.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 1, Issue 18, 10 August 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

Lo*m», August 8. Mr John Wad, in; ton's orndicale, which has nnd<rtak, t, the eiinstruction of a railway from Guilford to (inxliiton, \V«>'.,rti Australia. lamposcl u> transfer U» c i ceuiimi n>. ccittel by them for iu -'.r.c. to

J( company with a capital of half a ,• i i. w ith the name directors as at g ■ \M r. of IVrtli, v* >4l raeeiva the eon i tr t f.,r tli# railway if hw price (lew; no t . xckhl 47)500 !«#■ mile. J irr vh timber is M**llin>f at auction ifp to 2s 1 M per foot. 1 1 . v. ■' ly ret inis of tlie Bank of I i.i pibl.-h**l to day show the t tal ri -i-rve in notes and bullion to ti 1 .Jhu.mmo, nr tM 00,000 1< s-than U-t w- k. The jiroportioti of r< *»rve lo habilitic-1 is 41 per cent. 1; hike transpired that a nie«ting of tic -upportera of the Marjuw of Har'.ingtoti was held yesterday at Ijk-voi: diire House, Piccadilly. Isord i IlarlingUVi spoke, and deprecated tiie part of l>nioniats t ware ar. 1 his follow. rs. . . e Liberals, he added, would r.uniteil on al! questions ex ■pt the In-h question. Mr Cham burialn and o'.ber Union leaders ex pr 1 ippoval of tin remarks of Lord Hartington. The imperial Parliament met toI da . f.r tlie election of Speaker, when Mr Arthur W. Peel wx. again chosen to fill that office. Mr Parnell addressed a meeting at Dublin last night, and in the course of hi* peech said tha‘. Mr Gladstone's II ,infe Rule Bill was the only measure that would be acceptable to the Irish 4 pe p!o. He demanded that the rents fir land ill Ireland should be greatly f reduced.

August 6. The Marquis ef Sailtbury will receive a deputation from the Federation League on Wedness lay. Tin Kim? of Portugal has arrived at 1 O i erne on a v.git to her Majesty the ' Queen. The Panama Canal loan has been subscribed. The annouecement published in the t newspapers that an understanding I had been arrived at between the British arid Russian Governments relative to the difficulty which arose 1 twi eii their Commissioners on the | Afghan frontier is permature. Negotiation i are still proceeding between Great Britain ami Russia, with a view to settling the claim of the latter country to territory along the river i Ox us. '•lr Woods, a merchant of Winnipeg. Canada, is making inquiries, at the instance of Sir John Mcdon&ld, Premier of the Dominion, as to the best ' means of extending the trade between Aitraha and Canada, prior to the early visit of Sir John to Sydney. The Imperial Parliament has ad > jnunit'd until l'.Uh instant. During the interval the Ministers' re-elections _ will take place. I Colonial breadstuff's unaltered. Tal- ) low Beef, unchanged, 24s lid ; mutton, *sl per cwt dearer, 27.5. The total quantity of wheat afloat f i • ’. quarter*, or 450,000 quarters more ► than late v eek. | -and frozen mutton is • regfismg .Vo 5d per lb. | The various Agents General were I t'gday received at the Colonial Office I by Mr K. I ward Stanhope, Secretary (if Stale, who in addressing the Agent* expr* -ed himself as being convinced that English people wa re never more deeply impressed than at the present time with the importance of the Ci 1 tiial connection. He added that all questions affecting the colonists would receive the earnest attention of the present Government. The War Office has issued ordors for three regiments of Cavalry to pr ceed to Burmah in November in order to strengthen the forces at present in that country and enable them to forcibly suppress the Dacoit disturbances. August 7. The wheat market is unchanged, i F.x warehouse is quoted at 365, but I demand is -lack. There have been no { ci i-t arrivals. Three ship- from Melbo true an* at London awaiting orders. The Hev Dr (Professor) Lowden 1 a been appointed Bishop of Edinburgh, vice the late Dr Cotterill. K*otmg has been renewed in Belfa t,* and the police were compelled to I fire up. m the mob, in order to quell the disturbance. Seven persons arc known to be injured.

I' lie re-election of all Ministers is 11 opposed with the exception of that Mr Henry Matthews. Q C., the Home Secretary. I 'ifTcronoes are understood to exist in tiie Cabinet recocting the question of holding tui autumn session, the l n ni'U- Ministers being opposed to the same. CoN*T\.VTINOPI.*, August 6. A determined attempt was made to'lay. In a native Mohometan, on the lif .f Kiantil Pasha, the Grand Visier. rile assail.nit tired five shots, but none took etTeot and Kian.il l'aslia was uiiburt. Tin- would-be a-,sas»iti was promptly arrested. He complains ■ i nnj—tlj bj t Ci rand Vuier, and that tins led to tin assault. SxnsKT, August 6. • wo Steamer* ->ailu<l to day, taking I Its) diggers Isiund for Kimberley. Hie contract U'twoeii tiie Govern- ■ i W |i . i i Ni » • 1 utd Um Union 6u aniahip ■ mn and i f ;I ■ tsv. I ram moo mails, lias ln-eii ratifu-d tn tiie legislative Assembly. wboal. id jier bushel • "'f. C -'1 ; New /inland oats, is *"1 I "I- * decline of Id ; matxi. ipsT Ai'ium, August 6. flopping wheat is quoted ul 6s Id tii# 4 - I |n-r bu diul; Adelaide town Hiiif' Hi to ill 10s per ton, and country brands £lO 10s to £lO lo per bm. . Ai>kjudk, August 7. I Mauritius advice* are to band per I Ml "111 ru Caledonieii to .Julv

2Hrd. Under that date Messrs Ireiaiul, Fraser, and Co. report that the sugar crop is estimated at 100,000 tons. The stock of sugar in hand is 10,000 tons, and the exports to New Zealand this season amount to (5000 tons.