CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH & FOIREIGN.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 173, 9 October 1886, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS. BRITISH & FOIREIGN.

London, October 4 —Mr A. Hay, M. L.C. ; South Australia, has ordered an historical ; picture from Sir J Noel Paton, R.A. The Paris "Soleil" believer that the French Government will do nothing in the recidi- , viste matter. Mr Norton, in a letter to the Prince of Wales, aska him to exert his influence towards discouraging emigration to the coloniea^ He also complains that the' colonial officials at the Exhibition hs»ve entirely mis represented the industrial classes of Australia. The Prince of Wales has replied that he is deeply interested in the questions raised. The Privy Council at London have dismissed the appeal against the validity of the Pukekura leases, but have ordered the costs of the Supreme Court action to be paid by Measrp 3rice, Benn, and Hakiriuhi. Ottawa, September 29.— 1n the Canadian House of Commons jeeterday,, a credit vote of £20,000 was proposed towards the fund which is being raised for the establishment of an Imperial Institute in London. Lonjdon, Soptember 30. - Seme angry letters have been appearing in the "Sportsman," accufing Beach of "funking" a match with Hanlan The constant insults a»d menaces to which he has been exposed intensify the champion's objection to meeting the Canadian oarsman on the Thames. Great efforts have been made with a view to inducing the Prince of Wales to allow his son Prince Albert Victor to attend the Jubilee Exhibition in Adelaide, but all efforts have flailed. It is now stated that the Queen has commanded that the whole of the members of the Royal Family aud those included within august circles shall remain in England during the celebration to be held in connection with the Jubilee of Her Majesty's reign. London, October 3. —Lord R. Churchill has promised to legislate in the direction of allotments, on tithes and glebes, railway rates, cheap and transfer, popular local go vernment in the United Kingdom, licensing reform, amending the land laws of Ireland, elementary education, and public economy. He favours the cloture proposals, and does not believe in wholesale evictions In a native quarrel in the Godavery district, in Hindostan, a hundred natives were killed. Melbourne, this day.— The revenue of this colony during the quarter ended yesterday amouuted to £1,530,000 an increase of £112,000 compared with the September quarter of last year, but £90,000 below the quarter's proportion of the Treasurer's estimate fer the current year. Adelaide, October 2. —The South Australian revenue for the past quarter amounted to £408,000, a decrease of £122,000 compared with the corresponding quarter ».last year. In the House of Assembly, the proposals submitted by the Government to amend the Land Act in order to cover the deficiency in the revenue were rejected.