CABLEGRAMS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 355, 30 March 1889, Page 4

CABLEGRAMS.

London, March 25. Loud Knutsfokd, in replying to Lord Strathedon's motion affirming the good effect of the Colonial Conference in 1387, said that Imperial Federation was a difficult and delicate question. There must be a full inquiry into the wishes and interests of the colonies before the idea of holding a conference on the subject could be entertained. The Imperial Government, he assured the House, was willing to consider any scheme the colonies might submit, giving them a more diroct share in the Council of the Empire. Emigrants who have returned from the Argentine .Republic in a destitute condition comp'ain that the country is crowded with unemployed. The Liberal Unionist party hold a conference at Birmingham on April 24, at which important decisions are expected to be arrived at. Mr E. Stanhope, Secretary for War, states that it is possible lor MajorGeneral Downes, of South Australia, to draw retired pay whilst acting as commandant of the colonial forces ; but it would be contrary to the agreement arrived at in ISB6, for the purpose of facilitating the employment of retired officers by the colonies. British and foreign newspaper proprietors are combining to start mills for the purpose of frustrating the projected paper trust. Colonel Hughes-liallett, M.P. for Rochester, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons. The Maori football team sail on Friday. It has been decided to indict J. Ivlein, correspondent of a San Francisco newspaper, in the Consular Court at Apia, Samoa. Hides : First heavy ox, 3id ; first light ox and first cow, 3§d. New Zealand hemp is quoted at 5s to £37 10s per ton. Lord Knutsford also said it was unnecessary and inconvenient to convene the Colonial Conference for some time, especially as there were no burning questions to discuss. He advocated uniform laws in the colonies, particularly on the points approved of by the Imperial Conference. Mr A. Kerr, timber merchant, of Melbourne, was killed by falling down the shaft of a lift in the Langham Hotel. The Rothschilds have issued the Russian loan for £27,500,000. Mr Howard, acting on behalf of the Melbourne projectors, is promoting a bank to be named the London and Melbourne Bank, instead of the Bank of England and Australia as formerly proposed. The capital is to be two millions. The well-known firm of Baring Brothers and Co. will undertake the floating of the company if they approve of the details of the prospectus. ~> Mr Gladstone will preside at a banquet to Mr Parneli on April 11. Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company have declared a dividend of G per cent. The English market for Australian hardwood is improving. £g Copper is quoted at £42 per ton. ft The next series of wool auctions open on April 2, and will extend to May 11.

London, March 26. Count Herbert Bismarck will confer with Lord Salisbury on the colonial policy and the foreign relations of Germany, but does not propose to negotiate for a formal alliance between the two countries. Sir Charles Kussell denies that he received Pigott's letter, stating he could not stand the ordeal of crossexamination, until after his flight. Sir R. Webster declared he handed it to him two, not five days, before Pigott was called up for examination. The price of shares in the new Bank of England and Melbourne will be ;£io. The promoters will shortly place ioo,ooo shares, calling up £2 10s per share. At a meeting of Orangemen atLiverpool it was decided to initiate a new party, the members of which, uninfluenced by party considerations, would vote only on Protestant grounds. The Chairman accused the Marquis of Salisbury of systematically ignoring the claims of evangelical clergymen in distributing patronage.

Paris, March 25. By a fire at Marseilles, 10,000 tons of copra were destroyed.

Ro.uk, March 26. The Pope is suffering from repeated fainting fitp.

Berlin, March 26. The new law aimed against Socialists has been submitted to the lleichstag. Ifc provides heavy penalties for inciting class against class and attacks on social order. The press protests against the measure.

Sydney, March 25. Wheat : Adelaide, 5s 6d ; New Zealand, 4s lOd to 5s 2d. Flour : Roller make, /12 10s to, 14s j stone make, 15s to 10s. Pollard, Is 5d to Is Gd. Rain has fallen, but it will not be sufficient unless a really heavy fall takes place immediately. Lambing, even where the conditions are favourable, must be poor, and squatters will again have to face failure similar to last year.

Sydney, March 26. Wheat is easier. Adelaide and Victorian is 5s 3d to 5s Gd ; New Zealand, 4s 9d to ss.