CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1428, 12 July 1883, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

Pi .■■ l A ! -..t.ii.i..ii-' : - M U'-'RBUTKR's.TEtEaRAUB!. ! BY; ELEWRIOI TELEGRAPH—COPYRIQ lIT ■;■•■;, f/:U ; '.)•:■ MMnWiU- ;' Reoeived'July. 12,1.10 p.mi—ln the House of Commons last iught,'the Hon Mr Gladstone announced'llat'the intelligence had reached the Government of! grave occurrences: at' Tamatare,' a Madagascar town, •which has; been in occupation of the! French' forced for the past few week's., Whilo ,the.' British Consul at Tamatare was Iying.il], his Seoretary was arrested by order of the! French peremptorily ordered!to';'quit thejtown within. twentyrfpuri:.houiSi ,t Before that timß,elapsedj howeverj'the Consul died. TKe S'renoli 'the 1 ; officers 1 ; of Her Majesty's jßhip'.'.Dryad, lying in ' port, to .funeral, j Sevoral officers came ashore for''the purpose, and when the ceremony 1 was ended,' they wereforbidden tore-embark, aud were compelled to remain ashore. Mr' Gladstone concluded by. .stating, that the occurrence was of such a serious nature that the Government demanded immediate explanation from the French Government, It is announcedUliat Childers, on : behalf of the British' Government, has signed'an with Count Lcsseps fop the construction of a second canal through the Isthmjs ,of Suez, parallel to the present one. The work is to be completed by 1888; : England will provide the 'required capital of .' £B,ißs,opd.' :,'•;:

LONDON, < : 'i .;. .i. July 101 • Received July : 11,-4 --pan;—ln the House of!Lorda last night; Lord Derby, Secretary of State for the Colonies, de-' clared that it would be impossible for the Imperial Government, to maintain a navy sufficiently ppwerful.'.'tb ,: afford complete protection to the whole of the Australian coast* In the House of Commons Sir Stafford Northcoto, the 1 leader of the Opposition, in the course, of a speech upon the,defence of the colonies, declared that no scheme for strengthening the naval defence, of the colonies would be acceptable which might tond totalise any portion of the Imperial navy., ,„;,,i., u .. .„ „.., :,:. ...■.(! j

J, In; replyiiig .to. a- question in 'the House-bT Ldrds/Lord Grauvillo stated that England,.and. Prance.,-would re«. s'peo'tji.their; agreement iregai'ding' the New Hebrides Group;' and; ; Vovild i riot annex the wlan'ds' 1 • ! '-' l ' > i! '' ;i - k I

Tenders for the Western Australian loan of £254,000 were opened to-day, and amounted to £96,500, ranging from %\ to 99A^T.Hi ! - j • : 'MELb6tJr!nE, | yWMim') July ll. !

Received' i July /. a I<, 'lo'- p.m.—The Melbourne Manager, of th'e'iNatiqnalMortgage andf Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) reports of the looal ; grain market [ 'dlK&Uows:—Shipping i wheatj 48 steady., Maltingibavley.isidull at 5s 4d to;5s:10d(;.. New-Zealand'oats are in fair demand at 2s-lOd to 3s 2d for feed: ing qualities,,ah'd',3i, r ;2d to 3b 3d for milling ditto..New.Zealand oats under bond, 2i Id to,, 25 ; 4d.',, ,The market is, i',

MELBOURNE, X.O..UM- July 11. , :Arrived,:;this /afterW-i.Union steamahip .the Bluff. Belmont has'boon scratched for the Melbourne Cup race.,., The question. .bfMe annexation of. New .Guinea;/ andi'tbej Pacific'.Mands is receiving, a.large, amount of public, attention. iflJthis'.city. 'l&&' address to' the Queen was to-day passed unanimously by both; Houses of Parliament,; supporting-.the proposed annexation' by the or the establishment :of a-, protectorate, and announcing that the colony of Victoria is willing to pay : a; share of the expenses thereby,"incurred., The, Mayor of Melbourne has called a public meeting with a, vie'w of obtaining, from tlie oitizehs an expression of opinion in support of the ( prpject/ I

.n..u ■.■>,.,'.■■ i-,.,„ ; ii.'i/.Julylo.j Received'Julyllj, 2i3o'#h—ln the, Chamber of Deputies yesterday, a Bill was introduced; the construction, of, a .bridge (bio)- aorosa the Bnglish'Channei'.'j- ;■.■■■""" j ' v .XmLms July 10. r jThejatringehl ro'easu'reli JfrEcWhave been enforced cholera infected districts/; H'as" ) the epjdemiS, '■' Jli ■ Daffifetta, a considerable 'decrease in the number of deaths has been secured, and hopes are enter-

•■jajrieij that any further oathreak will be-preyented.

LONDON, ■ ; j M \ July 10, The J|fot .'Committee of Lords and to report upon the uesiMjjjty of the projected Channel tunnel, arrived at a decision to-day. After hearing volumnious evidence, and tapotfcfiubsequent'deliberationra majority of the Committee decided against A?.project, as being, inexpedient, and "calculated to prejudice important national interests,