CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1960, 9 April 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[llY IUKCU'C TBl,EGßAl'H—copyrightl liisuTKit's Tki.eoiiamr, Bombay, April Bth. Earl Dufferiu held a durbar to-day at Rawal Pendi. The ceremony was of a splendid character, and largely attended by influential native princes. The Ameer of Afghanistan niarlq a speech, in which lie expressed Ins gratitude to the Queen 'for Her Majesty's favors, and stated that the Afghans would join firmly with the British in resisting any oxtomal enemies. London, April 8, Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by Prince Albert Victor, left for Dublin last night. "''ifjie balance of the credit of 200,000,000 fran'cs % tl'ie military expenditure in Tonquin, towards' jvjiicli 50,1)00,000 has already been voted, was passed by the Chamber of Deputies last night. London, Aprils. Threo per cent, consols, 98J, The market rate of discount is rednoed to 2J per cent., and is now 1 per oent, below the bank rate. New Zealand securities remain at yesterday's quotations. Colonial breadstuff's unaltered. Tallow—Australian, average quality beef, SjU (jd; ditto, mutton, 335. Hides unchanged.' Paris, Aprij 8, A telegram has been 'received from M, Patenotre, French Minister in CJiina, announcing tljat'the Clfiijese Government has ratified the conditions, of peace with France drawn np by him,. : M. Brisson, the new Premier, declared last night in the Chamber of Deputies that the Government would insist on the fulfilment of the treaty of Tientsin, and that failing a satisfactory result to the negotiations now in progress, the war would be vigorously prosecuted. Rio de Janeiro, April G. The New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Rimutaka, from Lyttelton (March 15), arrived here yesterday evening, en pute for Plymouth. Her cargo of frozen meat is in good condition. Melbourne, It is annoonced that the tinier yards in the Sandridge-road belonging to Sharp and Co., which were burned yesterday, were insured in no less than eighteen offices.