CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1997, 22 May 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY ELEOIR'C TELEGRAPH—COPVRIGHI)

Reoter's Telegrams,

Memoukne, May 21, A sorles of efpß'juients were made yesterday afternbh at'teoy ivllh ifgjjs motor'for tram'cars. Jl oar o'ontaihliig twenty persons' travelled at the'nlt'ebf an'bur, The 1 trial'proved''a complete success'.' • ""' v '"" L^o^May^O; In the House pf pomxiions' to-day Mr Gladstone arino | übed'.thai'.tlie quesjapn o'f jt)je 'pr,pmiseij' Irish land' purchase mil' will pe reconsidered'by Gpyerninenl; after the

The representatives of Fpance, Germany, Russia and Austria have lodged a formal protest on behalf of thofr respective Governments against tho proposed reduction in the rate interest on a portion of the Egyptian debt, and it is understood ';))flt the decree authorising the reduction ,oi coupons wjl) be withdrawn in conseqifenceV''''' ".'" _ (Jholorn, has aganj maple jts in the South of Fmnoo, two deaths being reported to-day from Marseilles, Sydney, May 21, Sailed—Union Company's steamer Wakatipu, for Wellington, this afternoon. I'li.e Pacjfic Mail Company's R.M.S. $rW Byfe Pl.efl this afternoon with pip Hfljnewal Siiii fimjxo mail|, gjm lias pn bpaijf, £p10() pi sppcf.e'." ''•''' ' |l(e (Jcpugjit still cpnthjijes.'anoj great inßonypiiiengejs jn tjie district in conseqpence pf the soargjty'pf water. In the country districts "jrajp 'is badly needed.

Melbourne, May 22, _ The Messageries s.s, Yarra, which arrived here, brings news of a severe pyßhins which occurred at Madagascar on the 25th r,l Fohruary ]ast, Great damage was done to shipping, n H }esg than twelve vessels being destroyed

LoW.Maygl, It has transpired that n protest has been made by European Powers against the deductions made from Egyptian coupons, and that it is based on the grounds that the alteration should not have been made, so long as the financial .Cfliiydjuagn remained unratified. "' : ApjjLAipii, Mjyy 22, The final agriculturafsfatilftics. for the past season jjaye been issued by iiie Qovfipnniont, They show tfiat the total yield of wheat jii been 14,600,000 bushels, itn ayeiw flf 7.32 bushels per acre. 902,000 'bujhsls. have already' been exported from the colony and the quantity available is 50,000 tons, of which about half is for shipping,