CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2043, 16 July 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(!!V lIMCIR'C TELEGRAPH —001>YRI«IJT I'eutkk's Telugiumr. London; July 13. In the House of Commons to-night, during the discussion on the vote of credit, Mr \Y. H, Smith, Secretary for War, stated that the. credit, .was for the purpose of .despatching 35,000. additional tr.oops to India if required. . , Tenden for the, loan of £300,000 at five percent, for the Napier Harbor Board, the minimum of which had boen .fixed at wero opcuo.d to-day, when the total amount tendered for was found to. be £1,300,000. Tondors at £lO4 Is 3d will receivo 30 per cent, of their applications, and above that in full. July 14, ! The Hon. F. Stanley, Secretary of State for the ColonieSj in an interview to-day with the Colonial Agents-General,' promised to ask Lord Lyons, British Ambassador at Paris, to continue his efforts for the protection of the Australian inter-, est-s with regard to the' Recidivist'e question. London, July 15, It'is' currently stated that the Pacific Mail Company's sorvico between Sydney, Auckland, and San Francisco will be withdrawn in November next, when the present agreement' expires, the reason being that the Colonies of JSew South ■Wales and New Zeala-mlare unwilling .to continue the subsidy. It is announced that • Colonel Sir R. J. Lloyd-Lindsay, V.C., M.P. for Berkshire, has been elevated to the peerage.. The Munsterßank (Limited), whichhas branches in the ■ principal towns in the south of Ire'and, has suspended payment. :