CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2057, 1 August 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(liV ELKC'IB'C TULEGUAFH—COPYRIGHT IiISUTUtt'S TELEGRAMS. Sydney, July 31. Considerablo sensation lias been caused in artistic circles in this city, by the discovery that the picture "Roll Call," which was purchased by tliQ Trustees of the Art Gallery as a replica by Miss Thompson of her celebration picture, is only a French copy, and not a genuine replica by the artist herself, Brisbane, July 31. The Legislative Council last night rejected the Bill sent up from the Assembly providing for the payment of members, It-is probftble, however, that the sum required will be placed upon the estimates, London, July 30, An Egyptian loan was placed on the market'to-day, The rate of interest is 3 %, and the minimum has been fixed at %i In the House of Commons to-day, the Hon F. Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated that the Imperial or Colonial Protectorate would be established over Bcchuanaland, but that at present Her Majesty's Government is undecided which to adopt. Melbourne, July 31. The finding of the Court Martial which was constituted to try six members of the Victorian Permanent Artillery force who aqted as ringleaders in the recent outbreak of jnsurbordmation at Queeiiscliffe lia? been made' public. ' The whole of the prisoner? are' sontonqed to one months' hard labor, at the end of which ..time they will, with the exception of qne man, be dismissed the service. The lomajiiing seven prisoners were asked to admit tijeir gifjjt, but refused to do so, demanding tq be tried by' Court Martial,' which will be done shortly. Brisbane, July 31. Tj|? bonde,d jtqres of Messrs MorsheaiJ and Qq. }ym finally destroyed by fjre to-4ay. The lq§§ j§ at fuljy a quarter of a million pounds, Loxhq.v, July 30. Speaking at the annual dinner given by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House to-night, the Marquis of Salisbury stated that he hoped before long England and Russia would arrive at a peaceable conclusion so the negotiations now in progress on the Afghan frontier quesrion, The manager of the Munster Bank, which failed recently, has absconded, and it has since Jjojsn ascertained that he is a defaulter to aserious amount. The Goodwood Cup was run today, and-resulted- as followsAlthorp, 1; -Metal, 2; Cosmos, 3, The tenders for the Egyptian loan were opened to-day, when it was found that the amount required was several times covered. The Australian mails dated Melbourne, Jup'e 20th, per Messageries, s.s. Yarra, and the N,Z. hia)ls via 'Frisco, dated Auckland, 23rd June, per iustralia/w^ra delivered here yesterday. * v Calcutta, July 30. fj, i? jounced that General Sir Frederick Roberts been appointed Com-mander-in-Chief in India in succession to Sir Donald Stuart,'