CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2062, 7 August 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

(BY BIECIR'.O TELEGRAPH—OOmiQHT Rhuteu's Tklrgkams. Melbourne August 6. The Victorian Government has decided ft<)t to tako any further steps to bring about tho of Victoria in the postal -union. In the Legislative Assembly last night Colonel Smith's motion for a select oonjmittee to inquire into the circumstances attending the appointment of Mr Allison D. Sniitji, formerly of. Now Zealand, ns Assistant-Locomotive Superintendant on the Victorian Railways, was rejected by 33 votes to IG, Lopon August 5, The Colonial Federation Enabling Bill has been passed through Committee, London, August 6, The Colonial Federation Enabling Bill was finally passed by the House of Commons last night. Sir Michael Hicks Beach last night made ti statement as to the intentions of the Government in regard to Egyptian jsurs.' He informed the House that England woi>Jd act in concert with the Great Powers, especially Turkey, in all matters touching Egypt, and that the British forces would remain in that country until the projected reforms were completed. Sydney, August 6. To-day was the day fixed for selecting land under the new Land Act, and a tee number of applications were received i}t offices in all parts of the Colony.