CABLEGRAMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2175, 19 December 1885, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

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■ SrDNsx, December 13. J !The sciillinff. match between Neil MathesonaadW--Beach, the champion, p f;or £2OO a-side and the championship of tfce WOfld. took, place'.'to-day on the FMam'attalriver..The weather was.beautilul, and there was » moderate attendance. 13saeh'T7oneasily.: . ' '.'..-: SxmiiiTJDiacember 18. Arrived—Zealandia, from Auckland, this morning. ■ ; . ■■■'\ ' Sailed, to night—Tekapo, for Wellington.-". '■ ■"■;. - . ''■■. Sir John hki- pot so bucceeded ia completing a, Ministry. wheat ls»teacly"r.'at 3s per buahel, Siew Zealand oata have advanced |wo pence per bushel since last report, itnd lis now. worth. 2s 4d. Maiae, s?lbs remainß 3s lid SiiKpr obmpany's ; K"6.l unohaneed it £26 per ton.; :;;•:.-. ,■; ,v ;: -

A _ •■■ ■ London. December 17. j It is reported that a French protectorate has been established over the island or Great.Comoro, lying in the Mozambique Channel, between the east.coast of Africa and' Madagascar. ; The.. PaU Mall' GassetteVpU'bl'ishes an article to-day; Trfricb; :'#£tes that the scheme proposed by Mr GladstenVforthe settlement of the Irish difficulty includes Parliament, which would sit at Dublin, and have control of all Irishi afairs,' the : . Crown retaining its right to ? ye'to/.whicS''Trbtdd 1 however, pnly'be exercised iipon the advice of the Irish Mjnistry of the day,-'-Hoßiair, December 17." | .Arrived, all ', well—S.S; Tanmj,; from London. She 'lost ;a during the '.":'!"'■ '■.''■' • The Tictoriaii Parliament was formally prorogued to-day by- Bis Excellency Sir HenryLoah, whom' on the occasion stated tlpi 'the forthcoming Federal Coimcii marked'a distinct epoch in the• history 6b- the "colonies. He' expressed a hope that it would lead to the establishment of an Australian Dominion, otherwise its significance would be unimportant.