NEWS BY CABLE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2352, 21 July 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE

(BY EIiKCIBWTELBGRAI'II—onpYKKiKT) Reuter'b Telkghauh. Mklbuuhne, July 20, Sailed this afternoon, Te Anau -for the Bluff. The Colonial Treasurer, Mr Gillies, introduced his ■ finanoiul-stateinanb in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon. He estimates the revmiue at £6,970,000, expenditure ,£6,910,000, The revenue for the pant financial year was £6,420,000, the expenditure £5,620,000. The actual surplus at the commencement of the current financial year, being £330,000. Mr Gillies proposes to increase the advalorem duties upon woollen goods, the piece woollens to 20 per cent, made Up woollens 30 per cent. London, July 10, An informal nuetina of the cabinot took place on Saturday at which it was understood the Ministry decided to resign forthwith. In the divorce suit Crawford ' v, Crawford and Dilke the evidence of experts has shown that the handwi-it-ing of the several anonymous letters received by Mr Crawford is similar to that of respondent/Mrs Crawford. Mrs Rogerson testified to having received a confession of bis adultery Iron) Sir Charles Dilke.

London, July 19. v. In the sculling' match'" to-day between Pwloiis and Komp of Sydney, for £2OO Phi kins won wisily. At Wiiulilutun iorduy in tliematoh. for the Corporation Cup Private j Churchill, Victoria, tied the. Canadian with 39 points.' The hitfhesfc English score was 40. The" following are: selected to fire for Australia in the tire for' K*jah Kolapors Impwrinl Challenge Cup (7 shots, 200,500, ami 600 yards) Privates Allen and Oburohill Victoria, Color Sergt. Barrow and Sergfc. Gaines, Queensland, Lieuts, Keating and Cork, Color Sergt. Gee, New South "Wales, Lieut, Tasmania. Rio Janeiro, July 19. The Doric left on the afternoon of the 17th. The meat was in good con-, dition. '