CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 276, 10 December 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, December .6, Ml' Cecil Raikes, Postmaster General his aniioimced that the San Francisco mail service will be continued until November next,

. Mr fail Raikes is inviting the colonial Governments to agree to a uniform rate of postage by direct sea services, and expresses himself personally in favor of a threepenny rate. ' December 7. Mr William Pritchard Morgan lias discovered near Dalgetty, a town in Merionethshire, North Wales, a quartz reef, estimated to yield at least two ounces, and probably six ounces lo the ton, The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that a decided revival in trade is manifest. £240,000 have been invested by the Trustees of the Imperial Institute as the nucleus of an endowment for that institution. The Wailia (? Waihou) Gold Mining Company, Thames, with a capital of £IOO,OOO has bean virtually floated, Sir Saul Samuel sails l>y the Chasan. The Eadicals are arranging a public funeral for Litmell, the person who died from injuries inflicted by the Trafalgar-square riots, Melbouhne, December 9. .

The announcement of the shipment of 300 French convicts from La Rochelle for New Caledonia was discussed in the Legislative Assembly last night. The Ptvuiier, Mr Gillies, replying to a question on the subject, stated that his Government had communicated with the Imperial Government requesting them to make representations to France upon the matter.