NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3086, 21 December 1888, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

to ;'tbe GliirieSe Sir; ■; Qeorge surged :A^tralm ; existing, between England'auci China.' ■Sir James Fergtisson said 'that'; Sir Johu.Welsliam,Bntißh v 'Ambassa(lor. at.Tekiu, .was 1 parleying with the Chinese; Government, arid there; was every hope' that the question will;be settled amicably,:. '; : ; • ■ ■■ •'■■ Sir. J.VVlPerguasou stated in the House of Commons that the ..Government believe Osmaii Digha's letter to ba.a ruse, because it was. impossible to' travel from Lado'to. Khartoum hi the space of time in which it is asserted the news of ■. the .capture reached the Mahdi. It was'an ignoble proposal to mako that English troops should retire before the insolent vappuriugs of the besiegers of Saukiui. 'During the debate on. the amendment, for the reduction in the Military Estimates,' Sir Evelyn Baring British Minister in Egypt,' was denounced as the tool of the military party. .;■:'■'

there is.a'growing feeling in favor of. a British protectorate over the Eastern' Soudau, and it is contended that if this were expected the various tribes would gladly expel the .adherentsl of the' Mahdi from the country.' Several gentlemen; well able to express an opinion on the subject deolare.tliat a chartered trading oornpauy would be the best and most speedy peacemaker in the Soudan. ...

Deserters from the rauks'bf Osrnan Digna report that the Arab trenches are in a bad condition.' They state that "great distress prevails among the rebels,' and tho'latter have suffered a heavy: loss from 1 the shelling by the British gunboats.'-. ■-' In an article on the cession of Bechiianaland to the cape, thoPall Mall Gazette strtngly condemns Lord Knutford's action in. yielding' the country to a handful of settlers, and it also condemns the surrender of half a million of square miles of the West Australian territory to 40,000: settiers! • • ,\ ■'...'

The Chamber of Commerce to-day discussed tho Trade Marks Act, r and urged the hardship of a mark on colonial .wool and grain, for the.praotice of marking the bags often disclosed the best markets. A resolution that the divulgence-of the port of origin was unnecessary when no English mark or name, resembled that from the colonies was carried, . . Paius;December 19..

; ■ Thousands of people have under-j taken to subscribe to the future Panama Canal bonds. Many of the present holders of script have agreed to concede their priority of intesestou the capital borrowed in future. Several persons who have condemned De Lesseps' proposals have been, assaulted by his supporters.- The Cabinet have decided to make another attempt to provide assistance to the Panama Canal.

St Peiersdiibo, December. 18. The statement that' Russia has sent a threatening uote to the Per-" sian Government is denied; It is further stated' that Russia'. has resolved to avoid all complications in theeast, Two .4fl^pH!HdHF Devine, hi thehalßour yesterday by a boat capsizing. - Eobabt, December 20. -The Champion Rifle Match was won by Captain Hunt, with a score of 201, ' :