LATE CABLE NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2171, 8 June 1886, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

LoNito.v, June 4. Thk garden patty given nt Kensington Palace bv the Princess Louise took place to-day, when fully thirteen hundred colonial visitor* wore present. Vissount Monck, trustee of New South Wales Loan and Mortgage Agency Company, ha« d'nciwsed with leading colonists at the Exhibition the advisability of introducing the Torrens Act, for facilitating land transfer, into England. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General of New South Wales, has made arrangements on behalf of hU colony for the commencement of the parcel post system on the Ist July. In the House of Commons to-day Mr Gladstone stated, in reply to a question, that Her Majority's Government did not consider that the period of the Indian and Colonial Exhibition was a favourable occasion for a general conference on Imperial federation, the more so as no colonial Ministers were in London at the present time. He added that the suggestion t<> hold a naval review for the benefit of colonial visitors was unfeasible, but that Her Majesty's dockyards would be fully accessible to Australians wishing to inspect them.

Washington, June 6. In consequence of the recent difficulty between Canada and the United States on the fisheries question, an American squadron has been ordered to proceed to Portland, State of Maine, in order to prevent a possible conflict.

Komk, June 6. Advices from Florence state that cholera has made its appearance there. The epidemic in al«o reported as increasing rapidly at Venice.

LoN'nov, June 6. Th« members of Trinity House gave a banquet last night, Hit Royal Highness the Prince of Wales preiiding in his capacity an an elder brother. Sir Arthur Blyth and Sir Alexander Stuart were present, but Sir Saul Samuel was absent, as he was dining with Mr Osborne Morgan, TJnder-Secre-tary for the Colonies. The Prince of Wales, in the course of his speech, extended a hearty welcome to all colonists, and expressed the hope that the Exhibition would prove a means of strengthening the bonds of union between England and her colonies. Lord Salisbury, who was present, also referred to the Exhibition as cementing the union of various parts of the Empire.