LATE CABLE NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2280, 19 February 1887, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

+ [REUTERS TELEGKAMS.I London, February IC. The Standard states that the Earl of Onslow succeeds Lord Dunraven as Undersecretary for the Colonies. The Orient Co.'s Liguria, from Melbourne January 7, arrived at Plymouth to-day. Consols remain unchanged. There is no change to report in the prices of colonial breadstuffs or tallow. At the colonial wool sales to-day TGOO bales were offered. The market is firm. Bishop Moorhouse is urging that the Houses of Convocation shall debate together but vote separately. Madeira, February IG. The Tongariro, which left Plymouth on the 12th inst., arrived this afternoon. Rangoon, February IG. The occasion of the Queen's Jubilee was celebrated in Mandalay in the most cordial manner. Berlin, February IG. The Emperor William is suffering from influenza and severe hoarseness. He is confined to the Palace. St. Petersburg, February IC. General Kaulbars is appointed military attache to the Russian Embassy at Teheran, Persia. Rome, February 16. A despatch from Italian sources is to hand, stating that the Abyssinian General Ras Aleula attacked Massowah because he was informed, as he now learns wrongly, that the Italians intended to invade his country. He considers the campaign ended.