LATE CABLE NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2290, 15 March 1887, Page 2

LATE CABLE NEWS.

[EEUTKIt'S I KLEGHAMS. ] London, March 11. Captain Buennan's services are to he retained by the Wtir Office. Mr W. H. Smith, Secretary for War, stated that Brennan's torpedo is a perfect defence in places where otherwise it would be difficult to provide protection. The French Chamber of Deputies has imposed a tax of five francs per hundred kilos on foreign wheat. March 12. There has been a marked exchange of courtesy between the Russian and German courts. The European outlook is improving. A private committee of the House of Commons has been appointed to frame a State-aided colonising scheme. Two-thirds of the meat by the s.s. Austral is damaged, which is attributed by salesmen to a temporary stoppage of the refrigerator. The sound portion is realising 4d. The Bulgarian difficulty appears no nearer a settlement, negotiations being almost at a standstill. It is, however, again affirmed that Russia will for the present at least abstain from meddling in the affairs of that country. The Daily News states that the Imperial Conference will be invited to discuss the question of Stato-aided emigration to the colonies. Bubear, the sculler, visits Australia shortly. It is now stated that the chief draughtsman in Chathoin Dock Yard was bribed by Russia, and that the Naval authorities of that country through him have obtained a number of very valuable designs. The Queen will leave for Cannes on the 20th instant. The New Zealand Shipping Company's s.s. Aorangi left Plymouth this afternoon for Wellington, via Capetown and Hobart. Nice, March 11. A sharp earthquake shock was felt here this afternoon. JNo damage was caused, but a temporary panic arose among the inhabitants. Paris, March 13. Another slight shock of earthquake was experienced at Cannes to-day. Calcutta, March 11. It is announced that the recently acquired territory in Bnrtnah is to be formed into a province of British India, and placed under the control of a Lieutenant(iuvernor and Council.