LATE GABLE NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2329, 14 June 1887, Page 2

LATE GABLE NEWS.

[reuter's TELEGRAMS.]

London, June 10. Mr Stanhope has endorsed Lord Harris's statement regarding Kincr George's Sound. He asserts that the place is only of secondary importance, and thereforenot included in the coaling; stations which are to be thoroughly defended. The death is announced of the Earl of Winchilsea. The Hon. M. E. G. FinchHatton, M.P., succeeds to the title. Vigorous opposition is being raised to the system of sugar bounties. Arrangements have been made for holding a National Conference in London, the date of which has not yet been fixed. Mr Shea will, it is expected, succeed Sir George W. Des Vceux in the Governorship of Newfoundland. The report that the British resident at Lagos had hauled down the French flag at JL J ovtnoo has not been confirmed. ; The following New Zealand: candidates have passed the matriculation examination at the London University with honours : — George Spencer, Christchurch; Charles Little, Dunedin. The shipment of oranges by the Oroya is a failure, only from 9d to Is 9d a case being realised. The shipement of ipeatj by-the s,s. Oroya is selling at 3i.per llj. The Australian mails from Melbourne, May, were delivered to-day, via Brindisi. Lord Tennyson is ill, and the Prince of Wales has asked Mr Lewis Morris to write an ode on the foundation of the Imperial Institute. , The Queen wrote "Peace on earth, goodwill toward men," in the Jubilee Bible gift of the Victoria Schools. • Buiuin, June 10. The Governor of Alsace-Lorraine lias ordered the expulsion of Lallance, member of the Reichstag for. Mulhausen, owing to French proclivities. Capetown, June 10. : Messrs Shaw, Savill, and Albion ; Company's Tainui left this evening for New Zealand ports. San Fransisco, June 11. The Alemeda arrived this morning at 8 o'clock.