LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1348, 14 January 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

(PBB . REUTyfr AffRNOYf ) -i (Received January J0; 0*56 a,m>) ■ 'v> ' '"~' : Melbourne, 10. Quarantine has been established here against vessels arriving from Mauritius, where 'sQa outbreak of small pox occurred. The Marquis of Bate is a passenger for Australia by the steamship Orient, which left -Plymouth on December Ist. The principal damage done by the fire at the Appollo Candle Works was in two of the steel rooms both of which were completely gutted. The loss is estimated at £12,500.- rThe insurance amounted t0; £40,00^, /divided"* among twenty companies. London, 10. It is believed that the Transvaal Government will reject the proposed modification of the frontier line which was proposed to be made in order that the Native chiefs friendly to England, jnay be afforded British protection. " ■- . ; i ST...PEIEKBBVBO, 9. Forty .students have been arrested at Moscow on charges, of complicity in | the murder of Coloaiel Sudekit, of .he Russian gendarmie. Calcutta, 9. Up to the present time the Exhibition has been visited by 2G8.000 persons. Various satisfactory sales have be«m effected and the jurors have commenced the work of allotting the awards. . Received Jan. 11, 12*8!) p.m. Sydnky, 11. , Sailed — Ringarooma, for Auckland. X Brisbane, 11. Griffith, Premier, made a statement of the policy of the Government. He announces that notice had been given to terminate the present contract with the British India Steam Navigation Company for a direct service with Queensland, and (that the future immigration would bejimited to a thousand monthly. It had been decided to make a change in the Agent-General-ship The poll tax on Ghinese would be increased and the number allowed to arrive would be restricted. The trunk Hnes of ratittey will be extended, and a start will be made with the line from the Gulf of Carpentaria. (Received Jan. 11th, 2.20 p. m) , f , London, 10. • The intelligence received on the 7th instant, that the JVfalagasies had accepted the French ultimatum, and agreed to cede the northern portion of Madagascar, is not yet confirmed. Later news states'* that France insists on the establishment" of k FrenchProtectorate 5 over the whole island, and as the demand is objected to- by Malagey Government matters are still unsettled. Tenders for the city of Auckland loan A of a hundred thousand ponndfi opened to-dayl v The lotal amowif offered was found to be £702,000. The tenders at £102/7/6 will receive five per cent of the allotment, and the tenders aboy.e that amount will receive in full. Melboubne, 11. It is understood that Messrs Symonds, Templeton and Professor L'ving -will constitute the new Public Service Board about to he appointed, and it is probable that the Audit Commissioner will be one of the members of the Railway Board. . ' • Received Jan. Is, 1 a.m. . London, ll. John Herd and partnor, of Liverpool, traders in formon a large scale, have become insolvent, and have been arrested on a char^u of fraudulent dealing. . Cardinal Manuing, Arch-Bishop of Westminister, is sufieriug from indisposition, Salvage operations are being actively . pursued on board, the stranded steamer Duke of Westminister. The vessel has not yet been floated. Hono Kong, 10. A force of twenty thousand troops is about to be despatched to Hainon, as a corps of defence for the island, against , a possible attack by the French naval force now stationed on the coast of Tonquin. Li Hung Cfhang} .Ijce-Roy of China, has arrived at Canton, ancl has officially notified the foreign Consuls that the approaches to the port of Canton are to be forthwith blockaded by torpedoes, but that a channel ninety feet wide will be left for the passage of vessels along the river. (Received Jan. 11, 9*55 p.m.) Sydney, 11. True bills have been found against four of. the seven- prisoners who were anested for the murder of Catherine Owens, at Waterloo, on December 26. Melbourne, 11. The Orient arrived at Adelaide this morning, from Plymouth. The statement that the Mawjuis of Bute is among the passengers is corrert Received Jan. 12, 1-10 p.m. London, ll. Tenders for the New Zealand loan of one million sterling, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent., were opened to-day. The total amount offered was found to be five millions. The tenders at £10Q 5s will receive 54 per ceut. of the allotment, and those above that price will receive in full. The minimum fixed was £98 10. Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has informed the Colonial Agents-General that the concussion recently made to Spain in regard to the duties on wine will be extended to the Colonies. The communication states that the limit of 30 ° spirit strength must not be exceeded, but adds that Childers will take into consideration the proposal of the Agents-General that a sliding scale of duties should bo 1 adopted. ■ '