LATEST CABLEGRAMS

Inangahua Times, Volume IX, Issue 1470, 14 November 1884, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS

I ■ ♦ j (per reutkr's AGF.NCY. ) Received November, 12 2.10 p.m. London, ll. The wool sales opened to-day. There was a good attendance of both home and foreign buyers. The opening catalogue comprised 69,000 bales. Good competition was experienced and the closing prices of last sales were maintained. The auctions close on the 20th inst. Paris, 11. Ninety-eight deaths from cholera occurred here yesterday. Received November 12, 1.5 a.m. Mklbournk, 11. The Australian cricketers have arrived here from England. London 10. The homeward mails per Liguria were delivered via Briudisi to-day from Melbourne, Oct. 3. Gladstone was not present at the Guildhall banquet this evening. Earl x 'i Granville, who was among the. guests of the evening, made a lengthy speech, in the course of which ho expressed a hope that Lord Wolseley, besides rescuing General Got don, would leave a stable Government in Soudan. The Foreign Secretary also stated that the Cabinet had not yet examined Lord Northbrook's report on the state of affairs in Egypt. He also said that both the French and Chinese Governments were aware of England's readiness to mediate bet.veen them for a settlement of the Tonquin difficulty, and the strained relations which had arisen from the Langson a Hair. Re ferring to the Franchise Bill Lord Granville declared that if the Con servatives formulated a definite secheme for redistribution of seats the Government would be prepured to modify theirs accordingly.

London, ll. Persistent rumors regarding the parleying .which is alleged to be now proceeding between France and China are daily gaining .credence, and it is f&W ;iurther||tal|l tlfcjb the-French 'o^veimmeiit'';iw3U*-'l§i'eg6'-its demand of indemnity on account of the Lai.gson affair in order that a pacific settlement of the Touquin difficulty may bearrived at. The Franchise Bill was passed through Committee in the Houso of Commons last night. Received November 11 0.55 a.m. Sydney, 12. Four persons lost their lives through drowning by a boat accident which oc .ii. red in the harbor on Monday. Cairo, 11. T!ie graduxl advance of the British expedition towards Dongola continues, and troop.' aie daily arriving there. London, 12. The Franchise. Bill passed thro ugh the House of Commons yesterday, and without a division being called for. The debate showed that a compromise is exj-.uiely itnpiobable. Gladstone, in the course of a speech on the sub- , ject, declined to be answerable for tho impending crisis between the two Chambers. Receivel November 13, 12.40 p.m. London, 12. The cargo of frozen mutton ex Aorangi, from N.Z. was placed in tlie market in good condition and is realising full current rates. The Supplementary Estimates laid before Parliament, include a million for the army and £333,000 for the navy in connection with the present operations in Egypt, and £750,000 (sic.) fer expenses for the projected restoration of British authority in Bechunaland. Colonel Warren with a force of inf ... t y has sailed for the Cape, and on arrival there -will proceed to Bechunaland to formally restore British authority in that territory.