LATEST SPECIAL CABLE NEWS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1626, 13 November 1885, Page 2

LATEST SPECIAL CABLE NEWS.

I w London. Nov. 3. The result of the annual municipal elections show that, tin- maj »»ity of tho«*e elected are Tories. Tiie emigration of Germans to New Guinea will be discouraged after the end of the year. There is at present a very severe tension between the Liberals and the Radicals, lnit it is expected that the coming Midlothian speeches of Mr Gladstone will tend to smooth away the differences l>etween the two parties. Even in the event of Kirn Theebaw submitting to the nltimatntn sent to him by Charles E. Bernard, Chief Commissioner of British Burmah, his territory will l»e pla-ed under the protection of Great Britain. In consequence of the serious state of affairs, i ritish residents are leaving Mandalay, the capital of the Burmese Empire. November 4. A Colonial Consignment Company is being formed with a i-apilal oi K 50,000. Eail Grey, Lord HeU»orne, tin* D ke of Westminister, the Duke «>f Argyle, and others are promoting k movement for th- defence of tht Cuurch. King A ! f>»i so, of Spain, is serious') 1 ill vv" h fever. Is< w Zealand mutton of 651 b to 70i'i per carcase is worth 4 Jil per ll». The froz'-u meat, by the P..»i.- !i »s arrived in splendid condition. Mr E. C. Cracknell, Superintendent of Telegraphs, New Sonth Walr«, returns '»y the Orient steamer Orient. Mr Edward Coombs, C.M.G., New South Wales, will read a paper on that colony at the next meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute. The Soudan War medals for the New South Wales contingent have been shipped ny the steamer Orient. November 5. A scheme which has been propounded l.y R C. Baker, M.LC, of South Australia, for a joint ocean postal service hetween England and Aus traSia has been referred l»y the Hoj-.e authorities to a Postal Committee for c Jiisideration. The colonies of Victoria, New Sonth Wales, and Sonth Australia have already accepted the proposal. The French Government intend introducing the Torretis Act fi-r facilitating land transfer in Tuuis. The Adelaide Cli apter of Freemason 8 has beeu erased from the English roll. Servia and Bulgaria have made large purchases of Australian tinned meit. Rumor* have l»een circulated to tl.e eJ^it that an anti-German agitsif "m his taken place at Manilla, the capi' 1 of the Spanish settlement in the P nllipine Islands, and that the ag ; ators have hurnt the residence of the Gf i man Coimni them