LATE CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 272, 14 October 1884, Page 3

LATE CABLE NEWS.

- (AGE SPECIALS. ,■; '„..; ' ■ (tOTijED *BIBS ▲fISOOTATION.* =5s 53 -LONDON, Oct. 1. The term of office of Sir F. D. Bell, Agent-General for Newr Zealand will snortly expire. He was requested by the Government of that colony to retain the position for another term, but he has resolved to' retire »ud he has communicated his decision to the New Zealand Government. Oct. 4. Arrangtmente hare been made for ' complete colonial representation at the Colonial Inhibition to be held m London iu*lßß6. Canada, Australia, Cape Colony, and New Zealand will take part and separate buildings will be 'constructed forthe reception of exhibits from«ach of the colonies mentioned. The Australian group will be assigned the best position m the exhibition. The Prince of Wales, president of the Exhibition Commission, has expressed his desire that there should be one large Australian collection of exhibits m addition to the separate colonial courts. He advises the Commission to delegate to 'the Agents-General of Australasia the chief management of the colonial courts m connection with the exhibition. ' The Rev. Charles Strong, lately of the Scots Church, .Melbourne, will return to Melbourne shortly, but it is doubtful whether he will remain m the colony. Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Agent-General for Nf,w Zealand, is urging the Lords of the Treasury not to sustain the decision of Mr Henry Fawcett, Postmaster-Gene-ral, to dispatch "mails for New Zealand alternately by the San Francisco route and by the Orient Company's steamers. The London Spectator m an article on the Recidiviste question expresses the belief that it is possible that the recidivistes if sent to the Pacific nay invade Australia by. thousands despite the French guards placed over them. A registered company has been formed to take over and work several sugar plantations m northern Queensland. The capital of the company has been fixed at £160,000.