CABLEGRAMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3582, 1 February 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

[fiBUTEK'B TELKGBAMB.j ; {_ ..' PARIS, January3o, Bursting of aßeservoir.—Loss of ■ A serious dWastcr is reported from Calais. The dam of the reservoir iv that - city burst to day, and they flooded a large I extent of the Surrounding country, Thirty persons have been drowned by the inunda. tion of their homes and a. considerable amount of damage has been 4one to pro. 1 ' Tile Assembly of Notables at Its last sitting decided to propose* with a view to bring _\.v.\ a spttlcmentof the difficulty w_3Eh exists with the Ministry, that Chamber aad Council Ministers should jointly have power to vote the Budget. This proposal is, now 1 being considered by Chcrif Pasha and his H collcßgueß, but no decision has yet beefi come.to. The other points which were In dispute between the notables and Minlj. tors have been amicably settled; ANGLO-FRENCH TREATY. I'ARIS, January 3b, In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, a motion was passed approving ot the prolongation of the existing Anglo-French commercial treaties to the 31st March, 1882.

GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN) January 80i The German Parliament, which haa beeii sitting ainCe tlie lSth November la_t, was prorogued to-day.

ADVANCE IN DISCOUNT. LONDON, January 30. The Bank 'ot Eogland to-day raised t'w -./j rate of discount to 6 per cent. BANK FAILUKE. PARIS, January 30. ''_ The Union Gc rwirale Bank has suspended payment, in consequence of the recent collapse of speculation on tho Paris Bourse.