CABLE MESSAGES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1844, 30 May 1885, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES

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LONDON, May 26. The G-uards landed at Alexandria this morning. The order issued for the second army corps to proceed to India has been annulled. > ' May 2S. The New Zealand Loan, one million and a half, will be f r&M r irfhWiff^ ket tomorrow, j- $.?j ,- %,<s >^ •""•"'• a 'Eatej*. " New y ' Zealancl^ldan^rillr^a^y^ quoted at a premium of ?1£ per cent. It is expected the average will be about £99. ■,- -, r .._, ... . , f ,_jfTenders are ; invited on llehlljE lo|l|§ the New Zealaud Government for i|p loau . o£ , £1,500,000, at 4 g|ei^ietit|| minium fixed 97 fa and tenders ,to <Hostf§. on 4th June. f£ The Directors of the Bank of Eng,> : <z land, to-day, resolved- to .reducer the. bank rate from 2J- to 2 per cent. v The Several Agents-General and( «. Sir Charles Tupper, High Comtais,^ sioner for Canada, are .urging upon the Government exemption ofjColoiual securities from stamp duty. The . Oolnial Institute are urging upon Government the necessity of^ granting more favourable concessions in rogavd to the importation of Colonial wine. , 7~ An important conference ,w»s held sit the Admiralty, yesterday, b-stween--tlie Colonial Agents-General ami senior Naval Lord on Oolouiaf Dji* 4 feuces. '] _.:, It is announced the Admiralty have definitely adopted the Breunan torpedo the iuvention of an Australt&n Engineei*. The boundary of English propectorate in New Guinea, agreed upon by England and Germany has been cabled to the Australian Governments.. The Admiralty will supply the Ports of New Zealand and New South Wales with - ten torpedoes, each of German? manufacture, immediately ; and willl a. so supply South Australia, Victoria ) and Tasmania with - Whitehead torpedoes. . Merawai, a town 30 miles below the Bourth Cataract ou the Nile, has been evacuated by the British, The University of Cambridge conferred the degree of D.D. 6h Bishop" Selwy'n. ■ - J ;■: In consequence of the. hostile attitude of the inhabitants of Zanzibar towards Germany, the German vessel Storch and two other war vessels have been ordered there. The Manchester Cup, of £2000, was run to-day :— Borneo, J; Xema, 2; and Tromaboo, 3.

BERLIN, May 27. Lord Roseberry has beenjiere on a. visit since Friday last. He will; shortly return to England. During^ his stay had repeated inter vie svs with - Prinoe Bismarck, the nature of which has not transpired. t His Majest}', the Emperor of Germany, does not show any signs of improvement in health, intestinal disorder checking the progress ' towards/ recovery, „ "'- " v - v ;

CAIRO, Maj 27. Armngements for vacating the British headrquarters at Dongola m^ now completed: The first detachment left to-day. " ,-- - : ?•. • - -1