CABLE MESSAGES.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1884, 3 September 1885, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

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LONDON, August 30. Cholera is decreasing in Spain and also at Marseilles, but at Toulon it is speeading, and the number of deaths is on the increase, >..:.• An outbreak of the disease isalso reported in Italy, and groat precautions are being' taken to prevent its spreading over that country. ; • 1 Augflst;3l ' It is probable that an interview will shortly take" place between the Marquis of Salisbury and M. de Freycinet the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dieppe is mentioned as the locality of meeting. Sept. 1. Statistics to the present time give the mortality in Spain from cholera as 83,000. It is announced that M. de Freycinot has requested the English Government to make full inquiry into the circumstances attending the reported death of Oliver Pain. The steamer Port Darwin sails on the 15th inst. for Sydney, taking 300 men as a relief for vessels belonging to the Australian squadron. Sir Robert Hart, who was recently appointed to the position of British Minister at Pekin, has resigned that appointment, and will resume his former office of Chinese Commissioner of -,-■ Stamps. St. George of Birmingham, tie champion long-distance ruuner, has defeated W. Cumraings of Paisley, the celebrated long-distance man, in ft mile race. Sir M. W. Ridley, M.P. for North, umberland north, ihas been appointed Financial Secretary to the Treasury. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 29. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, charged with a special mission from England to the Porte, was received at a special audience to-day. The Sultan had a message from Her Majesty the Queen expressing a hope that the Sultan would aid to put an end to the present complications in Egypt. The Sultan replied that he set great value upon an alliance with the Queen, and would appoint suitable persons to discuss thejjentire Egyptian question with Sir Henry. HONG KONG, August 31. ; Intelligence from Japan states that . cholera has made its appearance at Nagasaki.