CABLEGRAMS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4860, 9 March 1887, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

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London, March 8. ■ Many enquiries are being made in reference to the Melbourne Centennial Exhibi- •. Bronsart yon Sehellendovf, - Russian Minister of War, referring to the •"■ gravity of the future, urged a unanimous - vote in favor of the increase of the army tor a period of seven years. .■ - .««.., A statementpublishedbythe Semi-Ofhcial - Austrian Press respecting the recent revolt at Rustchuk induces the belief that Count Kalnoky's opposition to Russian designs is insincere. , . , The efforts recently made by prominent members of tho Liberal parly to heal the breach caused by the division of opinion over tho 'Irish question has been revived -with some prospect of success. Communications which, have passed between the chiefs of the various-sections into which the -party was split show a re-union of the of the fragments is not far distant. Messrs Werbgath and Cowell, the wellknown financial agents, in a commercial circular, state that tho cool reception of the Queensland loan ought to be a wholesome check upon the tendency of the Australian colonies to run into debt. They add, however, that the colonies have very large resources, which the railways are rapidly developing.' .

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London, March 7

The Australian mails per Messageries Maritimes' steamship Caledonien, from Melbourne January 26, and per Sutlej, from Melbourne January 27, were delivered to- • It is understood that the question of the contract for the carriage of the Australian mails wDI not be decided until the Imperial Jubilee Conference meets next month. March 7. In the House of Commons last night a motion by Mr Bradlaugh not to allow the expenses of Sir Henry Drnmmond Wolff's mission to Turkey and Egypt was rejected. In the course of the debate Sir James Fergnsson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that there was every prospect of Sir Drummonds Wolff's mission being successful." - „, , m , . Berlin, March 7. A bill providing for the increase of the German army has been introduced into the Reichstag. March 8. The Bill-to increase the German army daring a period of seven years has been read a first time in the Reichstag. : . - > -• Home, March 8. MonseigrieurßampollaDelTindaro, Papal Nuncio, of Madrid, will shortly replace the late Cardinal Jacobini, Pontificial Secretary of State! . ■ , „ St. Petebsbtjeg, March /. The Moscow Gazette of to-day publishes an article in which indignation is expressed at the execution of the prisoners implicated in the Rustchuk revolt, and at the sentence feeing carried out with the approval of Europe. It would not be forgotten that these men fell a sacrifice to their devotion to Russia. Their deaths would produce events which would set history in motion. Sydney, March 8.

Parliament was opened to-day by commission. After the members had been sworn the House proceeded to the election of a Speaker. Messrs Young and Dibbs were proposed, and the former was chosen by 63 to 49 votes, and duly installed in the chair.