DELAYED CABLES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7335, 6 April 1895, Page 3

DELAYED CABLES.

London, April 4. Lord Brassey, addressing a meeting of naval architeots, said that the Eastern war showed tbe value of armour-protected guns and quiok-firing weapons. Great Britain would be unable to combat two Powers at sea through the want of medium-size battleships. Five of these would only cost as much as three of the first-olass and speed and would have the same speed and coal capacity. The Standard says that Mr Nelson's withdrawal from Leamington is an instance of Mr Chamberlain's dictation weakening the Unionist alliance throughout the country. As the South Australian Agent-General's office, will in future do the work, Mr Playford has informed Glyn, Mills, and 00. that they will not be required to inscribe stook. This will save the colony £2000 per annum. Sir William Maogregor sails for New Guinea on April 10th. Sir Henry Loch is regarded as certain to be appointed Governor of New South Wales unless the salary is reduoed. Lord Kensington ia mentioned for the Governorship of Suuth Australia. In the course of his evidence, Mr Wilde explained the effusive language of the letters addressed to Lord Douglas as the natural expression of an artist attracted by a beautiful personality. The Marquis of Queentberry visited his residence and threatened Wilde, to which tbe latter responded with—" You are the most infamous brute in London!" The Standard's Berlin correspondent says it is believed there that France intends to seize the Upper Nile country as a hostage for the evacuation of Egypt. Calcutta, April 4. Sir Alex. Mackeczie, Chief Commissioner of Burmah, speaking at Rangoon, said that Burmah was being dragged into the vortex of European politics. His successor would soon have problems to soive equal to those presented in North West India. Caibo, April 4. Nubar Paaha haa informed an interviewer that the British are absolute masters of Egypt, and that if they evacuated the country it would bo neoessary to replace them by other Europeans. Ottawa, Apri[ 4. The Canadian Government protests vigorously against the American proposal for an international conference on the Behring Sea fisheries as subversive of the award of the Arbitration CoHrt at Paris. Washington, April 4. The Ameiican defioic for the year is estimated at eight millions.