SPECIAL CABLE NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5095, 26 January 1885, Page 2

SPECIAL CABLE NEWS.

London, January 19. Lord Blackford considers Earl Grey's suggestion that all matters pertaining to annexation should be referred to a Council of the Agents-General, is unworkable. The tenders for a new Customs steamer for Victoria have been cabled to Melbourne. ■ The postal officials have conferred with the Australian Agents-General relative to England obtaining a larger share of the colonial postages. The former have agreed to formulate their proposals. January 20. In connection with the proposals of the Frencn Government for the settlement of Egyptian finance, it ia believed that a Commission of Enquiry will be appointed to consider only the necessary monetary recompense. Sir Stafford Northcote Btates that the Government have sacrificed the colonies to the unreasonable demand of foreigners. January 21. The committee appointed to adjudicate upon the claims of German subjects in Fiji, will meet in London, and Dr Kraull, German Consul at Sydney, will represent Germany on the commission. Disclosures relative to these claims have caused some sensation at Berlin. Mr J. F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, and Mr Murray Smith, AgentGeneral for Victoria, are urging that Germany should be requested to surrender its reosnt annexation in New 6-uinea,