LATEST CABLES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9896, 24 January 1895, Page 2

LATEST CABLES.

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(Recoivod Jnnuary 23, 7 p.m.)

Melbourne, Wednesday. The^rjjwinaleadiugartlclesaya, "the interruption in telegraphic communication is becoming intolerable. Io would be absnrd to blame the South Australian Government, but still if we are liable to be isolated in this way by a fracture ot the innd line, the demand tor the laying of a Pacific cable will becomo Irresistible. That cable would cost much more than we are likely to be able to afford for many years to come, but the work will have to be undertaken witbont delay, coisfc what Id may, unless we can have assurance of constant communication by existing routes. The present situation is a reflection on Australian stateamsnsbip At great expense the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company laid three cables to the northern coast, bnfc though bhese were mot at landing points by land line?, only one of the latter is serviceable. The question which the Postal Conference will bave to carefully consider is, what can bn done with such unproductive expenditure ? Before the Confetunce enters on the wider and.more speculative region of the Paoific cable proposal the practical course would be to afford Western Australia assistance for a Bxed term to enable her to brine her Jines up to the standard." Wheat, 2s 'o 2s 2Jd ; flour, £5 7s Cd to £5 15s ; oats, Algerian Is 3d, stout white Is 9d ; maize, firm, Is 10J ; barley, feedin E Is 3d to la lljd, English 2j Gd to 3s • braD, 5Jd to Od, '

(Received Januaty 23, 10.15 p.m.) | The Italian ship Savoi, 3005 tons, just V arrived from New York, caught lire white ' lying at th« wnnrf, hut tho brigade was fortinuately able to obciin the msetery of the lames before much damage was done.

Her oirgo consists ol 70.0001 b of eaeollne, 100,000lb of kerosene, 250,0001 b of lubri. cattoa oil, and 100,0031 b of paraffin wax, and it Is marvellous chat) no explosion occurred, as the cases were bnrned off a quantity of kerosene tins. (Received January il, 1 mi!) Replylna to n deputation of sawmillens tbe Minister of Lands said it' was tbe desire of tbe Government to afford every encouragement to the timber industry, and it was intended to send a trial shipment of paving blocks to America at the Government.'^ expense. Four hundred tons of butter and 40.000 frozen ralbitt will be shipped to London next Saturday.