CABLE NEWS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 1109, 6 March 1879, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

( From Ex< hanges.) HOME xVND FOREIGN. London, February 27th. The Zulus are concentrating their forces to invade Natal. The report of the plague having broken out at St Petersburg is untrue. The Paris Libertc says :—" To accomplish the work of civilisation the Liberal policy of England, whether it acts in Europe or Asia, is for France an incontestable force. Let England, therefore, continue on to her goal, and if British interests fiud their satisfaction more particularly therein, those of France and the world will also find theirs ; England being the embodiment of civilisation, freedom, and advancement. The English steamer Palestina has been lost by collision off the the Portugese coast. February 28. The latest dates from Natal are to the 11th inst., when Lord Chelmsford continued to act on the defensive. The colors of the 24th Regiment were recovered hidden under the bodies of the officers. The British loss, including natives, was 1,500. London, February 28th. Mr Graham Beiry submitted writteu proposals that the Victorian Assembly should be empowered to reform the Constitution. Should the Council decline, and then dissolve, the bill to become law without the consent of the Council. If Sir Michael Kicks-Beach declines these proposals, then he proposes that they (Sir Michael HicksBeach and Graham Berry) should arrange a scheme which the Imperial Parliament would pass, should the Victorian Legislative Council object. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach abstained from expressing any opinions, and is likely to give a written reply. There will be no decision as to the mail tenders till the British postage is determined. An obstacle to the fulfilment of the Berlin Treaty has arisen. Russia objects to Turkey occupying the Balkans, and thinks that after the evacuation by herself other Powers should watch the Bulgarians. Paris, February 27th. The distress amongst the middle classes throughout France is on the increase. London, March 2. The British and French Governments have resolved to declare to the Khedive of Egypt that Nubar Pasha's resignation of the presidency of the Council of Egyptian Ministers, which office he recently resigned, is indispensable. Bombay, March 2. The Government have decided to encourage the emigration of coolies to Fiji for plantation labor. INTERCOLONIAL Sydney, February 28. The police rode 380 miles in pursuit of the Balranald bushrangers. The Normanby has arrived with mails via Torres Strait. The Hatfield bushrangers were remanded on six charges. The Governor's assent has been given to the Outlawry Bill. The Government has engaged twenty Queensland trackers to pursue the Kelly s. Melbourne, March 1. The Cabinet have decided to postpone the issue of the Victorian and Government loan in London rather than accept low terms. Nothing yet has been settled regarding the Peninsula and Oriental Company's tender for the Victorian and New Zealand mail service, pending the receipt of advices from England. A review is to be held in Melbourne at Easter. The Ringarooma takes the Suez mail to New Zealand on Wednesday next. The Assam arrived at the Heads this afternoon, where the Suez mails were transhipped to the Arawata, which sailed for New Zealand. Several fine water discoveries have been made about 1")0 miles north-west of Part Augustus, dubling the carrying capacity of the runs. March 3rd. Ten thousand bushels of wheat were sold at 4s 7d. Melbourne, March 3rd. The Kellys are at their old haunts. Six Queensland black trackers and an experienced sub-inspector arrived to-day t0 pursue them. The Charlton has arrived at Port Darwin from Hongkong with 518 Chinese. The Brisbane is expected shortly with nearly 500 more. Queenslvnp, Undated. The blacks are again proving troublesome. They have murdered four whites at Wills Creek, where they had been betrayed by black guides.