SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Issue XXI, 15 May 1884, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

[SPECIAL to pkess association.] THE CAPE MINISTRY. London, May 13. Mr. Thomas Upington, Q. 0., member of the Assembly of Cape Oolony, has formed a new Ministry. QUEENSLAND LOAN. London, May 13. The Queensland 4 per cent, loan of two and three-quarter millions is announced next week. COLONIAL BANK SHARES. London, May 13. Shares in the various colonial banks are recovering. THE FENIANS AND THE COLONIES. London, May 13. Stephens (the Fenian head centre) avows that the. new Fenian organisation intends to embarrass England through her colonies. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAW. London, May 13. The Adelaide loan will be issued with the opional right of inscription. THE ORIENTAL BANK. London, May 13. The dividends of the depositors in the Oriental Bank will, it is understood, be paid before the autumn, FRANCE AND CHINA. London, May 13. The French Government insist on the exclusive possession of the trading facilities to the Southern ports of China. % ' • THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORSHIP OF BRITISH HONDURAS. London, May 14. Roger-T. Goldsworthy, 0.M.G., Administrator and Colonial Secretary of St. Lucia (Windward Islands), has been offered the Lieutenant-Governor-ship of Britißh Honduras,

A QUICK PASSAGE. . London, May 13. The Australian March mails via Saq Francisco -were conveyed from New York to Queensfcown in seven days four hours and a-half.