NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 787, 1 April 1887, Page 25

NEWS BY CABLE.

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, '; ENGLISH. (REOTKR’S TJU/KGPA mb.) London, March 25. A banquet will be given shortly, by the citizens of Cardiff, to Sir Samuel W. Griffith, Premier of Queensland, who was born at Merthyr Tjdvil, in Glamorganshir e._ London, March 26. Sir Samuel Griffith, Premier of Queensland, had an interview to-day with Sir Henry Holland, Secretary of State for the Colonies. He stated that he had been requested to communicate with the Colonial Office with regard to the administration of New Guinea. The result of the interview has not yet transpired, but Sir Samuel Griffith expects that the question ot the administration of New Guinea will be speedily settled to the entire satisfaction of the Colonial Governments. London, March 20.

H.B.H. the Prince of Wales has arrived in this city from Berlin. Lord Randolph Churchill arrived here yesterday.

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Losdon, March 24. The mate of the Ada Melmore declares that lights were exhibited by that vessel. Mr James Service, in addressing a meeting of the Highland Society .of London, advised, that the colonies should be treated in such a way as to retain their affection, when they would become buttresses of the Empire. The Bulgarian Regents are hastily sending reinforcements to Bourgas and Varna, but the cause for such aetion is unknown. The arrest of two more priests has been ordered in consequence of refusing to give evidence against bankrupt tenants.

It is reported that an attempt was made to upset the train which conveyed the Czar to Glatschina. London, March 24. Mr John Cordy Jeaffreaon, the well-known novelist and litterateur, author of “The Real Lord Byron ’ and “ The Real Shelley,” has made arrangements to visit Australia on a lecturing tour. „ With reference to the Ada Mel more having no lights at the time of collision, it was explained at the inquiry that the captain was accustomed on moonlight nights when outside the track taken by deep sea vessels to extinguish his lights.

London, March 25.. It is understood that a third company may possibly make overtures for the carriage of mails to Australia. London, March 25. The Imperial Federation Club will give a banquet to the Conference delegates on the 14th April. The Bulgarian Premier is now openly advocating the erection of the two Bulgoriaß into an independent kingdom. , Forty officers have been arrested at Odessa, on suspicion of participation in the last conspiracy. . Engineering, in an article on the Mew South Wales locomotive contracts, urges Sir Henry Parkes to modify the onerous unfair conditions. London, March 27. The Duchess of Cumberland is suffering from melancholia resulting ' from a shock on hearing of the recent attempts made on the life of the Czar. The Marquis of Salisbury declares that a return to Protection is without the range of practical politics. London, March 27. The Duchess of Cumberland has been adjudged a lunatic. The following gentlemen have been appointed a London committee to look after the interests of the Melbourne Exhibition Mr Childers, Sir Graham Berry, Sir Henry Barkly Sir Andrew Clark, Sir Samuel Wilson, Sir James M'Cullocb, Messrs Service, Wood, Badcock, Blackwood. Bright, and Peterson. Some surprise is expressed at the omission of Mr John M'lntyre. .. _ . The Marquis of Salisbury, referring to the depressed condition of the agricultural industry, expressed deep sympathy with the farmers of the United Kingdom in their present distress. The Afghan Frontier Delimitation Committee will resume its deliberations at St. Petersburg. London, March 28. The Federal Fire Insurance Company, recently floated by Mr David Christie, has commenced business. *

It is rumored that fresh risings have occurred at Widin and Plevna. An intrigue is on foot in French political circles to eject M. Goblet, and it is considered probable that it will be successful. London, March 28. The Daily News, in an article on the depression in Australia, considers it doubtful whether the colonies can exist without borrowing largely. London, March 29.

Phil Robinson, the well-known litterateur and war correspondent, will begin his colonial lecturing tour in Melbourne in June. CONTINENTAL. (reuter’s telegbams.; Berlin, March 26. The Emperor William is suffering from coid, which has affected his eyes. Madrid, March 27. A revolutionary plot has been discovered, and many arrests have been made in this city, at Barcelona, and other towns. THE EAST. (bbuter’s telegrams) Calcutta, March 28. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will shortly leave for England to attend the festivities in connection with the Queen’s Jubilee. AUSTRALIAN (kedteb’s telkgbams.) Brisbane,' March 26. A despatch by the Premier on the subject of Separation haG been published. Sir S. Griffith controverts the belief that it is the genuine desire of the North to separate, and declares that Separation would be disastrous to the Colony. Melbourne, March 26.

The Governments of Victoria, South Australia, and New South Wales have cabled to London, instructing their Agents-General to protest against the delay of the Post Office in dealing with the mail tenders, and stating that the colonies interested are fully agreed on the subject. Sydney, March 29. The Colonial Treasurer will deliver his Budget Statement to-morrow.

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(Per Mariposa, at Auckland.) Sydney, March 23.

Since the adoption of the Address in the Assembly there has not been much business to engage the attention of members, who are anxiously awaiting the Treasurer’s Budg t Speech, which has now been postponed till next Wednesday. In reply to an influential deputation from the Commercial, Pastoral and Agricultural Association, the Premier admitted that the Land Act required very extensive amendment, and promised tc introduce a Bill next session dealing with, the question complained of. . „ It is said that Messrs Shaw and Lillywhite and Shrewsbury will be out of pocket by the recent trip of the professionals.. Earl Cairns has gone with Mr R. Milly to Queensland. There were 31 violent deaths in Sydney and snburbs last month.

Salutes were fired yesterday on the occasion of the Emperor of Germany’s ninetieth birthday, and courtesies were exchanged berween the English and German officers in port. The military force is to go into camp at Easter at the National Park.

At a meeting of policy-holders in the Australian Mutual Provident Society, a committee was appointed to oppose the pension and gratuity sch.me of the Directors. The total revenue of the colony from March Ist to 21st is £122,000, showing a large increase over the corresponding period of last year. In the Assembly last night, the Premier stated that the war material ordered by the Stuart Government amounted in value to about £23,000, a portion of which had been received. During the month of February 1083 births and 443 deaths were registered in Sydney and suburbs. Melbourne. Terrific hailstorms fell in several parts of the colonv on Monday. In the NorthEastern District, near Beeohworth junction, the train from Albury was brought to a standstill, as the driver found it dangerous to push on in the terrific cyclone that was blowing. Sir H. Parkes has written to the Premier, stating that necessary Bteps will be taken by the New South Wales Government to assist in making the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition a success. The action Vagg against Gibbs Bright, for malicious prosecution, resulted in a verdict for the defendants. Typhoid is again prevalent, and 38 cases were reported in one day. It is now believed that the girl Davis, found in an abandoned shaft, committed suicide. •

(Per B.s. Tarawera at the Bluff.) Adelaide, March 22 On Monday, at the East Adelaide election Henry Taylor, the defeated candidate and the representative of the land nationalising principle, upon cheers being called for the Queen, ejaculated, “Damn the Queen and all the Royal Family.” The disloyal expression was hooted by the audience.

■ Brisbane, March 22. On Monday a board, about 7ft long, picked up at Hayes Point, near Macquarry, was ascertained to have belonged to the missing barquentine Mary King, 73 tons, which left Lyttelton for Townsville in January, having on board several well-known Canterbury residents. .. Melbourne, March 22.

Contracts were opened yesterday for the Goalburn Weir, which is the first national work to be constructed under the new Irrigation Act. The contract accepted is over £90,000. . The Rev D. V. Lucas, a prominent member of the temperance organisation in Canada, has commenced a mission of a similar character in Victoria. , Great interest is being taken in the approaching matinee performance for the benefit of the widow and children of the late Mr William Hoskins. Every effort is being made to secure a success. . . . The police have arrested a notorious criminal named John Wilkes on a charge of forging a cheque. They found that an extensive fraud was contemplated, cheques for £SOOO being found all forged. , Councillor Gray, ex-Mayor of Collmgwood, and a well-known and respected citizen, committed suicide by drowning on Saturday, while unhinged by ill-health. ' The body of a school-girl named Catherine Davies was found at the bottom of an abandoned shaft near Sandhurst. Both legs were broken and the neck dislocated. lhe evidence pointed to a criminal offence having been previously committed. The police are on the track of the man suspected. Sir William Clark laid the foundation stone of an Australian Church on Saturday. The Church is the outcome of the Scots Church succession under the Rev Charles Strong. The ceremony was performed with Masonic honors.