GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2503, 6 May 1895, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. Received Man 5, 6.45 p.m. ENGLAND AND THE TRANSVAAL. London, May 3. Xu tho House of Commons Mr S. C. Buxton, Parliamentary Secretary for the Colonial Office, stated that the Government would adhere to the determination to annex Unibegesa, and that the Transvaal had no cause to complain, having failed to exercise the right to construct a railway to tho coast which had now lapsed. BETTER PRICE FOR BUTTER. London, May 3. Butter—Australian choicest is increasing in demand. The price quoted is SOs. UMRA KHAN. Calcutta, May 3. The Afghans are willing to surrender Umra Khan to the British when desired to do so, and it is expected that the demand will bo made shortly. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF WHEAT. London, May 3. Tho Times states that the advance which has taken place in the price of wheat is ascribed to the active speculation of German and American buyers, based on the adverse crops in those countries. TRUST AGENCY OF AUSTRALASIA, London, May 3. The Trust Agency of Australasia declares a dividend ot 20 per cent., and a bonus of 2-s per cent. Received May G , 1.20 a.m . THE COSTA RICA PACKET CASE. London, May 4, Sir E. Grey, replying to n question in tho House of Commons, said the convention to settle the terms of the arbitration with regard to tho seizure of the barque Costa Rica Packet and the imprisonment of Captain Carpenter would shortly be signed.

THE DEFICIT IN CANADA. Ottawa, May 5. Tho Canadian deficit amounts to 4-1 million dollars. The Government propose a duty of half a cent, per pound on raw sugar.

MINISTERIAL CRISIS IN AUSTRIA. Vienxa, May 0.

Count Kalnoky has resigned owing to IST. Banffy, the Hungarian Premier, having prematurely stated that the former had protested to the Italian Government against the action of the Papal Nuncio in Vienna fostering the clerical agitation against the Hungarian Government. TWENTY-TWO DAYS IN A FISHING BOAT. Sydney, May 5. The steamer ICellcs, from Solomon Islands, picked up three Frenchmen at Mania Sound. They stated they had been driven from Vila Harbour during a gale while fishing. They wore for 22 days in a small boat, and endured terrible sufferings before they reached Mania. They refused a passage to Sydney, preferring to remain at the Solomons. THE COLLINQWOOD TRAGEDY. Melbourne, May 5. No trace has yet been found of Dooley, who murdered his wife and mother-in-law, though a report, which has not been confirmed, says that he committed suicide by jumping overboard from a harbour steamer. THE EINGAROOMA.' Sydney, May 5. H.M.S. Eingarooma has sailed for Auckland. ' THE LONDON SCANDAL. London, May 4.

Oscar Wilde has been admitted to bait—himself in .£2500 and two sureties of £1250 each.