GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVII, Issue 2579, 3 August 1895, Page 2

GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. . Received August 3. 12.40 a.m.THE ENGLISH PRESS AND THE : COLONIES. London, August 2. The Morning Post commends Mr Turner, Premier of Victoria, on the manner in which he is grappling with the finances of the colony. The Post hopes that the other colonies will imitate the action of the New Zealand Government in supporting the Pacific' cable. . . ... OBITUARY London, August 2. ■ Sir Thomas Wade is dead. [The deceased was well known for bis military services in China. In 1871. ho became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of British Trade in China. He became K.C.B. in 1875.] ENGLAND AND.BECHUAN ALAND. Capetown, August 1. In' the Cape Colony Legislative Assembly Mr Cecil Rhodes, the Premier, said the Imperial Government- had spent £2, 500,000 upon Beehuanaland, which it now handed over without obligations.. Surely the Cape ought not to act churlishly regarding the-conditions. > . , . - Mr Saner, who moved an amendment that there should be no change in-the . status of the Protectorate without: theconsent of the Cape Parliament, said: that in their first - encounter Mr Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the . Colonies, had got the better of Mr Rhodes, and virtually constituted himself a member of the Cape Cabinet by insisting that conditions should be imposed.. THE : BOERS AND THEIR VICTIMS.' ~ ■ , London, August I. • A letter to the Daily Chronicle states that General Joubert, commanding a large party of Boers and native allies, attacked a native stronghold north of the Transvaal territory, killed 18, and exhibited their heads as trophies.. .... ~ Five thousand natives, including women and children, were driven towa-rds.Rretoria, and the roadway strewn with the bodies of those who died from starvation. THE LIVE CATTLE TRADE. London, August 1. The Gulf of Siam’s horses and cattle died from congestion of the lungs caused by intense cold daring the first fortnight. The best horses died. [ ■ The underwriters have agreed to insure live cattle: for 10 guineas per cent. iLondon, August !. The directors and committee of deben-ture-holders in Goldsbrougb and Co. havo agreed upon a scheme. The committee will issue a! circular urging the holders to accept It; as the'best arrangement possible under the'circumstances. ;, In a letter thanking the electors of South Down who voted for him, Mr Rowan ■ attributes his defeat by Mr McCartan (the Nationalist sitting’ member) to ignorance; superstition and illiterate brute force. Great Britain, Franco and Russia are entirely in accord in pressing reforms upon the Sultan. ;