DELAYED CABLES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7251, 8 April 1895, Page 3

DELAYED CABLES.

London, April 3. The Colonial Office gives »n unqualified to the rumor which has gained circuBftion that Lord Brassey is to be transferred to New South Wales. Under the name of the Imperial League, • mutual trade scheme has been btarted jwhich hM been joined by tbe leadiDg London J financiers or merchants. Colonial repreaeutS ktives are invited to attend a conference toS morrow.

v, April 4. —Lord Brassey, addressing a meet- • ing of naval architects, said that the Eastern .: icu ihowed the value of armour-protected ; gona »nd quick-firing weapons. Great Britain wonld be unable to combat two Powers at aea through the want of medium-sized jkNttleships.; Five of these would only cost as three of the first-class and speed, and would have the same speed and coal capacity. The Standard says that Mr Kelson's Withdrawal from Leamington is an instance •jt Mr Chamberlain's dictation weakening the tTnionist alliance throughout the country. ■C As the South Australian Agent-General's office will in future do the work, Mr Playford has informed Glyn, Mills and Co. that ! they will not be required to inscribe stock. This will save the colony £2000 per annum. Sir William Macgregor sails for New Guinea on April 10th. SirHenryLochis regarded as certain to be appointed Governor of New South Wales unless the salary is reduced. Lord Kensington is mentioned for the of South Australia. the course of bis evidence, Mr Wilde : explained the effusive language of the letters addressed to Lord Douglas as the natural expression of an artiao attracted by a beautiful personality. The Marquis of Queensberry Tinted his Residence. and threatened Wilde, f to which the latter rcspoudvcl widi— " You I are the most infamous brute iv Loudon !" I - "The Standatd's Berlin correspondent says I iti* believed there that Prance intends to I seise the Upper Nile country as a hostage for - tW. evacuation of E^ypt. '.*i At the Bank of Australasia meeting, Mr -Gibbs said that owing «lo l)>« reduced rate the deposits fell off £350,000, aud tfoStin Queensland, owing to the taxes, the note issue decreased £85,000, gome of the shareholders advised the directors, iC the depression continues, to bribe a portion of the capital to England. April s. —Sir Robert Hamilton, whose death was erroneously reported a few weeks ." ago, is in an extremely critical condition. The Daily Chronicle says that England ' hat refused to advance towards Dongola, : tha« putting &d end to the project of joining Italy in converging on the Nile Valley in tho autumn. n

Berlin, April 3.

v The Kaiser has wired to Prince Bismarck bleßß and render you happy in the i£ffftsnAg of your life. You are a man who ever remain the pride of the German people"

Algiers, April 3.

The Czarewitch (the younger brother of the Czar), who is staying at Algiers, is iv a critical position, his lungs being affected. Paris, April 3.

The French Government ba» subsidised theMeasageries-Marilimea to ran a weekly ■ service to Alexandria direct, a line to Mauritius, and a rapid Indo-China service, Stopping at Bombay. The object of the last service is to compete ior the Indian trade. In the Senate M. Loubet said the French —ju.*ie,* were coating three millions per anand the amount was increasing every The time had arrived when they should consider whether for the mere sake of vainglory unprofitable colonies were worth preserving. • Calcutta, April 4. Sir Alex. Mackenzie, Chief Commissioner of Btttmab, speaking at Rangoon, aaid that Barman was being dragged into the vortex j of European politics; His successor would soon have problems to solve equal to those printed in North West India. Cairo, April 4, ' - Kubar Pasha has informed an interviewer that the British are absolute masters of . wjjwypt, and that if they evacuated the it would be necessary to replace - ' 'them by other Europeans. Ottawa, April 4. The Canadian Government protests vitforonaly a/?aiDßt the American proposal for an international conference on the "Retiring Sea fisheries as subversive of the award of the Arbitration Court at Paris. Washington, April 4. £he American deficit for the year iB ~ estimated at eight millions. St. Petersburg, April 5. Officials building the Siberian railway have embezzled funds to the extent of two juid a half millions. ; , The Czar ia having an enquiry made into peculations. : r Constantinople, April 3. It is reported that the Sultan intends to unite the provinces of Armenia into one Government, the gendarmerie to include both CbriitiftDS and Moslems*