TELEGRAMS.
VABXiE I?£WS. (OWN CORRESPONDENT.) London, June 30. Tho cricket match Oxford v. Cambridge, wes concluded at Lords to-day, and resulted in a victory for Cambridge by seven wickets. The new Ministry has all been reelected with the exception of Lord Randolph Churchill, who is opposed in his candidature for Woodstock. Mr Gladstone has intimated that he will not retire from political life at present ; and further, that he will support the Marquis of Salisbury as far as possible. At a meeting of the shareholders of the New Zealand Agricultural Company today it was decided to postpone the payment of the debentures for five years, and that the whole capital of the company be called up within three years.
Hobart Pasha, whose name' was removed from the English Navy list in consequence of his having accepted the appointment of Commander-in-chief of the Black Sea fleet of Turkey during the Russo-Turkish war, the English Government having at that time issued a proclamation of neutrality, has had his name reinstated on the Navy List. It is affirmed that it has been positively decided to retain possession of the Province of Dongola by British troops, as far south as Aksheeh.
A loan of /3,500,00 c is announced for the Indian Government.
A grand Naval Tournament has been held at Banbury by fifteen ironclad, under command of Admiral Sir Geoffrey Hornby which were despatched to the Irish Coast to carry out an elaborate system of naval manoeuvres. The tournament was a splendid spectacle. The Diet of the Duchy of Brunswick has recognised the claims of the Duke of Cumberland to the Dukedom. Lord Carnarvon has been sworn in a member of the Ministry. Russia is actively engaged in completing the railway between Kizle Arvat and Merv.
Germany and other powers have restrained the French Minister for Foreign Affairs from pressing the Marquis of Salisbury at present regarding Egyptian affairs.
Berlin, June 30. Admiral Werner has been appointed Governor of the German possessions in New Guinea.
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Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 18, 4 July 1885, Page 2
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331TELEGRAMS. Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 18, 4 July 1885, Page 2
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