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Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7404, 18 August 1892, Page 4

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Beeelved, August 18, 2 a.m. THE GLADSTONE MINISTRY. CABLE QUESTION. VICTORIAN AGENT-GENERAL. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. CAPSIZING OF A WARSHIP. MURIETTA'S FAILURE. KANAKA LABOR. ARCHBISFOP VAUGHAN. RUSSIANS IN AFGHANISTAN. SILVER. SHIPPING. FIRE IN SYDNEY. LONDON, August 16. Mr Mum'O states that he wrote to the Premier of Victoria on July 21, fully explaining the details connected with the La Bose estate, and authorising him to make use of them as he judged best. An off coast cargo of Australian wheat has been sold at 335. A cargo by the barque Ohiama, from Lyttelton, sold at 31s 6d. Silver is quoted at three shillings and two pence, and five-sixteenths of a penny per ounce. The new oruiser Hawk, 7,350 tons, capsized in the Chatham Docks while being launched. It is estimated that at least a million will be required to satisfy the holders of Murrietta's debentures before the ordinary creditors can handle the assets. Dalziel's Agency published an interview with Mr Groom, the particulars of which have been cabled. Mr Groom, however, denies out responsibility for ixia opinion as alleged respecting Kanaka labor, and declares that *he statements attributed to him were manursolutwi by reporters. ' He characterises the whole production as a gross exaggeration, and states he refused to be formally interviewed. The Arohbishop of Trebizond, Papal delegate, invested Archbishop Vaughan with the pallium to-day at Brompton Oratory. There was a great gathering, and the ceremony was of a most impressive character. git is stated that a vaßt quantity of war material has been dispatched from Sebastopol and Odessa to General Yangoff, and all the troops in the Caucasus are held ready to reinforce the detachments in Asia. Professor Bryoe will be Chancellor of the Dachy of Lancaster, with a seat in the Cabinet ; Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Undersecretary of the Treasury ; Mr W. Summers, Undersecretary for the Colonies ; Mr Shaw Lsfevre, Commissioner of Public Works and Buildings, or Minister of Agriculture, with a seat in the Cabinet ; Mr Macdermott, Q.C., Attorney-General for Ireland ; Mr HemhiJl, Solicitor-General for Ireland; Earl Gompton, Controller of the Household ; Mr J. B. Boby, Salieitor-General ; Mr Herbert Gladstone, Financial Secretary of War; Sir Edward Beed, Secretary to the Admiralty. Messrs Wylker, Q. 0., J. O. Balfour, Q. 0.. ana Asher, y.0., take the positions already given. CAICUTTAj August 17. It is reported that another collision has ooourrei between Russian and Afghan troops at Akbasb, on the Upper Oxis, in which seven of the latter were killed. It originated in a dispute between the Russian and Afghan leaders. The former was shct. Russians have arrived at Ghunab, between the districts of Shignan and Boßlion. It is reported that the Afghans have retired to Tabizab, and the Chinese to Merghan river. PA.BIS, August 17. The 'Journal des Debats' admits that English fears as to Russian interferenoo in Afghanistan are natural. MELBOt'BNE, August 17. The ' Argus ' thinks that though the proposed addition to the cable rates is small, yet the underlying principle is objectionable. There is no promise of permanency in charges beiDg arrived at, and under any circumstances it would have been well to defer any alteration until the effect of the entry of New Zealand into the guarantee became known. The ' Age ' does not consider the inorease will be likely to produce serious grumbliDg. The feature of the. Conference, whioh is entirely pleasant, is the accession of New Zealand. SYDNEY, August i 7. Arrived— sa Alameda, from Auckland; ss Taieri, from Bluff. Boungott's rubber goods factory has been destroyed by fire, and the estimated damage is £8000. The South British have a risk of £1000, the New Zealand Office of the same amount, and the National of New Zealand £500.