CABLEGRAMS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume IX, Issue 884, 23 January 1886, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

[by ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] [SPECIAL TO THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Received January 22, i.ro p.m. LONDON, January 21. Rumors are current of further changes in the constitution of the Cabinet. It is reported that Earl Carnarvon will take the portfolio of Secretary for the Colonies, and that Colonial Stanley, the present Secretary, will take the office of Secretary for War. The German Reichstag have referred to a committee the bill which has been introduced for the purpose of regulating the extent of German colonisation. During the discussion of the bill Herr Bamberger declared that possession of colonies could only be regarded as costly toys. The steamer Mararoa has been detained at San Francisco to await the results. Dr Schraber will take command of the German New Guinea exploring expedition, which will leave Hamburg in February The French Government will be ah. lowed to retain possession of the Islafni of Riatea, in return for fishery concessions in Newfoundland. Sixty moderate Liberals are prepared to vote for a measure to suppress boycottingin Ireland. France lias occupied Sumbawa, one of the Sunda Islands in the Malay archipelago. . The Government intend to deal this session with the question of Parliamentary procedure. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH —COPYRIGHT.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] (Received January 22, 1.20 p.m.) LONDON, January 21. The directors of the Bank of England to-day reduced the bank rate of discount from 4 to 3 per cent. Tenders were opened to-day for a loan of £21,000 at 5 pt-r cent., placed upon the market by the Waimakariri River Boad. The amonnt applied for was £51,250. Tenders at £lO4 7s and upwards receive their applications in full.