NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1656, 5 January 1885, Page 3

NEWS BY CABLE.

r-ROZEN MEAT. MORE EARTHQUAKES IN SPAIN. THE NEW ZEALAND SINKING FUND. Lr.N'i'ON. Derembf-r 31. The hetr..iiiai o announced of her Royal Hiqbnegi Primv--> itr.ce to Prince Henry of dattenbun. The iueiui/evs .-1 the M.-ck Exilian* protest strou^!'■ .1 ,ius: ti.o .Vwtiatiuti r4 ti.o New Z-airtcJ :• i nn i January 1. The r ar_T.it i. r.,vn: ■•n or. hoard tie steamship hid-T-iT, fro>v. Oinruu, lias hern tended in condition. The cir .v. ;. . > .on mutton, fir .nishm Pot.-isi. has in- n hindt-d in e.v.i rondil; t >.i; i i- ;eilir.;. at r i to ’ T-rli'-. i: ' " . r !,.-tro-en meat, ex E! U r=lif, k )■ ■m 1 -’ f-1 p-i I). The i-irer-ps of u'.est hr l! f 1 : •, hj !■ .'lie t'oi:!t• in'. - Mev.mr I'-rnini am; ii.e Orient difniirr i } ironne hive iiiT.vid in iweilent e..mliti«w. Mr Mmi'iiv Smitu. A .vrit-Gonoriii It '. i.-ti ria hi- forwarded t.-- Lord Derr-v the IT. test ■ made tv tie V; •v.v is n mid T:m Uiitllisli (iiW-i rllin-'lil - -I ' •.1.-.'t |]h illim-Vi non nf the noirliMn f..>ki). r. . t NVw '.nin. a i.y G imam, C up,a, Jeinn iry ’ . The Mndir of hi- uhvritpne i plf.tnrt> til it the ,\[ „in; heel! repo tied v i- 1 - i. ■ i with her, v Ins' in U.-nt-ral tiorim troops ..t OnJi-rm ,n a a -.h.-i-l ih-ih.mv t . r.if ii-West li .aiii.mii. ;i■..i ii.i- a.: 1 , nr...ii tn .i.ihtira, ’■ ■■ ■ .i.r.s ; virnev I" the s- i;ttr'.v.iici. lie ins v ivl'n.-ed to i.M.I ry nr i.i_v uysinat 1 tonpiohi. M.u.run. IViv nbt-r ;■:! Fr-slt disastrous sh.■ .t . art\■ in sP• \.«rr esp in-noed on Tit. - t-iv n.i, nyh .at t1,.-Jir-.-.illcee '.{ -tu l tifllilldll. ’I ire 1 it. -i returns show that the tel.il number l-i-i.ris kilted by tin- p!-\i..as shochs wt< tn>;\ dot to. Jannaty 1. A :r. so si.nek of earth,pinke hts la-on perm-no- 1 at <■ ra .ail i. ihe inhabitant- - ere

pini.-.-itriciti n, and .1 g. ner.il iso-Jo. = has tav n place. Kor.ri, -hinuary 1. A let-er irns been r<--v i ved here Iron < ler.er-il G i.li.n. b-aring >1 il»- lit!: December. in he states hr- wiil in- able to hold o:u iu tii rescued i.y th.- under Lid Svr'Nr.v, January - The revenue returns f*-r the past vrars ; ■•?,- nn im-i, iv of Gi-k.iWi in receipts in !'■ i>■ >-. aji.Hi ~’::ut.‘i. com parr-i with l>-- .=■ Dm-period of ti■ r- v.u-vions year, and .'.a im-iv.i-r oi Liidl.ooo f..r the whole wai. '1 in- revenue for tilt- year ha: ex.-r-edf.l :i>.e Coioni d Treasurer's estimate in Februaiv Gst by £.aM/*)0, 'irr.c irr.NE, January 1. It iris transpired tliat several t-li-gr iitiheve been cit-h.li -'-‘-d helwecn Mr S'-i 'i:v-iiid Mi Stout, hut that the Victorian and New Zen’and Governments have f iiir-,1 to ngtee as to tin- form of protest regarding the Germnu annexation in the Facihc. MvMunay Smith. Agent-General in London for Virl.ula. v.;, yesterday instructed to j.i..fe--t vigour, a-'y on behalf of Victoria and Tasmania again-: the recognition of the G.-im-ni claim-: hv tla; Imperial Government. The protest will date that the two eulonw* are foire-1 to conclude that Lord Derby km either been deceived by the German Government or Las deceived the colonies. His silpineuess and neglect of Colonial interests arc simply lament ibb-. and if New Guinea remains unreclaimed and tile New Hebrides be unpreserve.l. the estrangements of the colonies must inevitably increase. The Victorian revenue returns for th? pas t year show that the receipts have amounted t,, £<1,190,000. being an increase of £395,<<00 a 3 compared with the previous year. The railway receipts have increased during the year by £261,000. The revenue ior the quarter ended 31st December amounted to £1,590,000, an increase of £U4,<«V) as compared with the corresponding periol of the previous year. The agricultural reporter of the Anstra lasiau estimates the total average under wiieat in this colony at l.lsO.OOrt acre--, and the average yiel.l at 0-70 bushels n«-i acre, leaving 1-23,000 tons available for ex| »:t AI)FJ,.UhE, .hum.try I. The is. utii Australian revrime for the liaii-year emled :tl.=t December amounted t-. £'.*s"2,"oo, an increase of £ls,i)iioa-t .-..mpated with the eorre-ponding period of tin- previous year. Cooktown, January '2. Intelligence has reached here that the German warship-- have hoisted the Imperial dag at H’.t-.n Gulf, on the northern oust of New Guinea.