NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1660, 14 January 1885, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

LORD DERBY AVERSE TO SAMOAN ANNEXATION. AN “ INVINCIBLE ” MURDERED IN O’DONOVAN ROSSA’S OFFICE. SMALLPOX IN SYDNEY. GOOD NEWS FROM GORDON. London. January 9. Australian tallow—Average quality beef, 24s ; ditto mutton, 34s 6d. New Zealand frozen mutton, prime quality, is quoted at did. The Melbourne portion of the cargo of frozen mutton, ex Garonne, is selling at 53, and that from Sydney at 4d to 41 d. Both shipments have been landed in good condition. January 10. The corrected total of the amount of tenders for the New Zealand Loan is £4,190,000, and tenders at £99 6s 6d will receive 65 per cent of the amount tendered for, not 30 per cent., as previously stated. Lord Derby is not in favour of annexing Samoa, as proposed by the New Zealand Government.

Telegrams from Berlin state that in wellinformed circles thete it is generally believed that both Germany and the United States would strongly protest against the annexation of Samoa by Great Britain.

January 11. The official average of the New Zealand loan is £99 10a. Prince Bismarck instanced the action of New Zealand in regard to the proposed annexation of Samoa as a proof of the delay on the part of Germany, which was damaging to her interests. He also mentioned that a report was current that the natives of New Guinea were opposing German occupation, and implied that such was due to English incitement. The report has caused some sensation among the Berlin papers. Humours are current in financial circles that a huge French loan is likely to be placed in the market. January 12. The English Government have refused to allow New Zealand to annex Samoa, England and Germany having agreed to maintain the freedom of Samoa and Tonga. England also permits France to have a quarterly tenure of the Island of Eaiatea.

The Standard publishes an article to-day stating that negotiations are proceeding between the British and German Governments regarding the Navigator Islands, with the view to arrange the matter on such a basis that neither Power shall assume a protectorate over Samoa. Cairo, January 11. A telegram has beeu received from Lord Wolseley announcing that a messenger who left Khartoum on the 28th December ha* brought news from General Gordon to the effect that the troops at Khartoum are in good health, and that the steamers are keeping the city amply supplied with food. New York, January 10. A serious affray occurred to-day at O’Donovan Kossa’s office iu this city. It appears that an Irishman, a member of the Invincible party, was invited into Rosea’* office, and while there was set upon and stabbed to death by other members of the society. The crime, it is stated, was committed on account of the murdered man having divulged the secret plans of the society. O’Donovan Bossa disavows all complicity in the affair. January 11. The victim of the Invincible outrage at O’Donovan Rossa’s office was not killed by hie assailants, and although his wounds are serious his recovery is expected. The man is of Irish extraction, and his name is Phelan. Sydney, January 12, Four more cases of smallpox have been reported to the Health Board—three from Balmain and one from Waterloo. Steady rain has been falling for several hours over a large part of the colony. The cricket match between Shaw’s English eleven and a New South Wales team, at Wollongong, was concluded on Saturday, and resulted iu a victory (or the Englishmen.