CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1818, 9 April 1886, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

SIK ARTHUR GORDON AND MU BhYi'E. THE NEW SOCHI WALES BUDGET. A LARUE DEM''IT THE PIiOPuSED l'A< II IC CABLE. HOSTILITIES IX AFRICA. Lon oox, April 0. Earl Granville expects that Sir Arthur Gordon will explain his attitude toward Mr John Bryce, which was mentioned during tue late libel action. April 7. M&Ueraon has issued a challenge to row a match on the Thames for tho championship The Aborigines Protection Society has thanked Sir U. W Les Veeux for the services he has rendered tho cause of humanity in the Pacific. Mr K. H. Want states that the Governments of Hawaii, Ameiien, and Canada have promised to support the Pacific Cub.e Syndicate, and guaranteed two millions towards the cost of construction, which the company will accept. Mr Want proposes to open negotiations with Messrs Mackuv and Bennett lor tlie use of their Atlantic table. It is expected that tiie rates will he 4s 6J a word for psblic and la 3.1 (or Press messages. Intelligence has been received from the West Coast of Africa, stating that the Gernfent have bombarded Bimbhi, which was formally annexed by the <. tcima-i Commission nn.ier the late Dr Nachtigal in September, 1884. The ns lives of the district have proved hostile to the Germans, and refused, at the time of tbe annexation, to'give their allegiance to tbe Imperial officer.

The City and Bnburban Handicap was run at the Epsom Spring Meeting ye-teidav, with tne Miowing result: —Koval Hampton. 1 ; Highland Chief, 2 ; Lovely 3.

Ar.RT itng, April 7. An early reconetrnctiou of the South Austraiiau Ministry 13 expected, owing to p-r----tonai reasons. It is expected that Messrs Spence and Bray ' ill probably retire. The trial of the defaulting officials of the Commercial Bank of South Australia was concluded to-day, when Crooks, the manager, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment, Wilson, the accountant, receiving six years. Melbourne, April 7. The Premier, the Hon. Mr Gillies, has received a despatch from Mr J. B. Thurston, C.M.G., Acting-Governor of Fiji, strongly deprecating French annexation of the New Hebrides, and declaring that the possession of Rapa i 3 no compensation for the loss. It is announced tint Mr Iderham, Post-master-General of Victoria, has accepted the proposal? put forward by Lord Wrlverton, the British Postmaster-General, for the establish ■lent of a parcels post between England and the colonies. Stiinev, April 6. In the Legislative Assembly to day. Sir Henry Parkes withdrew the motion with reference to the New Hebrides standing in his name, in order to allow the Colonial Treasurer to bring down hi? Budget. Sir Patrick Jennings accordingly made his Financial Statement, showing a deficiency for the year of £1,703,000. It is proposed to increase the easterns tariff, and to include imported barley and butter ; also, to double the present duty on heps. A 5 per cent ad valorem duty is also to Ce levied on a number ef article 3 now admitted free A I -ml tax of flm the £ on the unimproved vaun i- ; u ctid. and it is proposed to levy a is of Id in £ on all incomes over £3OO per annum. April 7. The Colonial Treasurer, in his Financial Statement last night, estimated the revenue for the cent mg vear at £3,310,000, and the eipeiniituie at £3,370.000, the latter being a reduction of £510,000 on the previous estimates. A proposal was made to extend the exemption limit from income tax to a thousand a year, but its consideration was adjourned till Tuesday next. Brisbane, April 8. The trial of Captain Sorenson, master of the schooner liouro, for malpractice connected with the Islaud labor trade, was coneluded to-day, when the accused was sentenced to 10 years’ penal servitude. I