CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Standard, Issue 2067, 13 May 1887, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

London, May 10. In the House of Commons, replying to a question, Sir J. E. Gorst, Under-Secretary of State for India, stated that the latest from Afghanistan showed that a number of actions had been (ought between the Ameer's troops and the rebels. Both sides claimed s victory, but there was undoubted information to prove that the Ameer was holding bis own, and had strongly fortified Herat. Beach is the favorite in the betting in bis forthcoming match with Hanlan. The Agent-General for Victoria, acting upon the telegram from his Government, has proposed to the Postmaster-General that a threepenny rate of postage be levied on letters carried wholly by sea between Engs land and Australia. The charges against the London Corpora* tion have been proved under circumstances of a mitigatory character. la consequence ot the recent disturbance between the Mussulman and Christian population of Crete, the Turkish Government have ordered two ironclads and five battalions of troops to proceed to the island. Latest advices from Crete report that order has now been restored. Her Majesty the Queen will lay the foundation stone of the Imperial Institute on the 4th of July next. Over £150,000 have already been subscribed for the Institute in Great Britain alone, and the Committee are preparing, and will publish next week, a scheme providing for the appointment of a thoroughly representative governing body. May 11. Le Temps states that it is believed that M. Waddington and the Marquis of Salisbury have arrived at an amicable settlement of the New Hebrides question. SvuNET, May 11. In the Legislative Assembly last night startling revelations were made regarding the management of the Lunatic Asylums in the colony. Charges were brought against the authorities of starving and illtreatiug the inmates. Melbourne, May 10. The manager of (he National Mortgage | and Agency Company reports as follows of i the local market , —Wheat, is to 4sld. firm, j and active demand ; bailey, la ()J to oa Oil, firm ; outs, feed sorts, 2a ltd to 2s 10,1, j slightly impioved tendency ; oats, milling i sorts, 2s ;id ~’ - It* 1. steady ; New Zealand I oais, under in.ud, 2s Lo 2s 2d.