CABLE NEWS.

Woodville Examiner, Volume 3, Issue 301, 16 November 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

(Reuter's Telegrams.—Copyright.) CABLE RATES. London, Nov. 12. ■ Sir Dillon Bell, Agent-General for New Zealand, lias effected a settlement of the i New Zealand/cable “Mr J Prouder, chairman of the Eastern Exten- | sion Company. Press messages between j Australia and New Zealand will be j charged at the rate of threepence per word. OBSTRUCTION TO FEDERATION. The Times to-day publishes an article which states that Sir Graham Berry’s j claims that Australia should have a voice ■ in deciding the foreign policy of the Em- | pire is an illustration of the obstacles which he in the way of Imperial Federation, and which would paralyse English diplomacy. COMMERCIAL. New Zealand mutton is selling at d per lb. New Zealand securities remain unchanged. FROZEN MUTTON. November 13. Large quantities of New Zealand and River Plate frozen mutton are now in store. EASTERN AFFAIRS. Sofia, November 12. General Kaulbars has demanded that tlie authors of the Burgaz revolt shall be released from custody. St. Petersburg, Nov. 12. The Russian Government favour Prince Nicholas, of Mongredia, as a candidate for the throne of Bulgaria. OBITUARY. Paris, November 11. The death is announced of M. Paul Bert, French statesman. Rio De Janieuo, Nov. 13. The Shipping Company’s Ruapehu, Wellington, October 21, arrived on the evening of the lltli. The cargo of frozen mutton is in good condition. THE REVOLT IN AFGHANISTAN. Calcutta, Nov. 11. The revolt of the Ghilzais tribes in Northern Afghanistan has now been com. pletely suppressed.