Thursday.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 17, 21 August 1885, Page 11

Thursday.

_ ..T 06 firet section of the Wellington-Manawatu railway from Wellington to Parramatta Iwill be opened for traffic on the 24th September. Earl Carnarvon, Lord-lieutenant of Ireland, accompanied by the Countess, is making a tour of the west of Ireland. The Vice-regal party has met so far with a hearty reception. The commercial depression which has prevailed for some time past in the United States shows signs of diminution, and trade generally is improving. Cholera continues to spread in the South of France, and several cases have appeared at Toulon. v i.v A S an assamin g the garb of a priest, and giving the name of Father Kanavacks, has been arrested in India as a Russian spy. He is thought to be identical with the ex-Communist, Oliver Pain, who, it is believed, recently kept the Mahdi informed of the movements and strength of the British troops in Egypt. The Standard, however, states that Russia has made modified proposals to tbe English Government with regard to the occupancy of the Zulfikar Pass, and that a peaceful settlement of the frontier difficulty is expected to ensue. *