CABLEGRAMS.
[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] [by blectbio telegraph—copyright.]'

THE CANADIAN SCANDALS.
GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION. RESIGNATION OF THE MINISTRY. Ottawa, October 20. The Government have decided to proceed against Mr A. S. Necal, late Government printer, for the recovery of 15,000 dollars, which he is said to have received in bribes... In the mean l ime, Necal's property has been at tached. It is reported that the member s of the Cabinet have handed thei r resignation to the Premier in conse quence of strictures passed upon the Ministry in connection with the recent scandals. •

OAMARU HARBOUR BOARD.
THE BONDS.
London, October 20. In a letter, to the bondholders, the Oamara Harbour Board state that they will only be able to pay half of the in terest now due on the last, loan, as droughts, strikes, and competition with the railway have materially reduced the revenue for the past year. The Oarnaru Harbour Board bonds fell 30 per cent, and are now quoted at 75.
THE NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY.
Sydney, October 21,

Owing to the death of his mother, Mr Dibbs has not been able to com plete the task of forming a Ministry, and on the Assembly meeting to-day, it was agreed to adjourn until Monday next.
A MISSING SCHOONER.
Sydney, October 21,

The s.s, Lubeck, which arrived to day from Samoa, reports that no tidings have been received of the German schooner Uvea, which left Samoa on July 25th for Quiros, and she is be lieved to have.been lost. It is now definitely known that the Rev. Father Didier, Catholic missionary, is not on board the. missing vessel.
ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.
