CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Issue 24, 23 November 1880, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

# (ketjteu's telegrams). London, November 16. Best Scotch pig hon, So. l,fo^b. in Clyde. 555. * Galvani-ed iron, 26 gauge, £17 ss. November 18. A very severe snowstorm has f -.lieu in Scotland. The first four heats of the International Regatta were rowed, tpduy on the Thames, in the presence of a large number of spectators. The fol-""^ lowing were the results : — First heat : Lay cock. 1 ; Hawdon, 2. Second heat : Wallace Ross, 1 ; Riley, 2'l Third heat: Hosmei, 1; Smith, 2. Fourth heat : Trickett, L, Nicholson _. Tho defeated oarsmen* are — KHi t, Harrier, Largan Feby, Gibson, Anderson, and Clasper, who do I not compete further, Two more heats will be pulled tomorrow, Fri-

(•ay, and the final contest will take place on Saturday. A Cabinet Comncil was held again yesterday, but no decision was come io as to the policy to be pursued in Ireland. 1 The question of holding a winter session of Parliament was also considered, but was likewisa left in abeyance. It has transpired thac Mr Chamberlain, 'he President of the Board of Trade, d- raands of his colleagues that reforms shall be carried out in Ireland together with the coercive mea •ures which they piopose to adopt. In the House of Lords, Lord Granville made a speech in which he stated that the Government had resolved to pass a Bill which would assimilate the Borough and County franchise. Calcutta, November 18. News has been received that a revolt of nativo tribes has broken out in Cashmere. Melbourne, November 19. The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand offer here £500 reward for the discovery of the Tararua gold robber, The steamship Protos, with a cargo of meat, has sailed for England. November 19. Mr Berry's Reform of the Constr* tution Bill proposes 35 single electorates and tbat members be elected to the Legislative Assembly for six years. There is nothing said in the Bill with regard to the powers of both Houses.