Condensed Cablegrams.

Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1889, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams.

LONDON. The annual boat race between the Cambridge and Oxford Universities was rowed over the usual course, from Putney to Mortlake. The Cambridge crew led throughout and won easily by three lengths. Time, 20iuin i4aec. Mr Feo wick's motion in the House of Commons that it was expedient that members should receive an honorarium was rejected. In the House of Commons, Mr Justin McCarthy, M.P. for Londonderry, in the absence of Mr Parnell de ivered a warm eu'ogium on John Bright He said it was impossible to forget his splendid services, and he claimed the «ight of I eland to deposit a mourning wreath on the tomb pf the deceased statesman. At the funeral of Jobn Bright at Rochdale, Lancashire, Her Majesty the Queen sent a wreath from Biarritz, where she h sojourning. Workmen from the mills belonging to the deceased acted as pall-bearera. Mr J. Chamberlain Was present A memorial service was held at West minister Abbey, at w'lich Lord Har ington and Mr Childers were • ■resent, and the Prince of Wa es wus ropresented by his equerry. The services were conducted by Dr Granville Bradley, Bean of W'eßt minister, who regretted that deceased was not buried in the Ab'iey.