Condensed Cablegrams.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XII, Issue 259, 12 April 1889, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams.

LONDON

The 'uneral of the Duchess of Cambridge takes place on Saturday. . The personality of the late John Bright amounts to three-quarters of a millioa.

The New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Company (Lhnted), have received the following telegram from their London office, dated 6th iosfcint : — Wool— The sales gain firmess as they progress. Tallow has advanced £1 per ton since last repo t, New Zealand flax— The market is lower. Medium, quality is wo' th £85 per ton. i-rozeu meat. — Muiton — The market has au up ward tende 1 icy. Cautetbury"is worth 4£d, and Wellington 4fd per lb. " The fleet will assemble at Spith^ad for the summe manoeuvres on the* 16th Ju y. In tJio Hoiu-e "f ''ominous the Scotch L <<:n! Government Bill was read the first time. The measure has !-een well received. I

The court-martial on the captain" and officers of H.M.S. Sultan, recently wrecked on tbe island of Comino, between Malta and Gozo, is concluded. Captain Bice was censured for keeping too close in shore. New Zealand wool is hardening, especially for »reasy merino-t. The death is announced of Mr J. Coutta Crawford, formerly Sheriff of Wellington. FOREIGN It is reported that M. Tirard, the Premier, ha 5 * demanded the expulsion of General Boulanger from Belgium. General Boulanger, in the course of an interview, stated that he anticipated that at the next elections 70 departments would return his nominees to the Chamber of Deputies. The General also expressed an opinion that the Senate would find him guility of the charges now being heard against him and sentence him to penal servitude for life in New Caledonia.

The Boulangisfcs" ft*e rioting at Rouen.