Condensed Cablegrams. . • _ . _-_*

Manawatu Herald, 30 July 1889, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams. . • _ . _-_*

LONDON. I Mr Gladstone has been complimented by Her Majesty the Queen' and the 1 rince of Wales on the celebration of his go den wedding, and a are it fete-Has beefr-held at the National Liberal Club in honour of the event. In a disoussion ini the House of Commons on grants to ike Royal Family, Mr Gladstone, in an eloquent speech, oombated -the arguments of La**ouchere. He severely condemned the shabby attacks made on the ', ivil list and repudiated microscopic inspection of the Queen's household expenses.*^ * splendd court* iu a country lilt e Eugliin^ was, he conJwided, l^ieeessity. OffVe hundred bales of New Zealand : b

hemp have been sold, slowly at easier rates. New Zealand mutton is quoted at Before the Times-Parnell Commission, an accountant expert deposed that tbe disposal of £94,000 of the Land League funds wasupexplained. The amount includes £76,000 of the funds of the Ladies' League. TheTimes-Parnell Commission adjournes over the vacation term. Sir Hemy James commences His address on 22nd October. •? New Zealand has been awarded a gold medal for her exhibits of wool at the Paris Exhibition. General Grenfell will attack the Dervishes is force in a week. * Germany has withdrawn from the treaty of 1876 with Switzerland, and the Swiss are being expelled from Germany. ■ - * ■ The inhabitants havb expelled the Turkish authorities f com Varnos and CidoLia in < rete, and. burned the archives The peasant population are taking refuge in Relymo. It is expected that unless Turkey concedes their demands the: two parties now opposed to one another under the names of "Barefoots"and"Havresacks " will coalesce and declare for annexation to Greece. . A revolt haa.bqpkpn -out in Crete, and there is a generftl dempnd for British protection. Turkey lias despatched two warships and four regi* ments to the seat .of the disturbance. The tallow inirket is firth., Best mutton, 27s 6d ;'Tbe.st beef.^fcs 6d. Ox hid^s 2|d to S-Jd per lb. New Zealand hemp £28: 15s to £29. The wedding of. the,Duke of Fife to Princess Louise of Wales wa* celebrated in »he Small ' Chapel at Buckingham Palace •pn Saturday. The Arehbisbop qf ? Canterbury performed the ceremony; ißAr',Majeety the Queen was present* tandh-SBiong ' other Royal, pe sOnagea; wrttt the -. King of Greece and Prjnpe Fredrick, . the CrOwn Prince of JDeumwfk. lhe German section of; thp. Royal Family approve the family. ■ alliance _ to the _ nglish mobility* The alliance is received ratl-St'CO^y by the middle class, while the lower classes varinly approve it.