Condensed Cablegrams.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 18 February 1890, Page 2

Condensed Cablegrams.

LONDON. .

News bos been received that tho British cruiser Conquest, 14 gims, 2880 tous, has gone ashoro on the Island of Pemba, of the Zanzibar coast. In the course of his remarks on the Address-in-Reply, Mr Gladstone approved the policy of the Marquis of Salisbury* with regard to the dispnte with Portugal. He aW commended the Government for the manner in which the Simoan and Swaziland difficulties had been satisfactorily arranged. He urged that pressure should be brought to beav on the Transvaal Government to extend the franchise to Englishmen,, and genenlly approved tbo Government '. administration in Southern Afvicn, wher» he said their colonial posses. ;

'ions in America and Air tralia. He J 1 refe £cd.so the grbss 8p *ndal of the L'orcf^i'Owin^ Mc^iss^ 15 y who li id lieen :;o< wj victod; of gross cruelty to Armeaia'pp.^o go'lr c ;,aml h so to th* '.lisoi'd'jri'D d'tite Vjeimprovt'mwut ta ire'auu, he c ns^'end e^ranfr rioru li ineand d.c sa utaiy Lfluoncf of i'Dprovea ugri^ult ire, flftl iw tLtUjjlit-tuat v4i!,.'.ooAi . Govern jnent. «tr cone ile.l io she a <?. 1 <}*n«.nedon a liber.i bits-is which would be acceptol. If a mggard'y spirit «e-e iji.X^/iiilSr^i^Y 1 1 I .!^ pr/bEii^ly^ lead to new agitation 'springing up. H. H. H. the Prince of Wales en* tertained Mr Toole, the actor, who fs leavMg for 'Australia by the P. an (•). Cp'sßrijttania on2ofch February, at a banquet at the Q-arrick Club. In the absence of Lord Eosebarry and Sir R. Clarke, Solicitor-General, Mr Tool e proposed " The Colonial Empire, " to which there was no re- 1 sponee. Lord Eandolph Churchill and Sir HVA. Isaacs, Lord Mayor of London, were present. The Times states that though the report is colourless and guarded in judical language, it thoroughly coiu firms the main part of tleir case. The general effect of their charges, it asserts, remains unshaken, and it believes that the country will accept the judgement completely as confirming the arguments they had urged. The difficulties between importers and wool warehouses arising out of the threatened strike of dockers hen been compromised. The dock iabourers intend to renew their demands in April. The Dock Companies have warned the clerks and foremen in their employ that they will be dismissed if they refuse to do labourers work when ordered. All the Union men at Hull' have informed their emploj r eis that on and after Monday they will refuse to work with non-unionists. The Dockers' Union has become affiliated with the London Trades' CoimcilThe New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, (Limited) have received the fo lowing cable message from their London office, dated 14th instant :— Tallow — Market irregular and dull. Good mutton: Market is easier. Canterbury and Wellington are- w«rth 4|d and 4^-d por lb respectively. Beef :—Market is better. New Zealand beef, forequarters and hind quarters are worth. 4d and 4£ per lb respectively.