CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 11 October 1890, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London Mv Gladstone, in a letter to the press denounces the outro 1 ot the colonies by I) tuning street officials. The ditficu' ties in wl.ii-h W. stgarth and Co are involved aw due in a large measure to tk • <)oj re«i>ion of ihe la^t Victorian loan and the in-

ability to unload themselves of stock in onsequenc9 of the expoctati n uf nvth'M- borrowi g. Other syndicates are alto sever \y strained. Tin? stut erne t prepared by Westgar'hnndi'o show a clear balance of ov v £00,000, aid thut the diffiuul yis c tirelv due to the fall xn col li'al stocks. They say that Yio o ian si.ncka were virtu lly un saleable, arid deny the rumours that tho embarrassment h>s been i •Mou-rlit ii bout by speculation Atne. can ba kers consider the position of t c firm is perfectly tound. Mr Pavnell's absence from the Conference at Dublin has provoked sc-ms comment. It is believed he is indignant at the American societies refusing to subordinate themselves to the Central League in Dublin. Mr Parne'l is also stated to be i annoyed at the five Bishops denouncing the Plan of Campaign, and at the failure of New Tipperary. Lord Salisbury is pressing Portugal for an indemnity for the seizure of the Lake C mpany's steamerThere is sime uneasiness in Portugal over the political situation.