CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 6 November 1890, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London, It is reported that the Marquis ef Salisbury will petition tho Bankruptcy Court; to recover his costs in tho libel action brought against him by Mr O'Brien. The Yen T. T. Perowne, Archdeacon of Norwich, has boen appointed Bishop of Worcester. Hon J. A. ha'four, hi' f Socretary of Irelnnd, has comple ed hii tour of the districts in livlaud which are affected with po ato blight. Throughout tho visithe was received with surprising cordiality and marks of respect. The municipal elections have resulted in fayour of the Liberal -. At the Antwerp wo' .-aks 940 1 ales of Aus ralian wo 1 wor ■ sold at Id jier lb below the rates realised at the closiu" series of London ■ sales. River VU te wool so] d at 15 per cent ■ clow iho I.isl sa.i.-.s a'; Ant- i werp. i A circular i-suod by Iho Tiiid^g Council states that vari 'tis tra .'e.s in England have sufficient funds in

iv? ewe oen ho them 'o g' ant the ha- of i' 20,000 r-qui -a by tiie | Au« vai.-in sri ws if tho respective U iunri are iigru lib « to ihn fun's b«in^ devoted to ih t obj.'Ct. Ihe oi eu ar al o appea s r.o tlio Unions in fan <la ;\\u\ the United Staves to ender mo-inta y a-sist nee to ilio strikers in Austr 'li -. lhe Shipping- Feder t'oi b;>liev lia if tli la inu: ap of ve^se s is res >r ed (v it wi.l not exceed a for - night, o\v ng to the abundance of fro men. 'I he Fxecutive ot the Typo ahicul •Soctsty das adv.sed the London compositors to abstain from further subscribing to the Australian Strike Fund. Mr Patrick O'Brien, M.P. for Tipperary North, has been imprisoned for contempt of court in photographing, by means of a detective camera, a witness who was giving evidence in the- Tipperary cases. The Agents General of the various Australian co'onies and Mr Cecil Bailees, Postmaster-General, have arranged a 2^,d posrage rate between the c -lonies and Great Britain, to f-ome into operation on the Ist Janua-'-y, 1891 v The rate for postcards has been fixe:l at 2d, and it j has been decided that unp:.: 1 1 : 1 1 -r-: ' and letters bearing deficient postage will bo charged double rate. An augements have been made for the continuation of the Brindisi mail train service, and France and Italy have been aske^ to join.