CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 25 April 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. Mr C. Raikes, Postmaster-General, asserts that a penny postage to the colonies and India would involve an additional loss of £75,000 per annum. A dissolution of Parliament in the autumn is assured. The Trustees Liability Bill which the Government propose to introduce in the House of Commons will widen the scope of the investment of trust funds by trustees. Mr William Lidderdale has been re-elected Governor of the Bank of England. General Booth has been left a legacy of seventy thousand pounds by a widow. It is probable that Mr J. G. Blame Secretary of State, will be nominated for the Presidency. Mr De Cobain writes that he is prepared to return to meet the charges provided his Mends advise him that it is necessary to do so. In addressing the annual meeting of tha Primrose League to-day the Marquis of Salisbury said that prosperity and tranquility were resulting from resolute government in Ireland and he condemned the practice of the hierarchy in Ireland in attempting to secure political control in that country. The Times eulogises Mr Parnell for supporting the Irish Land Purchase Bill. Mr John Redmond, M.P., addressed a meeting at Dublin to-day, when he declared that the National League and Plan of Campaign would collapse for want of funds, and said that seceders from Mr Parnell would be responsible for it. Mr Morrell, a Conservative, has been elected for the vacancy for the Woodstock seat in the House of Commons, caused by the resignation of Mr F. W. McLean, Q.C. Mr Morrell defeated Mr Benson, the Home Rule nominee, by 688 votes. Men o -war are preventing two hundred fishing craft in Fortune Bay from supplying bait to French fisherman. The enforcement of the Bait Act against Newfoundland fisherman has led to their showing a defiant attitude, and they still continue to carry bait to St Pierre, an island off the south coast of Newfoundland and a fishing station belonging to the French. Eight hundred cases of influenza are reported in Yerkshire, and many of the factories are only able to worktime, as a large number of hands are affected. The disease is also prevalent in London and numerous cases are reported. South Africa. The members of the Willoughby expedition state that they offered to pay duty to the Portuguese, and waited to days without receiving a reply. They then proceeded up the Pungwe, but the Portuguese opened fire, and seized the steamers Agnes and Shark, which were towing the lighters laden with provisions for the garrison at Fort Salisbury. The Portuguese allege that a breach of the fiscal rules was committed, and also state they intend to prevent anyone entering the Pungwe until Massikesse is evacuated. Five thousand armed men convoy the Boers' expedition to Mashonaland. It is reported that Germany will cling to England in regard to the West African territory and South Congo. The republic which the Boers are forming in Manicaland has been under way for four years, and will be proclaimed on 3rd June. The Boer expedition includes 1000 Tape colonists, and represents the Africander band which now distrusts Rhode's Imperial schemes. The expedition will cross the Limpopo on June 2nd, and the Republic will be declared on the following day. The Republic will be established on the basis of a treaty granted to the Boer farmers ten years ago. The English press is unanimous in the opinion that a lesson should be taught Portugual for its action in Mashonaland. The Daily Telegraph insists that it is the duty of the Marquis of Salisbury to send a British fleet to, Lisbon to demand satisfaction. The Government of Capetown has forwarded a protest against the inao- !

tion of the Imperial Government with regard to Portuguese action in Mashonaland. 40 The Marquis of Salisbury has de^ manded from the Portuguese Govern- -^ ment an explanation of the event, and should it be unsatisfactory, will insist on reparation. The Africander band is now said to be disposed to favour Mr Cecil Rhodes' suggestion for averting a collision between the Boers 1 expedition and the South Africander Company. There is great excitement at the Cape, owing to a report that the Marquis of Salisbury will only remonstrate with Portugal for its action in Mashonaland. - N The Capetown Times hints that it\ would be advisable to lower the British standard in South Africa. Portugal agrees to respect the modus vivendi and to open the Pungwe river for British vessels. Paul Kruger, President of Transvaal, has put a damper on the Boer expedition and arrested several of its leaders. Sir Henry Loch warned President Kruger that the Boer expedition was regarded as an act of hostility towards the Queen. It is understood that the Governor of Mozambique stopped the Willoughby expedition, which was proceeding to Mashonaland, on express orders received from Lisbon. The Times, in discussing the Mashonaland emeute, looks on the situation with Portugal as critical, and considers that the lives of foreign residents, especially British will be placed in great danger in the event of a revolution or riots breaking out in the disturbed country. It is reported that the Portuguese Minister has informed ,the Marquis of Salisbury that extreme* action with regard to the Mashonaland dispute is unnecessary, ■ v: . . . „ Intelligence has^e^ef^§|yfi4f of a serious rising at Bisß^vrftf^|eap|)rt in Senegambia. Six thousand natives attacked 400 Portuguese native troops and defeated them. The eausalties on the Portuguese side were four officers and 71 men killed and 22 wounded. Reinforcements are to be sent from here to assist in quelling the rising.