CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 16 June 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS

. — +_ London/ It ia reported that England has completed arrangements for the purchase of Goa, a Portuguese possession in the Presidency of Bombay, India. ' ',' . Sir Charles Dj^e, has accepted an invitation to co^teki^the Forest of Dean seat. The Pungwe River question has been amicably settled, and the Anglo-Portuguese Convention signed. Lord Salisbury is likely to grant British protection to Gungunhama, the South African chief. Zouvera, who is the ruler of the country extending from North of the Zambesi River to the Pungwe River, has declared in favour of British Rule, and the Governor of Mozambique is sending troops to quell the revolt. A Bill has been submitted to Cortes to authorise the sale of the Portuguese colonies in East Africa. Canterbury mutton, 4f ; Wellington, 4d; Canterbury lamb, s£d; New Zealand beef — Forequarters, B£d ; hindquarters, 4£d. New Zealand hemp, fair quality, £20, market, firmer. .' The wool market is active. Prices at the sales, are very firm. , •Three thousand ..bales of sheep skins were offered to-day, and most of them were sold at prices equal to those ruling at last series. The strike qL omnibus men threatens to-be prolonged, as both masters and men refuse" to make further concessions.. Ten thousand hands are out, and collections are being made in the streets for their support. The Directors of the Companies reftjse to confer with the men* out on --strike, and threaten unless the offer they made a few days ago is accepted to engage new hands, In which case they will not give employment to any of their old hands, even although they may agree to accept their terms. The chairman of the London General Omnibus Company asserts that it would cost the Company £167 000 a year to accede to the men's demands. The concessions which the directors have offered to make to the men are equal to a sum of £90,000 a year. Lord Mayor Savory is mediating in the dispute.. - i The memorial service in Westminister Abbey to day in honour of the late Sir John Macdonald, Premier of Canada, was a remarkable and impressive ceremony. Her Majesty the Queen, and the Prince ! of Wales were represented, and all the members of the Cabinet and a large • number of members of the House of Commons wera present. Government has decided to withdraw the Crimes .a ct from operation in Ireland, except in < ounty Clare and a few fefcronies. The employes of the London General Omnibus and London Ttoad Car Companies, who were out on strike

have accepted the latter's teriiis, and resumed work. A man arrested at Leeds on suspicion of being connected with the murder of a child there, under circumstances similar to those attributed to " Jack the Ripper," has confessed that he committed the Whitechapel murders. The Queensland Strike. ! The Strike Committee is obtaining the opinion of the men as to whether they should declare the strike at an end. A number of Unionist shearing camps favour this course. The Strike Committee acknowledge they have been repulsed, but not defeated. . . - • •- The men will probably resume work in a few days.