CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, 19 December 1891, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London, i Morris, the inventor of the wSll j known tube used in rifles, which is , : known as the "Morris tube," has committed suicide. The wool sales closed on December 15th, biddings being fairly spirited '. up to the end. 11,000 bales were sold for the Continent, 9000 for America, 66,000 for Home consumption, and 6000 were held over, j Compared with the opening prices j superior merino and crossbreds were a trifle higher. Very hurry sorts fi were easier, and others were unchanged. On the whole the prices have been irregular. His Holiness the Pope has con- j ferred a distinction on the Bishop of Limerick for resisting boycotting in £ Ireland. Fierce rioting has taken place in Ennis, County Clare, which was provoked by the followers of the late C. * S. Parnell. Many persons were injured by sticks and stones, and Mr 1 J. Dillon was struck across the face - ] The priests were openly defied and ! hooted, but eventually the polioe were « successful in dispersing the mob. Truth states it is probable Lord ( Wolseley will succeed Lord Stanley ' 'f Preston as Gpvernor-General of ' Canada. Frozen meat — Mutton market ( firmer, Canterbury is worth 4d per lb. There is rather a better demand for New Zealand beef, forequarters are worth 2fd per lb. Other quotations unchanged. Shippers of Danish butter to England recognise that Australian competition is becoming dangerous. A portion of the factory-made butter, exss. Kaikoura, frow New Zealand, sold at from 124s to 126s per cwt'