CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 26 January 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Irish press agserfc that there is a probability of the Irish parties amalgamating, and express a wish for Mr Gladstone to mediate. There were 2000 people present at the requiem service over the remains of the late Cardinal Manning, which took place at the Oratory. Fifteen hundred of the London police are down with influenza. New Zealand long berried wheat, 445, market flat. Wellington mutton, Sfd; beef, hindquarters, 4£d ; forequarters, 4&d. Factory butter, £6 ; prime dairy, £5 6s, market full. Complaints are general about bad packing and irregular weighing. The National Mortgage Agency of New Zealand has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. The Directors in their report statr that if New Zealand imposes a tax on debentures, the withdrawal*- of capital will speedily result. The election for the vacant seat of Rossendale in the House of Commons occasioned by the Marquis of Hartington going to the H6use of Lords, resulted as follows: -Mr Maden, Rome Rule candidate 6066; Mr Brooks, Unionist, 4841. New Zealand hemp is in fair demand at an advance of 10s per ton. The men at the Sunderland ship yards have struck as a protest against a reduction in their wages.