CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 23 February 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

+L London. Lord Glasgow, the new Governor of New Zealand, sails for Melbourne in the Austral. A company is being formed for the purpose of growing and exporting I fruit from Weßtern Australia. The Hon. A. J. Balfom* has introduced into the House of Commons the Local Government Bill ibr Ireland. The meag^re proposes to

crsata baronial and county council slanted, triennially under a franchise similar to that existing for Parlianieniay factions, women and peers also voting, and the functions of the councils! to be solely adrainistrat v . A minority vote is also introduced a 9 another precaution to prevent reckless spending, corruption, andoppression. Mr J. Morley expressed his opinion that the Bill would seriously increase the difficulty of government without improving anything illiberal or reactionary. Mr John Bedmond declared that the measure was beneath contempt. The Bill was read a first time, and the second reading fixed for this day fortnight Sir W. V. Harcourt, speaking at Whitechapel, said both the Irish parties and the Liberals were practically unanimous in condemning Mr Balfour's Local Government Bill for Ireland as a sham. Mr Balfour, in a speech at the Constitutional C üb, said the- Irish demands were dangerous and imposible. He did not believe Mr Gladstone had a scheme for Home Rule in existance yet. New Zealand long-berried wheat, firm at 43s 9d. Frozen mutton —Canterbury, 4£d ; Wellington, 4sd ; Canterbury lamb 6£d Beef, hindquarters, 4£d. Six hundred bales of New Zealand hemp sold at slightly easier prices ; fair to medium quality is quoted at £22 per ton. South Australian wheat firmer at 445; Victorian steady at 43s 6d. For Australian wheat on passage sellers ask 40s 9d ; buyers offer Is less. Consignees complain thai; butter shipped as first class is really second quality, and that there is great scarcity of choice qualities. The balance of the factory shipment ex : Aorangi has been disposed of from 110s to 115s ; Oratava's, from 108s to 112s. A portion of that ex Maori was heated before shipping. Owing to the frost and scarcity of Danish butter prices have risen 4s. The debate on the first reading of the Irish Local Government Bill was carried out with great virulence, and the speakers were frequently interrupted by jeers. The Times declares the Local Government Bill makes vast concessions and declares the shout of execration raised by sections of the Opposition to have been pre arranged. The St James' Gazette says the negotiations respecting Captain Younghusband's arrest in the Pamir by the Russian Expedition are likely to result in the Russian Government offering an apology. The assets and liabilities of Murietta and Co. have been trans' ferred to the Realisation Company;'" In the House of Commons op Saturday, Mr J. W. Lowther, ♦'oli* tical Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that the Government had de voted the sum of £40,000 towards lighthouses in the Red Sea. Sir C. Dilke has challenged Mr Stead, Editor of the Review of Reviews, to contest a seat for Parlia* ment with him.