CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 8 March 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. New Zealand long-berried) wheat, 48s 6d, market flat. Canterbury mutton, 4gd ; beef, fore quarters B£d, hindquarters 4£d. New Zealand hemp, flat, prices tinchanged. A hundred cases of the s.s. Maori's potatoes realised 1 s fid to 3r Gd per cwt. Butter, factory made, scarce ; first qualities, 118s; second, 112s. The Prince and Princess of Wales and Prince George have returned to town after a three weeks' stay at t Eastbourne much improved in health. j Princess May stayed with them. The restriction of the coal output has caused 200,000 Lancashire factory operatives to bo thrown out of work. The poorer classes in London are suffering acutely from the bitter weather. The price of coal has advanced another 4s owing to the feverish demand. Experts declare that there is no cause for alarm. Mr Combe, the Conservative candidate for the seat of Chertsey, rendered vacant by the death of Mr P. A. Hankey, ha 9 been returned by a majority of 1888 over Mr Barker, the Liberal representative. The election for the vacant seat of Derbyshire South, caused by the death of Mr H Wardle, resuJted in the return of Mr Broad, the Home Bule candidate, by a majority of 1250. The House df Commons by a majority of 98 voted a sum of £20,---000 for carrying out the survey of the railway route from Mombassa to Lake Victoria Nyanza. Mr Gladstone opposed the vote, fearing that if the object was carried out it would lead to war with the natives. Shipbuilding aqd other yards continue to dismiss hands, the owners refusing to pay panic prices for coal, which has advauced a further Is 6d per ton. In consequence of the advance in the price of coal the London and North Western Eailway Company are reducing the number of trains | per day. i