CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 26 November 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Times states that it is not improbable that a Colonial Conference will be held in London nest year. Bishop Moorhouse advices that five years' notice be given to hotel proprietors of the withdrawal of

licenses ; and that 80,000 public" houses should be abolished; arid fresh licenses be granted in the prdporfcioh 01 one house to each 1000 people. Ifc is reported that the Government will allow the Transvaal Eppublic to occupy. Swaziland, on condition that the fioers treat the natives well; and niaintairi the rights of the white residents already settled hi the country. The announcement that the Government has decided to retain Uganda is confirmed. The London County Council has appointed a Committee of fifteen to superintend the . execution" of Works without the intervention of contractors. The total quantity of wool arrived up to date is 207,000 bales, of which 20,000 have been sent forward to the manufacturing districts. With the quantity held over from last series the total available for the ensuing series will be 238,000 bales. The prospects are good. A portion of the butter, ex s.s. Massilia, from Australia, was sold at 120s to 124s per cwt. Michael Dalton, one of the tenants evicted from Smith Barry's estate at Tipperary, deposed before the Commission that joining in the Plan of Campaign cost him £10,000. It is reported that the Cabinet has allotted £75,000 for the reinstatement of evicted tenants in Ireland.