CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS:

Manawatu Herald, 8 December 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS:

London. Mi 1 Nelson, ona of the Wjll-kuown (mvi of KdiiiliurjMi yulilNic-i's, liaa bequeathed £• 50,000 to a workmen's club in Edinburgh, nnd £20,000 to charities in the same city. Mnils by the P. and 0." t.V« Himalaya roaclu'd Lanci.ui fiMiu iJouibay in 18£ days, which inj ■■ tht* shortest time on record Mr Gladstone was prepyiiteit with the freedom of Liverpool. Immense enthusiasm was shown. Mr Gladstone said he believed the Manchester Ship Cann! would be nn enormous gain to Liverpool. The Daily News states thac England, Germany and the United States will conjointly restore order in Samoa. The signalman by whose neglect, induced by want of sleep, the fatal l'ailwayaccidentatThh'ak Was caused was convicted of manslaughter. The ■-Judgfe 'merely sentenced him to come np for sentence when called upon. The newspapers publish thrilling details of tho narrow escape that the Atlantic steamer Spree, which broke her shaft, had of foundering. The Spree, .which was bound from Bremen to New York, broke her propejler 700 miles off the coast and drifted about in a helpless state for two days. The passengers, among whom was Mr Moody, the evangelist, were rescued hy passing vessels. . It is stated that th? report of Lord Onslow's committee will be favourable to General Booth The members find there has boon no wrong, ful use of money entrusted to the Salvation Army. .; iMddiuni-combing wools have de-clined-6! per cent. Competition is weaker all round, and Australian wool is at 7 Ad to 9d.