CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS

Manawatu Herald, 24 April 1894, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS

Under th¥ Mr Morley- proposes that- Irish ten?;, ants evicted since 1879 (if the farms on which they resided are still in the landlords' hands) should appeal to three Government arbitrators, who may, if they think fit, reinstate them on the land. The arbitrators will fix the amount of the rent, the landlord to receive two years' arrears, the tenant paying half the amount and the State half out of tbe sum of £100,000 to be taken from the. Irish Church Fund. The landlords will be able to insist on their tenants purchasing the holdings at the prices to be fixed by the arbitrators. Where land - grabbers occupy farms they will not be expropriated unless willing, when they, will be paid compensation, half by the tenant and half by the State. Mr John Dillon and Mr Sexton welcome the Bill. The Parnellites oppose it, and the Unionists are reserved in their attitude. Mr Gladstone is ailing in health. Information has been received that the French stopped the Governor of Sierra Leone, on the Wist Coast of Africa, from going into the interior to enquire into the attitude of natives, threatening to kill him it he persisted in his intention. In his speech before the Primrose L?ague, Lord Salisbury said he would „not oppose the judicious reform of the House of Lords. If that chamber were made elective, it would; be able to insist on equity regarding executive and finance, and the House of Commons would lose its supremacy. The Daily Ghronicle is responsible for the statement that systematic sacrilege in French churches has been traced to Lhe Society fur the Worship of the Devil in Paris, whose lithurgy is a parody on the Roman Catholic Mass. In the House of Commons, Captain C. W. Norton, M.P. for West Newington, moved, and Mr Labo.i chere seconded, a motion to abolish the annuity to the Duke of SaxeCoburg, . The Radicals supported the motion which was rejected by 230 votes. Sir J. Lubbock's .amendment to the proposed Scotch Grand Committee was ruled out of order. The Government intend to limit the proposal only to small measures, excepting the Local Government Bill.