CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 12 January 1895, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. . It is reported that the naval programme this year includes the construction of seven great cruisers* and thirty

Owing to the difficulty in floating the company projected by Mr Valentine, the Nelsons will not join it, and the scheme has been abandoned for the present. If it can be successfully financed in the future, they may rejoin. Mr Valentine hopes to be able to arrange for the distribution of dairy produce and fruit on co operative lines. Lord Dunraven's challenge for the America Gup has been accepted. " The Miners' Federation Conference at Birmingham has condemned the proposed compulsory boards of arbitration, as inimical to trades unions. The London Anarchists discovered that one of their comrades was a French spy, and thereupon forced him'to reveal the intentions of the French Government at the muzzle of; a revolver. At the meeting of the New Zealand Midland Railway Company Mr Salt, the chairman, strongly denounced the New Zealand Government, whose treatment of the Company he characterised as outrageous. Sir Brace Burnside, who has been appointed arbitrator on behalf of the Company, and Mr Salt, leave for New Zealand on Friday to give evidence. The American dealers have refused to grant the meat salesmen the rebate of a pound weight on each quarter. The salesmen have combined to offer resistance. It is alleged that the change will involve a loss of a million per annum to England.