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Manawatu Herald, 18 July 1895, Page 2

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Sir William Harcourt admitted that he could not conceal the magnitude and surprising nature of his own defeat. Mr Primrose, who headed the Derby poll, is. an old resident in Derby, and an employer of labour. Sir William Harcourt and his wife were pelted with cabbages and filth while driving through Derby. Mr Drage, second in the Derby poll, was Secretary to the Labour Commission. The Daily News attributes Sir W. V. Harcourfc's defeat for Derby to the undue prominence which he gave to the local veto. It is reported that the Govern* ment. has obtained the consent of a member of the Boyal Family to reside in Ireland. Colonel Saunderson, speaking at Longhall, said the Government intended to abolish the pb3t of LordLieutenant of Ireland and establish a Boyal Besident in the country. Serious faction rioting has taken place in Cork over the elections. The police with difficulty quelled the disturbance, and many of the rioters had to be removed to the Hospital. vDaly, who was elected for Limerick .unopposed, is an exconvict, who was convicted of being concerned in a dynamite outrage. Messrs Montague Nelson, W. S. Davidson, W. T. Holmes, M. 0. IThompjon, and B. H. Dyan have • Nib ippoialid ilvMtori of ibi

Nelson Bros.' Co-operative Company. Other seats are reserved for colonial representatives. Means Davidson and Thompson retire from the directorate of Nelson Bros. (Limited). The Advisory |Board of the new company in New Zealand consist! of the Hon. J. Q. Ward, the flqn. John McKenzie and Mr W. Nelion. The American wheat marketß are recovering, after a sharp decline. The English and Continental . arev moving in sympathy with the American markets. Cargoes of Victorian wheat baft been iold as follows :— Ex barque Mandalay, 24s 7£d ; ex ships King David and Boadicea, 28s 3d. It is estimated that the English wheat crop will be two million quarters below that of last season. At the tallow sale, owing to the poor demand, the holders withdrew all the stocks advertised for y sale. Prices have nominally deohn«Hßd. Melbourne butter, factory-mad*, ii quoted at 935. . '...?■ The Prince of Wales reviewed the Italian and British ijeete oifcJßjjithead. The combined fleets gate a fine display of torpedo tactics. .. The Queen sent a message to King Humbert expressing the hope thai the friendship which has been clearly founded between the two nations might be perpetuated. ' ' Mr H. M. Stanley, the exj^orer, Conservative, has been elected for North Lambeth by a majority of 400. defeating Mr C. F. Trevelyan. Mr Fowler, Conservative, has won the Bradford West election, defeating the Liberal candidate and Mr Ben Tilletfc, the Labour 'candidate. This is a Conservative gain. , At Battersea, Mr John Burns, the well-known Labour leader, was reelected, defeating Mr Ridley Smtyb, Queenslander, by 259. Major Banes, Conservative, de> feated Mr Eeir Hardie for West Ham South by 775. ■•'•'/' Sir William Harcourt's defeat is attributed to the combined attacks of publican's. He has been offered two seats, but has not decided which to accept. -'"'.. The Times denounces the return of Mr Daly, as he was, it says, leader in the most villainous plots of 1884. It asserts that Mr McCarthy's Party did not dara to oppose so popular a criminal, and it is oertain the House of Commons will declare him in* capable of sitting. The wool sales continue spirited and prices are unchanged. Americans are buying heavily.