CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 12 October 1895, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The yonng Duke of Marlborough is to be married in New York on November 14th. Major Evans, philatelist, has written to Mr Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, accusing Mr Cook, Postmaster-General of New South Wales, of debasing the philatelic currency by issuing re prints of out-of«dato stamps postmarked as if they had been used. The Buteshire has arrived from New Zealand, and landed 1188 sheep, which are reported to be in good condition. The Urmston Orange had an excellent passage, and her f odder was good, but the cattle were much wasted. Experts consider they are too old and rough, and little better I than the Southern Cross lot Four j died the first week out from Sydney aa the result of rough handling. | Cardinal Vdnghan, replying to the I Italian Premier, said the Pope con*

tinues to claim temporal sovereignty, and at an opportune moment it is certain to be restored. Miss ' Elsie Hall, of Sydney, has Won the Mendelssohn Staafc Stipend- j ium at Berlin. The prize is 1500 marks, and the competition Was opon to all Germany. 0. R. Harding; known as " Wag " Harding, has challenged James Stan bury to row him for the sculling championship of the world and £500 a side. He suggests the Thames course, and offers Stanbury expenses, The Buteshire's sheep have arrived in excellent condition, and are quite equal to any .that ha\te yet arrived from the Colony. The Free Labour Conference, representing 120,000 men, condemned the action of the unions in attemping to force the Government to introduce the Employers' Liability Bill, which, the Conference believe, Would inflict injustice on employers. At the English Church Congress at Norwich a strong opinion was ex> pressed that union with Rome was impossible. Afc the Islington Dairy Show the Colonial Consignment Company obtained a silver lriedal for Colonial produce and also Reynolds' bronste medal for a collection of New Zaaland produce. Messrs Huddarfc, Parker and Company have ordered a new steamer for the inter-colonial trade, larger than the Tasmania^