CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 11 February 1896, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

; London. New -i his been received that a j f tree of Sikh troop-! ha< d -featt-d th I Arab slave traders at. Blanfcyre, and captured fourteen chief-*, i The parictilars of the fijht with tlm slay* traders ah')W «har L 'i tt-nmt' Alston, wh'» commanded 150 regulars nijri 6000 nut v j allies, i d f ated 23.000 >f ihe tracers' f»rcep, \ destroyed th -ir f<»rts and 60 vil'ages, aod cHpuned 600 Nvassn s 1 avers. , Xhu cff.tfi vf ib.* vict.ry is to

break tbe Zambesi slave road, close ibe routes by which tho n»gr.»S were diiven to the seaboard, and open up h<» interior to legitimate trade. I Tii- IK.tteh ..<:*» WuS ou._v »iix, Ldu , that of ibi- huiivfcs wtM iurg.-i Prempeh, King of Ashadtee, has accepted tbe British protection. The statement by the New York Herald that England cedes the I land of Trinidad to Brazil is denied i Tli Wai rigal'w sbe*p have brought 28 6.1. i\lr Astor, owner of the P.UI Mall Gaz ite, ha.s dismissed Mr Cust, the • tlitor. and MrMuller, tbe sub editor, j in consequence of which the majority of tbe staff have resigned. New Zealand long berried wheat, ex warehouse, nominal ; South Australian ditto, 30s 7£d firm ; Victorian, 80s 9d, firm. New Zealand frozen meat— First quality, 3£d ; second quality, B£d. Lamb, s£d ; new supply, 6£d. The hemp market is steady. One hundred and ninety seven bales have been sold at 15 guineas each. The butter market is lifeless ; prices, nominally, lOOs to 104s. Peas are quiet at 27s 9d.