CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 30 June 1896, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Paris correspondent of the Times states that Rugsia proposes to demand the neutrality of Egypt under the European concert. The trial of Jameson and his offl cer* is fixed for July 20. Mr Harrison, the British official who was arrested by the Venezuelans while supervising the construction oi a Troad along the left bank of the Cuynui River, is released. Nineteen other British people have been arrested. The directors of the South Africa Chartered Company have accepted from Mr Cecil Rhodes and Mr Alfred Beit the resignation of their positions on the board. They have also accepted the resignation of Mr Harris, secretary of the •Chartered Company at the Cape. At the same time they have passed a resolution profoundly appreciating the services of Mr Rhodes to the Empire, and one of thanks to Beit and him for their renewed pledges to assist in developing the territory in South Africa. Mr Rhodes remains in Rhodesia. New Zealand frozen mutton — First quality, BJ3 ; second qaality, 2fd. Lamb, 4|d. The quotations for New Zealand hemp are unchanged. English wheat shows a general decline of 6d ; the Continental market is dull, and the Amerioan has a downward tendency. New Zealand tallow is unchanged.