CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 10 December 1896, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The t Times says tha recent gale was the most terrific of the century. Great damage haa been done in Eastern and Southern England and ; Western France. I The electric railway between Brighton, Kemptown and Rottingdean is ruined. Wreckage from the Brighton chain pier, destroyed in the gale, was dashed against the Western Pier, and cut it in halves. Foreign. The Young Turkish movement is extending, despite the constant arrests of members of the party who are punished by torture and exile. Lord Elgin reports that partial rains are improving the Indian crops, and that prices are falling. Two hundred and seventy thousand people are employed on relief works. The Turkish Ambassador at Bt. Petersburg has reported to his Government that a complete agreement exists between England and Russia for the execution of Turkish reforms. The Forte is strongly impressed by the unwelcome information. Twelve thousand men of the Greek Reserves are being mobilised. It is believed that this step is taken owing to the menacing situation in the Balkans. A great sensation has been caused in Greeoe by the mobilisation of the Reserves. The President, in a menage to Oongreis, says it is impossible to reoognise the Cuban insurgents. If Spain offered to grant a satisfactory form of autonomy, and the Cubans acoepted it, the United States would furnish a guarantee for its execution. Forty five fishing smacks were lost off the coast of Brittany in the recent gale.