CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 28 January 1899, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. ! INFLUENZA. Influenza is spreading in London. , Twenty deaths are recorded weekly. A HANDSOME BEQUEST. , Ihe late David Aitchigon, of ) Maidenhead Thicket, who was a director of the Australian Mortgage, , Land and Finance Company bequeathed £10,000 to the Melbourne University. COLONIAL LOAN. A South Australian Government loan of £1,500,000 at 8 per cent, has been placed on the London market. The minimum has been fixed at 945. Tenders will be opened on the 31st inst. THE HOOLEY BANKRUPTCY. Hooley has applied for a discharge in bankruptcy. The application is set down for hearing in April. THREATENED LABOUR DISPUTE. It is probable that the London master builders will lock out the members of the Plasterers' Union unless the laser's demand that foremen should be directed to enrol unionists is abandoned. BANK ROBBERY. The management of Parr's Bank, from whose branoh in Bartholomew Lane notes to the value of £70,000 were stolen, has offered a reward of £1000 for the perpetrators of the theft. LABOUR FEDERATION. The Trades Congress at Manchester decided in favour of a national federation of trades. THE SOUDAN. Official circles in Constantinople declare the Sultan is furious at the Soudan Convention, but will confine himself to protesting. WOOL SALES. At the wool sales there was brisk competition. Merinos remain unchanged, and orossbreds are advancing. At the wool sales Americans are buying the bulk of the low crossbreds at 10 per cent above December rates. The following New Zealand clips have been gold :— Clyde* 7sd ; Aohanga, 7£3 ; Owaroue, 6£d. MUNICIPAL REFORM. The Daily Telegraph states the Government is introducing proposals for London Municipal reform which will not touch the Corporation of the City of London, but will create 80 municipalities for the rest of London. Such bodies are to be invested with the duties of vestries in District Boards. The Government will not interfere with the London County Council. <