CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS. London.

Manawatu Herald, 7 March 1899, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS. London.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Th>> F.ench Governm*Q h*a con 9en»ed to allow British exp^rt'i to «ondiict experim n's in w'r^less t^l^graphy bitwe -n Folkes on $ and B m'ognp. DEATH OF BARON RAGLAN'S SON. The dpa?h is announefid of th B»n Ri ch-ird Fi z->y x S->m»r>4R f . +>n t»f Biron R g'an. aged 84 D o^a^pd wn a cipti'in of h^ j!vn>idi j r G'iard«, and hi do-th w<« the rfsul' of a f ver contracted whilst Rprvin? wi b 'he W st Africa frontier f.rce* in NJigP'ia. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN. The Khalifa, w.lm a large following, Hiippoitad w'uh four guns, i^ n m wiibin bn f a day'" march < f fchp Nile. British operation? against him commence in Apri'. A NICE LITTLE BILL. The H tuse of Gunm>ns voted' £80 000 o oov«r ►'Xp-n-*^ >n con tir;u'i(>d with the late Jubilee 4Ai£br#Uon.S.

RELEASE OF BURTON. Burton, the Irish Fenian who wa* ; mprisoned for lif^, and the nnl> remaining member of the Iri«ii dyn mitard-s who was imprisoned i 1888, hit bt^n rplpaspd. THF CHAR'S PEACE CONFERENCE. M D>. S'aal th-=> Rnßsiiin Am b^«ador to G-eat, B i'ain, who is v m°mbpr of »h«» Rupsian Privy Ciuncil^, flnd P of^^aor F. M MirK»n«, thp wpl'-kn^wn int.prn«M 'D-tl an'hoviy. will reprpspn R:ißsia at the Czir'a Peace £Jon ference. . Mr W. T. Stead, editor of the "R°?iew of Review*," has abandoned his proposal for a British pHgrimagp to the European capitals in support the '""onferenc 0 , fpanog an un sympaletic reception. CHINESE AFFAIRS. The newspapers are supporting Lord Salisbury in respect to thp raising of thi-> Chines lonn for the conatructioD of the Nin chang Rail way ANTI-RITUALISTIC CRUSADE. In the House of Lord -^ a resolution by Lord Einnaird, who has tak^n^ an active part in the anM-ritualistic crusade, produced a Rtrong debate against the making of habitual confessions. Lord Salisbury said he preferred an open confessional bos in the church to a secret interview in the vestry. If people, especially women wished to confess to men, Parliament wan powerless to prevent if;. The Premier promised, however, to obtain statistic* showing the number of confessional boxes ia U3e in church o*.0 *. A PROSPEROUS INSTITUTION. The balance-sheet of the Bank of Australasia to be presented at the courng annual m°eting of sharehild rd haR been issued. , The directors propose to declare a dividend of 6 per cent., appropriating £5000 for alterations to the I.^n^on pi-Ptni-jps, and to carry forward £9970 EXTENSIVE INCREASE IN GREAT BRITAIN'S ARMAMENTS. In the Hou°p of Commons to day the Hon. G L. WyndKim, Parliaurufcirv Und^r-S j cretary for Wara ke.d fc provision to bp m-*d" for rii-insr five n»w batteries of field arMlfary and three batteries nf fijirri^on arMllpry ; al«o for the f •-noHtion of threp coloni«l regimonts. H • fur h*r propiap.a to devote £421. 000 for m >dern gun-s fv>r military a mercantile ports Thp Right Hrn. A. J. Balfour, in -°ply to Si"* H. C mphell Baanerm^' 1 "aid the E "inflate* depended on th mHirary and naval policy of otho' ciunfcrip.s, and hr»d regarded Great Hritain'a Imperial responsibility.