GENERAL SUMMARY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1631, 10 February 1886, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

; Michael Davitt has promised to visit Walos in'- February next for the purpow of a&jisting m the agrarian agitation and of aiding m the formation of a Welsh Land League. The ironmasters of Lancashire notified their employes, on the sth of January, of a proposed reduction m wages, and the workmen immediately made known their purpose to vigorously resisTSnyti*" duction. By the .New York commercial bul* letins, a review of the wheat markett-for the world during the past '23" year? it : published. ' It appear* that the pri«e of wheat m Great Britain' at the close of the year was lower than m any year since the average market prices were recorded—a period of 110 years— and tli* unsold stock of wheat m the United States has been larger than m any pnvious year. There has been k sharp advance m American iron and steel, and a boom m the iron trade gen : rally A convention of manufacturers at Pitzburg bWbeev called to, fix the prices and consider the general situation. A despatch from Tamatave lays that negotiations for the settlement of the differences between France and: My4f gascar are still m aR elementary stfgt. The Malagasy officials stubbornly reject some of the conditions recently . ( tu&' mitted by France, and it is expected 1 that the negotiations will end in' -*> failure. ' ",.. ,'- t :'l . Madame Ratazzi, widow of theieeltrl brated Italian Milwiter, was sentenced ;to -three months' imprisonment At Pari* 'on : the' 9th of January, for bribing .ft t publjqrpfficial to bring about the demoltV tion and rebuilding of several 'Hb'uicV which she owned on the Botilerard Oatpussman. % , : f Pl^" : Sarah Althea Hill, somewhat notorutui r as plaintiff m a suit fori dirbrO aj^in^% the late William Sharon, married -htf 5 counsel, David, D. Terry, at StoaktofttOß Jan. 7th. „ •"-■ wilJ W v * ; John Magee, who attempted to blackmail the Prince of Wales, has ceriWawd his guilt. • ' ■■■.;/.■> [U--.i« '' De Lesseps will remain a fortnight Ats Panama. He declares the; task 7*h«tje)* far easier than was the construction cdy the Suez Canal, aad.it will be «ouipleiest ' m 1888. .... 1 The lakes m Regent Park were a)! fr. 1 nre; ntij, OnlOth Jin,n^ry J&tjic* on one of the ponds gay^way^andjU^ lea.st 100, women and children were/givor a cold bath. - • | Farquharson, the Mnnster Bank defaulter, is reported as havine -died *% Barcelona, m Spain, on lOtli Jan^^Hfe absconded several months ago. j|*s2**^