CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1632, 11 February 1886, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

( ELECTRIC TELKUKAPU. — COPYRIGHT. ) (SPRCIAE TO UNl'i'wl/ PRK.SS AHSSO<.»ATiON.) London. Feb. 8. Mr Pendor nmkes th« further reduc tion on Oi»bl s umitiugtuit <•» all tli colonies ••xlentliiiy tliii subsitly six years. The Indian' Government olijeot to'tlir: Press concession iimlcsh it is made available to all of the colnnii 8. '"' The" Colonial Office authorities eipresß disVx-lief that the neutrality of. the New Hi-brid'-ais endangered, and think that a frtsh - protest bo uttwr^eV although they will be .prepared to make it if asked. »"■ .; • ' '■. ''. '■•"'< '-\ -. 1 The Agents General wait upon Lord ; Granville to-morrow for the purpose of welcoming him to the office of Secretary for the Colonies, and Mr Murray- Smith will take the opportunity:' of referring to the New' Hebrides question. ' Messrs Gi How and Co. the well-known decorators, have been commissioned to I carry out the d'coratious of the Australian Court at the Indian and Colonial . Exhibition. . -.■.,..■..■. February 9. A tnob m Washington Territory, United States, forced, some hundred : Chinese; to.erobark.. - ; TJie Goveriiorcassifited the mob by detaining a steamor. ! Mr John Morley; speaking at Now 1 Cas'tlej ; anhoun'oed that 'Government would concilliato Ireland. Burns and Hyndman were the leaders of the Socialist agitation m Trafalgar Square. For two hoiu;s.a mob number-} ing 5000 people held the Went End o' London almost unchecked. 'Oulj' a few arrests were made, the police alleging they were taken by siirprise : . A wanton and vindictive spirit was displayed by the rioters, who kicked provisions about the streets.