CABLE NEWS.
(ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.— COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOOIAT ON.) London, April 12. Mr Murray Smith has started for Australia. The various Agents General and many friends were present to see him away. The French Press approve of Mr Gladstone's Irish proposals, but both the German and Austrian Press condemn them. The Daily News expresses the opinion that Ireland is not yet ripe for Home Rule, and it doubts whether Mr Gladstone's land-purchase scheme will pass. It considers the amount should be reduced by sixty millions. Hanlan has challenged Beach to row a match on the Thames for £500 a- , side. Wallace Ross has accepted Matterson's challenge to a sculling match. G. Per- ' kins is also willing to row Matterson. but demands a start. A Cossack plot to kill the Czar by means of dynamite has' been discovered.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1684, 14 April 1886, Page 2
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139CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1684, 14 April 1886, Page 2
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