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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2271, 15 April 1886, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

(bv klecmho telegraph—copyright) ■ Keutcr's Teleoiiams.3 . THE IRISH PARLIAMENT BILL. ' FIRST READING PASSED. „ SUICIDE OF AN EARL. ARRIVAL OF THE ARAWA. THE A.M.P. SOCIETY. ENORMOUS PROFITS. (Received 15th, 1 a.m.) London, 'l3th. . In the House of Commons to-day the debate on the Irsh question was continued and the first reading of the Bill carried without division. Mr Gladstone, speaking on the measnre, stated the Government did not regard the provisions relating to the Imperial control of the customs ard the exclusion of Irishmen from the* Imperial Parliament as vital points'of the scheme. The Earl ot Shaftesbury committed suicide today in a cab in Regent at. Lord Elgin succeeds Earl Morley as Chief Commissioner of Works. London, April 13. Received 14th, at 10.50 a.m.-Tlie Arawa arrived at Plymouth this morn ing from New Zealand, with a cargo of frozen meat in good condition. Colonial breadstuff's, tallow, and leather maintain the last quotations, The wool market continues dull. A catalogue of 10,600 liale3 was submitted at to-day's auction sale. Melbourne, 4prll 14, The Waihora left for the Bluft this morning. Sydney,. April H, ' In the Legislative Assembly this

afternoon, Mr O'Snllivan gave notice ohiUKmdment affirming it is essential that the Now Hebrides 08 not ceded to any foreign power. The annual report of the Australian Mutual Provident Society wus published to day. It shows new assurances effected by the Society during the past year amount to four millions tea thousand pounds, the premiums on which amount to £152,500, This new business is thirty-live per cent greater than that of any previous- year. The report states thu'. '■ <• ■ -»nm of £278,000 will be distribui-! 'imM the members. The tot ii I ivvkmu" of the Society for the year nrii-"iini'il tn .»,i**. million two hundred and t*n p-nns-n I pounds.