General Intelligence.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4851, 15 October 1894, Page 3

General Intelligence.

[United Pins Association] [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright),

(Received October 14,6.15 p.m.) London - , October 13,

The Manchester (Thirlmore) water supply works havo been opened at a cost of £2,500,000.

Mr Gladstone, in referring to the £IOOO prize offered bytlio iS7«//s/for the best scliemo for an Imperial Customs Union, doubts whether they would be of any practical result, and states he requires to bo satisfied that such a union is possible without involving secession from thepiinciplos of Protection,

NewYoiik, October 13. Bobbers bailed up a train in Potomac and stole £30,000,

A convention of the Cronin section of the Clan-na-Gael Society met in Chicago, when it was resolved to havo no connection with the constitutional movement for Home Rule, but to renew the attempt to cripple England. Paiiis, October 13. It is reported that M, Hanotaux, Minister of Foreign Mail's, is willing to make concessions in the Upper Niger territory to Great JJritainproviding the latter is willing sho concede territory to France on the HMbi-bank of the Niger and in HinRflHnd) Lagos and the Gold Coast. HKifto Journal des Bebats considers Australian] Federation is assuming a more serious nspect. St. Petkiisuuiio, October 13. The Czar's condition is very serious, his extreme weakness being an alarming feature. (Received October 15,0.40 a.m.) Cai'Ktowx, October 14. Five hundred Portuguese troops defend Lorenzo Marquez, but it is believed that the settlement is at the mercy of a horde of natives who surround it.