CABLEGRAMS

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 45, 24 September 1887, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

London, September 22. The preoessslon of idjpstrial classes in connection with the centenary of the United States Constitution comprised forty thousand operatives, and ten thousand horse*. The reports of the collapse of a stand during the festival hav* been exaggerated, The Modern Permanent Building and In* vestment Society of Melbourne are issuing debentures in Great Britain, but the amount is not Stated.

The P. aud O. Company's Oceanic ha* been launched. Lancashire wants one hundred thousand feet of apace at the Centenary Exhibition, At an interview with the Agents-General of the Colonies, Mr Goschen has proposed a compromise in connection With the postage* on colonial mails. Stocks in Berlin Bourse haye fallen. The Americans have decided to select the new yatch Vo’unteer to contest the champion cup against t'he Thistle, The railway accident at Doncaster was caused owing to the oh urge in the block system for flags while the excursion trains were being run to the Doncaster races, At tlisj Vbrpmony of celebrating the' centenary of tbc.United States Constitution st Philadelphia, Presidon* Cleveland was we? corned with intense enthusiasm. The Moscow Gazette condoles with Dhuhep Singh hnd the Indians, and urges them to believe that Russia will liberate them from the British yoke, The Dublin City Council have resolved to protest against the tyrannical policy of England as shown by the murderous attack* of the police on the Irish people, also they regard O'Brien's speech as a patriotic one, and urge the tenants to adeept his advice; The Marquis of Londonderry, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and Mr Balfour are protected by strong body guards. The Rußtchuk incident is closed. It is considered doubtful that Germany threatened to bombard the ioWn, The Radicals are insisting on the expulsion of all Bourbon BonapartietaJ The Cologne Gazette says unless Russia makes fresh approaches Germany's attitude will be without friendship and without enmity. It is estimated that the hop yield will be six and a half cwt per acre, amounting in the aggregate to 400,000 cwt. Teemer will not proceed to May next. Rev. Mr Sackett, a passenger on the steamer Sydney to Marseilles, died during the voyage. The Politisohe states that the New Hebrides has been thrown open for colonisation to a 11 nations. A Californian wheat operator has failed for twelve mill ions. India will exhibit at the Brussels International Exhibition to ba held next year. President Cleveland has closed the Consti. tution festivities at Philadelphia, and in his speech exhorted the people to hand down the Constitution to posterity unimpaired. The Chief of the London Corps of Commissionaires, has sailed for Sydney with the object of establishing a similar corps in the colonies;