SECOND EDITION. CABLE NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VII, Issue 1309, 17 May 1886, Page 3

SECOND EDITION. CABLE NEWS.

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V . LONDON, May 16. The Executive Commissioners of the

Indian; and Colonial Exhibition were j entertained at a banquet by the Fieh- ; mongers' Company last night. The Duke of Cambridge, who was among the guests, made a speech, in which he expressed the

opinion that the feeling of unity between the mother country and the colonies was .-■ neyei; more strongly marked than at , the present time. His Royal Highness < also announced himself an advocate of the , federation of the empire. -.' A meeting of Conservatives was held here last-night to consider the Irish proposals of Government. Lord Salisbury, • addressing the meeting, stated his belief that it was impossible to place confidence in- tfie Irish people. He advocated a policy of continuous coercion as the only means of restoring order in Ireland. Heavy rains have fallen in the midland , counties, large tracts of country having

been flooded. Serious damage to property •has been occasioned in many districts.

It is announced that Government has ..^finally resolved not to allow the annexation of the New Hebrides by France. ; SYDNEY, May 17. The death is announced ot Mr. Hugh George, formerly of the Sydney Morning Herald, and. formerly connected with the Melbourne Argus.