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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1875, 9 June 1886, Page 2

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HOME AND. FOREIGN (Special to Press Association ) London, June 2. lhe meat by the Liguria is selling at 5d per pound' Lord Wolverton, PostmasterGeneral, is arranging for a lighter parcel post via Brindisi. The P. and 0. Company have given a splendid banquet to 400 colonists, the saloons of three of their steamers being used as banqueting halls. The division on the second read-* ing of the Irish Land Purchase Bill will be taken on Friday. Nearly one hundred Liberals have pledged themselves to vote against It. Canon Liddon has been elected Bishop of Edinburgh. The American action in taking Samoa under its protection is regarded with incredulity in Berlin. The Ulster men are still prepar ing, but their activity is not seriously regarded at present. June 3- • The Porte protests against the dilatoriness in disarming displayed by Greece. June 4. The Jubilee Exhibition Com mi tee are hampered in their action owing to the indecision of the Government. The Post Office authorities compliment Sir Sual Samuel on the suecess attained by him in arranging the parcels post. The tender for the Federal Mail Service by the P. and O. Company is so moderate that the Company are c mfident of being successful, and in the event of this they will probably build larger vessels, in order to secure a grevter number of passengers at cheaper rates. Viscount Monck, trustee of the New South Wales Loan and Mortgage Agency Company, has discussed with leading colonists at the Exhibition as to the advisability of introducing the Torrens Act for I facilita'ing land transfer into EngI land. Two hundred thousand Orangemen in Canada have offered to help the Ulstermen in the event of trouble.