CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 2 April 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. The Times says it is not surprised at the unsatisfactory condition of the Victorian and New South Wales railways, and other abuses in the administration of the affairs of those colonies, considering the class of the bulk of their legislators, and the peculiar character of the constituencies. In the House Commons Mr Balfour, replying to a question asked by Mr Howard Vincent, said that the self-governing colonies of the Empire were free to form commercial leagues among themselves, and Great Britain would only become a party to them if they would give the Belgium Zoll verein similar treatment. Two thousand tons of German coal have arrived for the London South Metropolitan Gasworks. MrT. Burt, M.P., Secretary of the Northumberland Miners' Association, has appealed to the Northumberland miners to support the ! Durham miners. The engineers in South Wales and I Monmouthshire 1^ c given notice of their intention to go out on strike in order to resist a proposed reduction in their wages. Their action will involve 70,000 miners. Mr Austen Chamberlain, son of the Right Hon J. Chamberlain, has been returned unopposed for the Worcester seat in the House of Commons, rendered vacant owing to the expulsion ofG. W. Hastings, convicted and sentenced on a charge of fraud. At the wool auction on the 80th there was good competition, and opening prices were maintained. Ci ossbreds were slightly cheaper, and ! coarse sorts are at par to £d per lb lower than the prices obtained last

The American visible supply of wheat is 61,600,000 bushels. Letters addiessed by Deeming to the British Consul in Monte Video, where he was arrested for fraudulently obtaining goods in England, have been discovered. In these he complained of the treatment received in prison, and threatened the British Minister with death unless he took steps to redress his grievance.