CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 5 April 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. In the course oj a speech, Mr John ] Morley said 'the" pressure of Irish .affairs was responsible for the inadequate discussion of English business in the House of Commons. Alluding to labour questions, he said the division on the Eight Hours Bill pointed to a new distribution of political forces. In an address issued to the Unionists and Dissenters, Mr Chamberlain asserts that Home Bule has been supported by lying and dishonest trickery, murder, and outrage. The . attention this question had absorbed was the cause of the postponement of the'discussion ofthe great question of disestablishment. The revenue for the year ended Slst March is £90,600,000. The argument before the Privy Council in the case the AttorneyGeneral of New Zealapd v. Judge Edwards, has concluded, and judgment been reserved. Business in New Zealand longberried wheat is. restricted at 41s. Patent flour, 26s 6d ; oats, fine quality, 26s 6d ; common sorts, 24s 6d ; beans, 41s 6d. Frozen mutton —Canterbury, i_d. per lb ; lamb, 6d. New Zealand hemp is flat, at a decline of 10s per ton ; fair quality quoted at £21 ss. A French gunboat took soundings round the Island of Malta, and also managed to inspect various fortifications. Her officers are believed to be in possession of plans of the new defence works of the island. In the course of a speech Lord Wolseley declared an invasion of England to be impossible. A standing army of 12,000 men and reserve •of 90,000 would, be sufficient to ensure safety from the attacks of a foreign foe. . Owing to the treachery of Sergeant Holden, of the Engineers, in selling plans of the defences of Malta to the French, it has been decided to alter the whole of the defences at great cost., _ . ■ the bafHofc of the Durham miners was'in favbui* o£a continuance of the strike, the Miners' Federation has appealed to the masters to allow the men to resume 'work. Mr Balfour, in the course of a speech,ldeclare'd. that the Conservatives would win the general elections, ; becausehis party *^w6re deolaring dividends . w.^ile rf t]^e^ Liberals were issmiJgH»hk^6ape^&:' 5,,!.-. The Conservative press endmtee' the opinion that to enforce Home Bule would result in civil war in Ulster. " f The cotton masters have decided to close their mills on the 16th inst. owing toa dispute with the workmen. Seventeen and a half million spindlers are affected by the decision, and much distress must necessarily ensue. In Hartlepool and Newcastle numbers are starving owing -to the miners' strike, and it is feared the result will be a reduction of 20 '. per cent in wages.