CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 3 May 1892, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

iU;IUiil cUohcJofcrfilJ ; "New Zealand- Jong-berried wheat, 38s 6d; weaker; * ! Canterbury mutton, 4|d ; beef, •hind-quartars, 4d. Hemp is depressed, and no New Zealand shipments have been offered for sale of late. Colonial oats of five quality, 275 ; common, 22b. I At the wool sales, inferior to quality of pwßSff mewi

are weaker. The present series close on 3rd May. The Bill introduced into the House of Commons by Sir A. K. Rollit, member for Islington, to confer the franchise on women was thrown put on the motion for the second reading by a majority of 23. Mr D. Randell, M.P., has introduced into the Honsa of Commons a Bill providing that trades may, if they choose, adopt the eight hours system. The measure is drafted' on the lines suggested by the Trades Union Congress. . , Nicholls, the editor, and Mowbray, (publisher -of The : CJoramonwealth, ■have b*een Committed for 1 <trial on a charge of publishing a seditions article inciting the Anaichists lib.' kill the Home Secretary and Mr Justice Hawkins. The Rajah of Sikhim has been captured, and the country is now quiet. It has been decided that the Manning memorial shall take the form of a Catholic refuge for the homeless in the East End. Miss Lucy Booth is in a critical condition owing to which her betrothal with the leader of the Indian branch of the Salvation Army is broken off. It is reported that Mrs Osborne was released from gaol on Friday, and that her 1 condition is critical. 1 The apples, ex Duke of Westminster, are selling from 6s to lls per ease ; Auckland evaporate apples from 3Gs to 40s per cwt; best American from 32s to 86s per cwt. The Conservative members of the London County Council intend to petition the Government to prohibit destitute aliens from coming to the country. ' . j