CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 123, 1 May 1883, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

HONORS FOR NURSES. . SIR \?IL?RED LARSON'S • LOCAL OPTION BILL.' THE NIHILIST CHIEF. THJB IRISH CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA.. IRISH DISCLOSURES. ~ j TEE COLLISION IN THECHANNEL.,, .... THE INDUS FLOATED.^ ; HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) * London, April 28. A Royal Red Orosss order for nurses has been instituted. ; \~' \ Sir Wilfred Lawson's annual motion iti.favor of -'local option has been carried this ye»r by a largemajority m the House ,o£ Commons, and the Government hive premised to intr.oduqe a measure to give effect to the ! decision. :> >^ Hartmann, the Nihilist chief, is fen ported to have re-entered Russia. : The Irish Convention m America has resolved to adopt Mr; Parnell'a platform j by which all the Irish Societies will be unified, but the extreme; party riir? the Convention have, refused to concur m the£ecision,and sbmelviolent scenes have resulted. O'Donovan Rossa's faction I threaten to withdraw and take separate action. - T * ■ v/; Devine, the Dublin approver, has now divt|lged.;the'operatibns of the Vigilance Committee m arranging the attempted murder? of -; Judge Lawson; the mur- , ders of Cox, and other?. Four persons have been arrested m consequence of Devine's statement. . .. , .., - , ■ -■ '■- Dr Oroke, ' Archbishtfp of Casbel^has been summoned to Rome, and censured by the Pope for supporting Mr ,Parnell. ( .;■.■-•,:-:', .-.:■';■•... ..V; ■'. ! The snip British Commerce, which was sunk m the Channel on Tuesday night, had no passengers. She had 2100 tons of cargo. • The captains of both ./vessels state that they did" hot' observe each other's lights. The P. and 0. steamship Indus, which grounded on Barking Reach, has been successfully floated, and will resume her voyage to'-riignt. •-•-■■•-■■-' \ , r The Wealth of Her Majesty the Queen is gradually Jjaproving. „^..... ,. ..... „.^ „