SPECIAL TELEGEAMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7268, 5 March 1885, Page 5

SPECIAL TELEGEAMS.

ISPECIAL TO FB-SS ASSOCIATION.] THE FAILURE OF AUSTRALIAN MERCHANTS. London, March 3. Messrs. Young and Lark, Australian merchants, who failed some time ago, have made an offer of 15s in the £r r in monthly payments extending for' a period of two years, on the balance of debts due by them. This offer has been accepted by most of the creditors. PRINCE BISMARCK AND THE . - UEICHSTAU. London, March 3. Prince Bismarck complains that the Blue Book issued on New Guinea contains confidential despatches. Speaking in the Reichstag, he warned members that if they opposed bis colonial policy he would appeal to the country.-' THE PROPOSED FIJIAN BISHOPRIC. London, March 3. The proposal to establish a Bishopric at Fiji has been abandoned. INDISPOSITION OF MR. GLADSTONE. London, March 3. Mr. Gladstone is at present confined to his room by a feverish cold. ~ ______ • i:. • ENGLAND, FRANCE; AND GERMANY. London, Inarch 3. The German Press- states that Earl Granville is sowing the seeds of distrust between France and Germany. THE MELBOURNE HARBOUR TRUST'S STEAMER. London, March 3. The Melbourne Harbour Trust's steamer Gannet, which has been laid up at Malta for repairs for a considerable time past, has sailed for Mel bourne.