HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9030, 17 April 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

» SIR JOHN THURSTON. London, April 14. Sir J. B. Thtjrston has been appointed Consul-General of the Western Pacific. MR. GLADSTONE'S IRISH VIEWS. London, April 14. Some Midlothian Unionists having invited Mr. Gladstone to unambiguously repudiate boycotting and organised resistance of authority, Mr. Gladstone declared that the disorder in Ireland was the result of the action of the Executive in harshly enforcing invidious laws in that country, and illegal assaults by the police upon the people. Mr. Gladstone denies that he favours separation. EXPULSION OF JEWS FROM RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, April 14. Two thousand Jews have oeen expelled from Odessa, Southern Russia. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. New York, April 14. Owing to the deadlock which has arisen over the Tariff Bill, it is considered impossible that the revision of the tariff can be effected this session. POSTAL RATES TO THE COLONIES. London, April 14. A deputation from the # Associated Chambers of Commerce has interviewed Mr. Cecil Raikes, Postmaster-General, requesting a reduction in colonial postages, and urging that a portion of mail steamers' subsidies should be defrayed from the defence estimates. Mr. JRaikes, in reply, said whilst foreign Powers were willing to sacrifice their postal revenue in order to extend their trade, British trade and commerce, did not require such support. However, he hoped that he would shortly be prepared to recommend a reduction in postage rates on Australian seaborne mails.