LATE TELEGRAMS

Otago Witness, Issue 1764, 12 September 1885, Page 15

LATE TELEGRAMS

BRITISH AND FOREIGN. (■Reutee's Telegrams.) London, September 8. Colonial breadstuffs and tallow are unaltered. September 9. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, addressing a public meeting at Warringtpn last night, stated that he rejected the demands made by Mr Parnell, and expressed a hope that the Whig party would accept the programme of the Radicals, as otherwise they would be compelled to part company.

*" Cairo, September 8. Rumours of Osman Digma's death are again -rife, and it is re-asserted that he was killed by a sheik. •

(Special to Press Association.) London, September 8. The Agent-general for New South Wales is inviting tenders in America, England, and on the Continent for the construction of a large organ for the Sydney Town Hall. Mr Alexander Lange Elder, merchant, formerly of Adelaide, is dead ; aged 70 years. Tho frozen meat by the Iberia is realising 4Jd per lb. \

The Countess of Dudley, accompanied by her son, have left on a yachting cruise to Australia. It is believed that the Emperor William will abandon all designs on the Caroliue Islands, provided the Spanish Government can effectively prove their authority over them. In consequence of the pacific attitude displayed by Germany in the matter, public feeling is becoming more calm in Madrid.