NEWS OF THE WORLD

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7340, 6 April 1887, Page 2

NEWS OF THE WORLD

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OABLE MESSAGES. j [FUOSI SEUTKR AND OTURR SOURCES.] GLADSTONIAN DEMONSTRATIONS. London, April 5. • Mr. Gladstone is engaged in organismg 'a series of anti-coercion demonstrations, notably one to be held in Hyde Park on April 11th. ILLNESS OF SIR ARTHUR PEEL. Sir Arthur Peel, Speaker of the House of Commons, has been ordered by his medical adviser to take complete rest, as he is worn out with the prolonged sittings in the House of Commons. SETTLEMENT OP NEW GUINEA. It is announced that the work on Australian Defence and Settlement of New Guinea, compiled from the papers of the late General Soratchley, will shortly be published. ADVANCE IN COPPER. An advance in copper is expected, as the stock on hand is rapidly deoreasing. FEDERATION P-ANQUET. At the federation banquet, Mr. Deakin dilated on the efforts of Australia to relieve England in the matter of defence. Sir P. Jennings, Sir S. Griffiths, and Mr. Downer alluded to the necessity of the delegates grasping the Imperial aspect of the questions to be discussed by the Conference. Mr. Stanhope lauded Sir F. D. Bell's eminent service to the Colonial Office. PBOSLCUTION OP DILLON. The prosecution of Mr. Dillon and others has been abandoned. wheat market. The wheat market has a -weaker tendency. Australian cargoes on the spot are 6d below last quotations. Tho Continental market is inactive. In London 24s 6d is offered for cargoes for prompt delivery. WOOL SALKS. . At the wool sales 105,000 bales were catalogued, of which 7000 were withdrawn. The 3?irenoh. demand, is in- . creasing. German demand is reserved, and American nominal. Last week's - improvement in' prices has been sus- . tamed. FRENCH MaIL SERVICE. Paris, April 4. The Frenen Chamber of Deputies has adopted the' contract with the Messageries Maritime bteamship Company lor the carriage of mails to the East. REVOLUTION ACTIVE IN RUSSIA.\ St. Petersburg, April 4. ' Three hundred' Russian officers, suspected of Nihilism, have been arrested, and 20 shot. The spirit of 1 • revolution is . active and widespread. A' large number of officers were implicated in the last attempt on the Czar. ANOTHER ATTEMPTED MURDER^. Daring attempts to murder prominent Bulgarian officials are reported, Russian agents are suspected. RUSSIA AND PARIS EXHIBITIONS. 1 Russia refuses to send exhibits to the proposed Paris Exposition.*