N.Z. VESSELS ARRIVED HOME.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 9651, 18 March 1893, Page 2

N.Z. VESSELS ARRIVED HOME.

London, March 17. Arrived : Ship Forfarshire, from Auckland (November 30); s.s. Rotokino, from Port Chalmers (January 20). PARTY LEADERS RECOVERING. Mr Gladstone is now convalescent. Lord Salisbury's influenza has taken a mild form, and he passed a better night. BRANDING COLONIAL MEAT. Lord Onslow has withdrawn his bill to compel the brandiug of frozen mutton, on the promise that a Select Committee shall be appointed to enquire into the whole matter. LIBERATOR BUILDING SOCIETY. The trial of the directors of the Liberator Building Society has begun. J. W. Hobbs and H. G. Wright were charged with conspiracy and forgery and Newman with embezzlement. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Mutton, first quality, 4^d; lambs, first quality, 6d. The s.s, Duke of ArgyJe's beef brought, forequarter3, 2|d, hindquarters, S^d ; mutton, 3£d. DEATH OF JULES FERRY. Obituary : M. Jule3 Ferry, aged Gl years. GERMAN ARMY BILL. Beiu.in, March 17. General Von Caprivi has refused to listen to tho proposals for accommodation respecting the Army Bill made by Yon Neha Mentone and the National Liberal sections of the Reichstag, on the ground that the concessions offered were inadequate. HAWAIIAN QUESTION. Washington, March 17. Mr Blount, the American Commissioner, has started for Honolulu. His instructions are tUafc the United States will only protect Hawaii against foreign aggression, but will afford no other support to the Provisional Government"