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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3601, 15 April 1886, Page 2

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(Reutee's Aoencx.) [Received 1 a.m., April 15th. J . . _ THE IRISH QUESTION. London, April 15. In the House of Commons to-day the . debate on the Irish question was continued, and the first reading of the Bill carried without a division. Mr Gladstone, speaking on the measure, stated that the Government did not regard the provisions relating to the Imperial control of the Customs and the exclusion of Irishmen from the Imperial Parliament as vital points of the scheme. SUICIDE. The Earl of Shaftsbury committed t suicide to-day m a cab- m Regent street. NEW COMMISSIONER. Lord Elgin succeeds Earl Morley as Chief Commissioner of Works. SHIPPING. New York, April 13. The Merchant Shipping and Under- : writer's Association report the arrival of f the Nettie (left Auckland Dec, 26th). ' (Special to the Pbess Association.) (Reoeived 1.10 a.m., April 15th.) ; - THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. London, April 14i Sir Chas. Dilke, m the course of a

lecture on the French action in Madagascar, considers that such action threatens the eastern trade of the Soudan. ALDERMEN IN A FIX. It is proposed, to place most of the Aldermen of the Oity of New Tori under arrest for having committed bribery. THE GOVERNOR OF THE CAPE. Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor at the Cape, will return there in June. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. A letter to the Standard states that the Melbourne Club do not expect to derive any direct pecuniary benefit from the matches between their team and the English elevens. CHALLENGE. Perkins challenges Matterson to row a match for £200 a side, on May 24th.