CABLEGRAMS.

Waipawa Mail, Volume IX, Issue 882, 19 January 1886, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS.

[UY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.] [Reuter’s Telegrams.] LONDON, January 15. It is generally expected tliat the successor to Lord Carnarvon 11s LordLieutenant of Ireland will not be nominated at present, but that the office will remain in commission until the political situation in Ireland becomes more defined. January 17. Lord Carnarvon lias explained that he resigned his position as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in consequence of ill-healtli. The Times this morning, referring to the translation of Bishop Moorhouse to the See of Manchester, praises his colonial career. The appointment has been the cause of much gratification in Manchester and Sheffield. John Douglas lias been gazetted High Commissioner of New Guinea. It is expected that the National League will bo “ proclaimed.” Commenting on the Samoan difficulty, the Colonial Gazette infers that England will not object to the German annexation of Samoa. The North German Gazette writes that the German Government have ( ordered the German flag, which was hoisted at Samoa, to he lowered. 1 An exhibition of paintings by Australian i and New Zealand artists have been . opened in London. ] A gigantic Socialist plot has been discovered in Chicago, having for its object ' the destruction of Washington. Nine 1 thousand explosive bombs were discovered amongst the conspirators for use in the , CHy - = January 18. 1 New Zealand frozen mutton has ad- ( vanoed in value, and nosv realises s|d to ( per lb. <