TELEGRAPHIC. HOME AND FOREIGN.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11133, 20 February 1886, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC. HOME AND FOREIGN.

i --A J & fe J Vi:- It u \j vx l\> A. iti o , (ROUTER'S TiSI..EGRAHB.J (BY )>.: KCT'-";O TEIjKOUAPjI — COPVItTGHT) ("Received February 19,0 40 a.m.) LONDON February 18. It is announced th;t Mr Gladstone has taken the portfolio of Lord Privy (Seal. Commenting upon the announce nient the Pres» generally takes the ap-point-oenb as an k; dilation that tho result of the recent divorce case dt.'barre.l Kir Charles Dilke accepting office. TheOzar of Russia signified his assent to til® agreement drawn up for thn Bettlemuu*-. of the RoHmelinn difficalty, with the exception of tho alliance clause. (deceived February 19, 11.30 a.m.) The fnnl for tho relief of the unemployed ha 3 now reached the stun • f £47,000 His Koyal Highness tfaa Prino« of Wales contributed i'2so. The directors of th« Bank of }Sngiand have reduced the bank rate oi discount to two per cent. (SPECIAL TO PIUSSS ASSOCIATION. } LONDON. February 1 . Sir Charles .Dilke has declined to enter the Ministry because bo is unwilling to risk ro- election. Via;}' lotters aw appearing in the daily pipers demauding that the Queen's Proctor intervene, and the press declare that the case looka suspicious. Mr Gladstone, on th« ground of the necessity for preliminary inquiries, pro* poses to postpone dealing with the ques • ' tion of Home ftule for a yearThe scheme for the con van ion of New Zealand stocks which was aunounced laßt week is greatly liked. It is expected to save ,£IOO,OOO a year. February 17. The new Principal for the Parramatfa High School will be appointed in March. The Agente-Geneml intends to give a banquet to Mr Murray rmith A^Btatement which has been published in the City Press to the effect that the Gillies Coalition Ministry had resigned has been corrected by Mr Murray Smith. Mr Murray Smith has protested against Sir P. Cunliffe Owen's refusal to allow the Bile of colonial wives at the Indial and Colonial Exhibition except through Messrs Spiers an s Po»cl, the well-known caterers. February 18. The proposal of Mr Gladstone to postpone dealing with the Home Kule question has given rise to suspicion amongst the Paraellitea, Lord Balis » bury has made a statement which implies that the Howe of Lords would reject the proposal to graufc Home I Bule. 1 — — _ ■