CABLE NEWS.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYItfGHT.) (SPECIAL TO UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, March 3. Messrs Young and Lark, Australian merchants, who failod some time ago, have made an offer of 15s m the pound, • m monthly payments extending for a period of two years, on the balance of debts due by them. This offer has been accepted by most of the creditors. Prince Bismarck complains that the Blue Book issued on New Guinea contains confidential despatches. Speaking m the Reichstag, he warned members that if they opposed his colonial policy, he would appeal to the country. The proposal to establish a bishopric at Fiji has been abandoned. Mr Gladstone is at present confined to his room by a feverish cold. England has warned Russia that she will resist the absorption of Afghan territory. . The German Press states that Earl Granville is sowing seeds of distrust between France and Germany. The Melbourne Harbor Trust steamer Gannet, which has been laid up at Malta for repairs for a. considerable time past, has sailed for Melbourne. The mutton ex steamship Garonne has arrived m good condition. Tho Melbourne portion of the meat is realising 4£d to 4£d, aud that from Sydney 4d.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 79, 6 March 1885, Page 2
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199CABLE NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 79, 6 March 1885, Page 2
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