LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 379, 6 October 1883, Page 2

LATEST CABLEGRAMS.

Special to Press Association. London, October 4. The Chambers of Commerce hare requestejl Lord Darby to urge the colonies to enter the Postal Union. Mr Cow dory, has m reply, explained that the difficulty is a financial one. Sir Dillon Bell and Sir Saul Samuel attended the banquet given by Ijqrd Derby, when Sir Dillon Bell, m the course of $is speech, pointed out that the colonies assured a supply of cheap food to England. Judgment will be given m the Austral inquiry on Saturday. V . j The French commander m Tamatave hat demanded immediate rein* force'ments. v ■' s Smith, the Phoenix Park informer, j was recognised at Marseilles, where j he shipped for China. Renter's Telegrams. r I ' London, Ocfober 4. ' j The failure is anndunced to-day of Messrs Suse and Sibeth, general merchants, Lime-street, City. The liabilites nre set down at a' quarter* of -aVmiftion sterling 1 . Qtner failures are apprehended m London and the ipr.oyinces, 1 and an Uneasy feeling prevails m niercantile circles. An eleotion took place 4»id»v m Manchester for a member of the House of Commons m room of Mr Hhgh Birley, deceased. Mr Holdsworth, Conservative, was placed at the head of the poll, defeating the Radical candidate by aa immense majority. Pankhurtt, a Liberal, had announced his candidature, but at the last moment abstained from going to the noil. The latest intelligence from Madagascar is to. the effect that the Hovas are making active preparations for a renewal of hostilities. The French forces are. stated to be numerically weak, and their position somewhat ! precarious. '