London.
The Trust Agency of Australia has withdrawn £140,000 invested in New Zealand, owing to the threat of an increase of the income tax. An expert considers the Victorian brandy the finest put upon the market since Hennessy's 1875. It in not earthy, and will ultimately command a great market. New Zealand long-berried wheat is restricted at 88s. Wellington froeen mutton, 4£ ; Canterbury Umb> Q& \ N«w flualamJ
beef, fore quarters 3} per lb. The New Zealand hemp market is flat ; fair medium quality from Wei* lington realised £19 15s per ton, only a small quantity being disposed of. The Hon Patrick Greville Nugent was convicted on the charge of assaulting Miss Price in a first class carriage on the London and Brighton railway, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour.
In consequence of the undue influence of Irish priests a motion has been carried in the House of Commons by 115 to 15, favouring the repeal of the special privileges granted to illiterate voters under the Ballot Act. The Hon A. J. Balfour. late Chief Secretary for Ireland, but now leader of the House of Commons, declared that it was impossible to give effect to the terms of the motion this session.
In the House of Commons, Baron de Womis announced that he had received a cable message from Sir S. Griffith stating that the Queensland Government fully recognise the necessity of stringent rules in con-, nection with the employment of Kanaka labour, and they ava determined to prevent infringement of the law. The Imperial Government entertain no doubt as to the efficiency of the safeguards proposed by the Queensland Government. General Booth will probably limit the first batch of emigrants 6f 500. He asserts that the condition V the Army's finances will not delay the prosecution of the scheme. He in* tends asking the Government of New Zealand to pay the cost of conveying the submerged tenth to that Colony. The parleying between the Durham miners and the colliery proprietors has failed to bring about a satisfactory arrangement. It is thought that the Forest of Dean miners are likely to strike against a reduction in wages
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Manawatu Herald, 17 May 1892, Page 2
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359London. Manawatu Herald, 17 May 1892, Page 2
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