London.

Manawatu Herald, 21 June 1892, Page 2

London.

Mr Balfour, addressing the members of London Unionist and Conservative Associations, said the Unionist programme favoured the division of rates between the owners and occupiers of houses, and the taxation of ground rents ; the right of the London County Council to acquire gas works, water supply and trams ; the extension of public works in England ; the modification of the poor laws by separating for relief the honest and sober from the drunken and thriftless. It also favoured the payment of State and municipal labour at a similar rate to that paid by private employei's, and supported the One-Man-One-Vote if votes were made of equal value by means of equal electoral districts ; the extension of peasant ownership of land; and the more adequate adjustment of employers' liability. He also mentioned that in the programme it was agreed to refer to Ireland, the promised Irish Local Government Bill. The Irish National League of Great Britain, in its manifesto, declares that in the event of Ireland losing Home Bule the blame will be cast on the McCarthyites, owing to the latter's refusal to assist in healing the breach between the paities. Mr Gladstone pointed out to the Eight Hours Deputation that one great object of his remaining years of life was to secure Home Bule for Ireland. The statement that the Pope has instructed Archbishop Vaughan not to interfere in political matters is denied. Lord Hannen, one of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, has been appointed the British" arbitrator in the Behring Sea dispute. At a meeting of the creditors of the New Oriental Bank the depositors passed a resolution in favour of voluntary liquidation. The chairman said it was a grave mistake to start business in Australia, where they were hopelessly over-shadowed by the great institutions of that country. The assets would realise enough perhaps to pay 15s in the £ and possibly 17s 6d. The wool sales continue brisk, all sorts are very firm. American buyers are operating freely. The Bradford market, however, does not respond to the movement in London. General Gordon's officers who have arrived at Cairo, state that Selim Bey has joined Captain Lugard with 10,000 followers; and established a fort on the banks of the Albert Nyanza. They assert that Captain Lugard showed the greatest kindness to the Catholics and shelter to their missionaries. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour stated that the withdrawal of the East African Company from Uganda did not imply the abandonment of the country by England, within whose sphere it lies. On the contrary, the survey of the railway line from Mombassa inland was rapidly proceeding. Over 1000 Fellows have been elected to the Imperial Institute. In the House of r*omnaons, the Hon A. J. Balfour announced, on behalf of the Government, that it was impossible that a dissolution could take place before the 29th or 30th inst. New Zealand long-berried wheat is flat at 86s 6d. - Canterbury lamb, sfd. Beef— Fore-quarters, 2£d; hind-quarters, B|d. New Zealand hemp is quoted as follows : —Auckland, fair quality, £20 ; Wellington, medium, £19 103. South Astralian wheat is weaker at 86s 9d; Victorian, flat, at 86s 3d; off coast cargoes are quoted at 345.