London.

Manawatu Herald, 6 December 1892, Page 2

London.

tfhe London County Council are urging the Government to introduce % Bill to form London into one great municipality. Mr Labouchere has been formally reconciled to Mr Gladstone,- the difficulty raised by his exclusion front dffice having beeti sirioottied over". The butter ex Cuzco, from Australia arrived in goodcomlition. The best dairy realised 102 _pef cwt, and the best factory 1995, the" pr?eVailitig dlose, warm weather has had a depressing effect on prices At the wool sales the bidding is spirited, and prices are very' firm* Ne\V South Wales cotlsignrnehts are 1 fetching B£d to ll^d. The trustees of the British Museum have bought the original parchment of the deed of purchase by Mr John Batman of the site on \Vliirih the" . City of Melbpurrie ricw ataiids. tfe Is beiieved that the widow of Governor Maedouald first offered the deed to the Melbourne Public Libra.iv,- but receive 3 ' "nd -reflpdds'e. r i?hc price paid was £25» A thousand unemployed-assembled at Tower Rill at midnight on the Ist instant and marched to the West End, where speeches of a violent character Were delivered. The procession was a harmless affair, the police having forbidden the men to carry torches. The medical officer of the Port of London expresses himself confident that the choleraic epidemic will return in the spring. There is a large supply of frozen mutton on hand with very poor demand Only a few carcases of the Melbourne shipment ex Massilia havo been sold.