London.

Manawatu Herald, 20 December 1892, Page 2

London.

An explosion occurred in the coal bunkers of the Orient steamer Ophir, ifc Tilbury, by which a man was killed. I he Tasmaniau Treasury Bills are being offered at 99£, but it is beliaved they will have to be placed at the lower figure. The Daily News says trustees are readily absorbing New South Wales four per cent, now being issued in Sydney. B inkers assert that the public are aiok of Treasury Bills. Large sales are being effected of V ctorian stocks, settlei-s hoping to buy again at a cheaper rate. The decision in the South Heath e'ection p.ituion unseating C. P. Fullam was that his retnrn was due to e'erical influences. Michael Davit did not wish to contest the North Meath petifciou, preferring to leave on a lecturing tour for Ausfcra lasia, but the Court decided they must hear the evidence. The ev : dence adduced during the hearing of the pc iiioa showed that Bishop Nulty's pastoral, which was claimed to have baen divinely inspired, declared it was impossib c for a Parnellite to be a Roman Catholic. The Post Office officials have impounded £30,000 sent in connection with " missing word " puzzles. Glyn, Mills & Co offer to float a mil ion loan at 3^d per cent for South Australia in January. In the case of Ellis v. South British Insurance Company the appeal was allowed with costs.