London.

Manawatu Herald, 5 January 1893, Page 2

London.

The new British coinage will be issued in January. The London School Board is discussing the propriety of introducing free dentistry for the scholars. Mrs Maybrick's illness ts due to attempted suicide by pricking the lungs with a needle. An official receiver has been appointed in connection with the ' missing word ' competition, the money for which has been impounded. The Irish National Teagae of Great Britain have carried a resolution deploring the dynamite outrage in Dublin, and declaring that the anti-Home Rule Party is tha only section not joining in detestation of the crime. A parcel containing 21bs of blasting powder has been found in the basement of Rathmines Chapel, one of the largest edifices in Dublin. There was no fuse attached to it. The Daily Telegraph states that the Emperor William of Germany has intimated to his Generals that he is determined that the Army Bill shall pass, and that he will crush all who are opposed to him on the question. The Times says that the Khalifa is threatening the Belgian expedition commanded by Kerksouen, in North Wadelai, and it is feared that the trouble will spread to the Upper Nile. The Times urges England to extend the sphere of British interests as far as Lake Albert Nyanza. Sir Gerald Portal, the new British Comraiaeioner to Uganda, has left Zanzibar for Uganda. A. portion of the factory made butter, ex Orizaba, sold at 112s, to 118s per cwt, and dairy made at 102s. Melbourne frozen mutton could not be disposed of, as buyers complain the carcases cut up unsatisfactorily. Two hundred and fifty carcases of lamb sold at Sf d. The Bristol Magistrates have summoned Ban "Tillett to answer a charge of inciting to riot. Mr J; Wtorley," Chief Secretary for Ireland, intends to disarm the Irish Constabulary, replacing bayonets with batons. Mr Tim Healy, addressing a meeting at Newcastle, declared that the Irish people would refuse to accept in the Home Rule Pill any clause similar to that in Mr Gladstone's Bill of 1886, providing f.ir taxing Ireland in proportion to oue fifteenth of Great Britain The Marquis of Salisbury has re* duced the rents of his tenants in Essex by 20 per cent. Parleying between Portugal and Great Britain with regard to the frontier of Manicaland has ceased, it being found impossible to come to any settlement. The River Thames is frozen over I between Maidenhead and Windsor.