London.

Manawatu Herald, 10 January 1893, Page 2

London.

A British note has been presented to the Sultan at Fez, demanding reparation for the murder of a British subject by the Tangiers police. Thex'e is an improvement in the demand of hemp. New Zealand medium qualicy is quoted at £25 10s. Manilla has risen 10s. The managing director of the Liberator Permanent Building Society baa fled from England, and Mr Jabez Spencer Balfour, who held the position of honorary director, is reported to be in hiding on the Continent. Mr J. Spencer T>alfour, M. P., has accepted the the Chiltevn Hundreds. Owing to tha large quantity of ice on the Thames, several vessels are imprisoned in the London Docks. Owing to troubled relations with Morocco Colonel Sir J. West Ridge • way proceeds there as a special

British euvoy. The press generally approve of the mission. The new South Wales Agent-Gen-eral is making enqniries from leading graziers as to the yield of mutton and wool from certain breeds of sheep. It is stated that the profits made by One London middleman, by substituting Canadian for FiDgli^h beef, amounted to £200,000. Meetings of the unemployed have been held at Tower Hill and at Oldham, Lancashire. At the latter latter place the speeches were of a violent character, and the speakers declared Canon Holland, of tit Pauls, had mocked the men by inviting them to place hope in Jesus when he well knew it was useless. Samuels, an anarchist, advised the men to commit thefts at cook shops, or murder if necessary, saying that he preferred prison to starvation. 'Ihree cotton warehouses, along with 11,000 bales of cotton, have been destroyed by fire at Liverpool. Two firemen lost their lives. The damage is estimated at £200,000.