London.

Manawatu Herald, 22 June 1893, Page 2

London.

Mr G. W. Balfour moved an amendment preventing legislation on matters affecting life and property unless in accordance with Imperial precedent. The Government ac cepted the proposal. The Daily Telegraph states that the German War Office is not averse to the introduction of colonial frozen meat for the army, also that the French War Department has consented to try the experiment

Mr James Tims, a member of the London County Council, who is secretary of the Radical Federation League, has been committed for trial on a charge of attempting to defraud a railway company of the value of a ticket. Mr John Deasy, M.P. for Mayo West, has been summoned to answer a charge of having assaulted a female servant in his employ. H.M.S. Howe, which was stranded at the entrance to Ferrol Harbour, in Spain, has sailed for Portsmouth, where she will undergo the necessary repairs. Mr Peter McLegan, ex-M.P. for Linlithgowshire, has been charged with fraudulent conduct in connection with his bankruptcy. The case is adjourned. Viscount Wolseley, speaking in Dublin, declared the Australians' bareback riding in sections was the finest he had ever seen. Air Williams, Home Rule candidate, has been elected unopposed for the Swansea seat in the House of Commons, the vacancy for which was created by Sir Hussey Vivian being raised to the peerage.