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Manawatu Herald, 21 April 1894, Page 2

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Mr Balfour's amendment to the motion to set vp 1 a Scotch Grand Committee was rejected by a majority of 33 votes. Mr Campbell-Bannerman stated that similar committees would be appointed in regard to Welsh Irish j affairs. Sir Charles Russell succeeds Lord Bowen as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. Sir John Bigby succeeds Sir Charles Russell as Attorney-Gene-ral; The Sill which the Government proposes to introduce dealing with the frozen meat trade will confer the same powers on the Board of Agriculture with respect to the false marking of meat as are possessed by the Board of Trade under the Merchandise Marks Act. At a meeting of the consignees and salesmen, held for the purpose of discussing a method of supporting the values of frozen mutton, Mr Montague Nelson suggested fixing a minimum weekly selling price, which salesmen should be bound to adhere to. He proposed that 2s lid per stone for prime New Zealand, and 2s 8d for ordinary New Zealand, should be the prices fixed for the current week. The agent for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company remarked that similar proposals in 1887 had failed for want of uanimity. The meeting adjourned until the 28 rd instant, in order that others interested in the trade may be consulted. It has been decided to raise freights to the colonies half.a-crown all round. The new rates come into operation on the Ist; of next month:. A Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Colonel Nolan, member for Galway North, for the repeal of the Irish Crimes Act was read a second time on a division by a majority of 60 votes. It is expected that when Colonel Nolan's Bill comes to a division the voting power of the Unionists will be one-third below the strength of the party, as it is known the Government has no intention of proceeding with the measure. Sir Thomas Mcllwraith paid a visit to the. Salvation Army farm colony at Hadleigh, and he was so pleased with what he saw that he afterwards wrote to General Booth expressing his high opinion of the scheme, and complimenting the Army officiate upon the administration of the settlement. Mr R. T; Reid, Q.C., member for Dumfries, succeeds Sir John Rigby as Solicitor-General for Scotland. „ Four hundred and fifty of the Anglican clergy have appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury to support the working of the Parish. Councils. The Daily News says that Sir W. V. Harcourt will, in response to the pressure brought to bear by the Irish and Scotch members, limit the proposed increase in beer and spirit duties to a period of one year.