London.

Manawatu Herald, 19 May 1894, Page 2

London.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company director! made a call of £1 on ordinary shares, and £8 10s on preference shares, The new board of the Loan and Mercantile Company will not prosecute the old directors for the recovery of the dividends which have been paid out of capital. The cab proprietors assert, in reply to the demands of the men, that they are unable to increase wages, as the profits do not exceed' 6 per cent, The cabmen by a large majority have therefore deoided to go out on strike. ' ' " Five thousand men have joined the Union, and "offered the ownera 15s per day for the use of the cabs. Some of the cabdrivers disagree with Ihe strike, owing to the absence of funds. The cabmen's strike has begun. The men are stationing strong pickets to overawe the new hands. A number of masters have accepted the cabmen's terms. Two hundred of the. men on strike turned a hansom in Park Lane, breaking the driver's leg. Tho residents'. in West London and travellers by the railway are those most inconvenienced by the cabmen's strike. Several masters who are not included in the dispute refuse to let their cabs, fearing that violence may be attempted on the part of the strikers. The press generally take the part of the men on strike, and concur in the opinion that the supply of cabs is excessive. Oue thousand students from Oxford University marched in proces* sion in an excited, manner, Jq Jfcp railway station as a protest against the rustication of a section of the students of Christ Church College, owing to recent disorder in the College on account of Mict discipline. Mitchell, a man ■. Mtf^fofjfgfplanted nn evicted farmer at Castlebar, was attacked /by a bodyr- e f roughs and badly cut .about tljie head and limbs. . . : - . .^ „^ His injuries are of such a, natur^ that his life is despaired of. „ .'.. '.*%. Several arrests have been made in connection with the ontrage, It is reported that*|Ee-^%ttj^pf Trade will enforce :the;.r^fi|^fei> that ten hours shall cprnpriß^^^ working day for railway sigQ^mw The Hon T.P. Jsay^vCW«ited States Ambassador in .London , has informed the British .Government that America desires tp withdraw from the provisions' of the Berlin Act, providing that her -• citizens' rights in- Samoa arepixStocted. ..•'.