London.

Manawatu Herald, 5 June 1894, Page 2

London.

The Government, by a majority of 17 votes, carried a motion securing all the time for the remainder of the session. There was a long debate on the Death Duties Bill, Sir B. Webster, Mr Goschen, Sir J. Lubbock, and Mr A. J. Balfour (Leader of the Op f position) vainly opposed the oolonies being included in the provisions of the measure. The Chancellor of the Exchequer insisted that it was jußt to apply duties to colonial property, as colonists taxed British goods. Mr Balfour regretted that the House had not been supplied with more information on the subject. Mr J. G. Butcher moved an amendment limiting the estate duty to property in Great Britain, He said that colonists would object to pay the probate duty twice, and such a proposal would interfere with in« vestments. The Chancellor of the Exchequer regarded the amendment as an ob« jection to the colonies sharing ad* ditional Imperial burdens, and pointed out that the Defence Committee in their report had shown that the colonies were only paying a 19th part of the cost of defence. Mr Justin McCarthy has received an assurance from the Government that the Evicted Tenants Bill will be pressed on this session, no matter what other measures are sacrificed. The fhronide congratulates the Victorian Government dn a "healthy perception of the present. situation of affairs in that Colony, and on a determination to utilise the land for the common benefit, and to help the unemployed. j* In the House of Commons, Sir !f^ Grey, Undjr - Secretary for the Foreign Office, said it had been decided to proclaim a protectorate over Uganda proper, and that a Commissioner would be appointed to ad-

minister affairs there. A Sub Commissioner would be selected to administer the country from Lake Victoria to the coast. It had been decided, he added, not to construct "* the railway suggested in the latter mentioned country. Mrs Gordon Baillie has been convicted of the charge of obtaining pictures by false pretences, and has w 'been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. An Anarchist named Brail, a Ger. man, has been arrested at Chelsea with explosives in his possession. Hiram Maxim, inventor of the machine gun which bareg his name, has now invented a bulletproof ouirass, which he offers to the Go*r vernment at the cost of the material only. This amounts to about 7s 6d per coat. New Zealand long-berried wheat, ex warehouse, 255, market restricted ; South Australian do, 55s 6d market weaker ; Victorian do, 255, weaker. New Zealand frozen mutton, first quality, 4£d ; second quality, 3-* d ; lamb, first quality, 4£d ; Victorian mutton, 2£d. Hemp is in poor demand. New Zealand shipments offered tor sale were bought in.