London.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is sinking. The Duke of Devonshire and several members of the Labour Commission have issued a supplementary report proposing that Trade Unions and Masters' Associations shall be registered as corporate bodies, and disputes settled by legal proceedings between them. Twenty-five thousand forged fivepound notes have been sent from Germany to England. The Times says the Budget puts the colonial governments in the position of foreigners and restricts British investments. The collecting of taxes twice on the same property will be a blow at the unity of the Empire. Colonists will consider the legacy and succession duties, says the paper, a survival of the days prior to self-government. Such things where they exist have hitherto been only tolerated because they have become almost inoperative. A Hornet torpedo-destroyer, having a speed of 27f knots, and claimed to be the fastest boat in the world, has been built at Yarrow. In the action brought by the National Bank, the defendants asked for a verdict on the ground that the case did not require a jury. The Judge replied that he was unable so to rule, as the nature of the evidence precluded him from doing so, and he suggested a new trial.
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Manawatu Herald, 14 June 1894, Page 2
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204London. Manawatu Herald, 14 June 1894, Page 2
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