London.

Manawatu Herald, 4 September 1894, Page 2

London.

Forty-six thousand Scotch miners < have balloted in connection with the strike, and a majority of 5000 are in favour of a settlement by deducting sixpence per day. Mr Tallerman has obtained the assent of the majority of the cooperative societies in the East End of London to the use of Australian meat. New Zealand frozen mutton — First quality, B£d per lb ; second do, 3d per lb. Lamb — First quality, 5Jd per lb. New Zealand hemp, steady. Fair quality from Wellington realised £15 per ton. New Zealand long berried wheat, ex warehouse, flat, 26s 4d ; South Australian wheat, ex warehouse, flat, 25s ; Victorian ditto, restricted, 24s 6d. Sir George Giey will spend the winter on the Continent, and return to London in the spring. Produce merchants predict that Nelson Bros.' new thawing process will create a revolution in the meat trade, by restoring meat to its original condition, and rendering it more useful than the American article and equal to good English meat. H.M.S. Curacoa and Bustard bombarded the rebel stronghold at Luaianna on 11th August, Malietoa's troops assisting. There- was heavy fighting fur several days, and the rebels then surrendered. The Daily News questions the right. of H.M.S. Curacoa to interfere in Samoa, and points out that the assistance exercised was solely in support of Malietoa, and not because British lives wore endangered. Serious .encounters have taken place between the ; police and miners at Coatbridge, near Glasgow. The police charged with bayonets, and several persons were wounded. The total loss owing to the strike of the Scotch miners is estimated at £6,000,000. v Colonel Rhodes,, elder brother of Mr Cecil Rhodes, succeeds Dr Jameson as administrator of the affairs of the British South Africa Company in Matabeleland. The police at Dartford, in Kent, have been informed that Anarchists are plotting to blow up a powder factory which stands in the midst of a dense population. The factory is accordingly protected by a cordon of sentinels.