London.

Manawatu Herald, 17 January 1895, Page 2

London.

Many skating accidents have occurred in London.

Hundreds of people have been immersed through the ice breaking, and several fatalities are reported. Lord Randolph Churchill has again relapsed into a comatose state. ... , . , ,

■ A sudden inrush •of water in Giglake colliery, in Audley, Staffordshire, entombed 250 miners. . •-■

One hundred and forty of them were rescued, and of the remainder, eighty, will pr6baljr£ behaved if they have been able to seek refuge in/ the upper reaches of the mine. .'.., '„.. . . Pumping work is proceeding rapidly. The Times declares that profound

distrust is felt concerning New Zea T i land finance, and that it is considered of an experimental character. The expenditure throws a heavy increase on the State liability. Reports continue to be persistently circulated that" Sir - W.- V-r Harcourfrin tends to resign, the cause being a difference with his colleagues over the propriety of a loan for the^ incfea'se drtHe^navy. -«~-~ It is reported that the Turkish Government is con^ampla^ing the appointment of |^j^!^Tg>lice in Armenia composecl^qualjy^df Chris* tians and Mosleibs^ ; ,. a 'Mbslem Governor to be appointed for three years, and then a Christian for a similar period. Mr J. F. K. O'Brien. M.P. for South Mayo, declares that betore the split in the Irish Party a Radical Committee, .with^ the sanclaon of Mr Parnell, collected £8500, After Mr Parnell's death the party declined to take the money, but accepted ' £2000 from Lord. Tweedmouth, when he was a member df the House, for the relief of the evicted tenants. It is reported that the Sulfcaii of Morocco, finding himself unable to" retain his kingdom, has appealed to Great Britain to establish a protectorate over the country.