London.

Manawatu Herald, 7 September 1895, Page 2

London.

Mr Kenny, who was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, has been re-eleoted for St. Stephen's Green, defeating Mr Pierce Mahoney (Parnellite) by 482 votes. M. Tchigorin took second prize at the chess tourney, and Herr Lasker third prize, not in the reverse order, as at first cabled. Surrey won the cricket championship with 13 points, Lancashire second with 10, Yorkshire third with 7. Dean Freemantle, speaking at the Gundelwold Church Congress, said the Papal Encyclical on the subject of the reunion of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches was sin^ cere. He believed the Archbishops of Canterbury and York conferred with the Pope in Rome last Easter on the subject. The Shahzada has started for the Continent. The Manchester 6v.ard.ian complains of the apathy and lack of cohesion among the local produce im porters with respect to direct communication with Australia, and asserts that hostile influence is the causd Mr .Tenkin?, president of the Cardiff Congress, has promised the fair est consideration by workmen ol the proposed social reforms to be intro dncecl by the Government. He accused the Independent Labour Party of being really against labour interests and trades unions, and thought that party was probably subsidised by the opponents of labour interests. He advised the unions to rely on voluntary eft'n'ts to secure the eighthour limit. The" Cardiff Congress approved the Purliamentary Cimmittee's revision of the Standing Orders excluding professional agitators, but only after a bitter struggle, nearly causing a rupture between parties. Thi3 indicates an overwhelming victory for trades unions.