London.

Manawatu Herald, 12 September 1895, Page 2

London.

In the match North v. South of England, Dr Grace scored his ninth century this season. The Earl of Kintore, Rpealring at Inverurie, in referring to the question of colonial bonnses for produce, advised the Home farmers to demand fair competition nil round, as Great Britain, he thought, was pushing Freetrade too far. The family of Mr Stokes, the British trader on the Congo, West Africa, who was hanged by Major Lothaire without a judicial trial on a charge of having supplied arms to the Mahdists, are claiming a heavy indemnity. The imports of the United Kingdom for the last month showed an increase in value of £2,972,000, and the exports an increase of £2,900, 000. The Mortgage Company of South Australia has declared a dividend oT 4 per cent. A Frenchman has made application to the Hon. Thomas Playford, Agent-General for South Australia, for the lease of a portion of the foreshore of the Northern Territory for the cultivation of pearl oysters. A pier at Morecambe, Lancashire, collapsed, and fifty persons were thrown into the sea, oue of whom wa3 drowned. A return sculling race between C. Harding (known as "Wajj" Harding) and T. Sullivan, ox New Zealander and ex-champion of England, was vowed on the Thames to day, when Harding won by five lengths. In the previous match on the Tyne at Newcastle, Harding, who is a very light man, was also sue* cesaful. Sir Joseph Itenals, Lord Mayor of London, has personally assured the French President that the City would be delighted to entertain him if he visited England. President Faure said such a visit is not at present mooted, and it would be impossible to arrange it beiween the Lord Mayor and himself, as the wishes of the French Govornment must be taken into consideration. A train ran from Euston to Carlisle without stopping at the rate of 51 miles an hour. Lord Wodehouso, heir to the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in the Rosebery Government, has been removed from the Commission of the Peace for the assault he committed on the chairman of an election meeting in East Norfolk during the general election campaign.