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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 88, 22 August 1877, Page 3

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Prince George, second son of the Prince of Wales, was seriously ill on July 16, In the House of Commons on July 16 it was announced that the rinderpest had broken out at Bethnal Green. A young man at Bradford, haying quarrelled with his sweetheart, killed j .her with a poker, and then cut his own throat, dying immediately, Twosha*) boilers burst on June 26th, at Eavcusdale Works, near Tunstall, killing six men and twoboys, and injuring a number of others, The annual cricket match between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was played at Lord's on June 25 and 26, resulting m the victory of Oxford by 10 wickets, ' Miss Mary Carpenter, well-known for her philanthropic efforts on behalf of reformatories, was found dead m her bed on June 14 at her house, near Bristol. The Hungarian Press comment very bitterly upon the war agitation m Servia, and demand that the Austrian Govern--ment should assume a firmer position m reference to, the Eastern war. - Mrs/BassetVwife of a clergyman m Cornwall, has been committed for 1 trial ttpon. -a -charge' of assaulting and ill-* treating a Servant girl. She 'was also fined for assaulting her cook/ • The shipbuilding yards on the Clyde 1 are still closed, and great distress exists among the workmen, who, however, do not appear disposed to yield upon the? point m dispute-^-a reduction m wages. Colonel • Carr Lloyd, a Deputy-Lieu-tenantand. Magistrate for Sussex, wad found in -ids stable, shot through the head, and died the/ next day. It is believed the case was one of suicide. 1 The.rope used fon lowering ah iron cage m a mineV near Helston, took fire from frictidta, ahd'being burnt through, thecage fell to the bottom of the pit,' killing two men who were at- work below. So many Indian officers have applied for leave with the intention of " looking m " on Turkey andthe Danitbe on their way home, that furlpug-hto England, is refused unless the promise is given " on honor " not to visit the scene of w,ar. 'An iron beam, weighing 25 tons, intended to 'form part of the railway bridge now m construction over the Tay," fell into the river through the breakingof the chains by which it was being raised, anjl striking one of the workmen^. kiUed him bn.'tbe spot. The death is announced of one of the few remaining Peninsular veterans, Lieutenaht-General W. A. Le Mesurier, who died iat Exeter, at the age of 90/ He was present at the sieges of Ciudad GRbdrigo and. Badajoz, arid the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, the Pyrenees,-Ni--velle; and Qrthes. In the: House of Lords on June 19 the repott l of amendments to the Burials Biu was - considered. Several new amendments were proposed, but 'the most important was that again moved :• by Lord Harrowby, permitting religious services other than that of the Church of England at funerals m church-yards.' The Government: .opposed the amendmerifc, but itv was eventually carried by 127 to ! Ml. \ '