GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Received, July a, 10.30 a.m. London, July 4.
A Committee of tho llouso of Commons recommends the compulsory two of the metrical system of weights and measures. Mrs U.raigie, the well-known writer, uses tho pseudonym of John Oliver Hobbcs, has obtained & divorce on the grounds of her busband's cruelty ami adultery. llr McMillan, ex-Treasurer of N.S.W., lias cabled to the Premier to send tbo promised instructions respecting the Agent-Generalship. He has made preliminary enquiries, but it is unable to proceed till instructed, lie waits in London till tbo end of the month.
Pekin telegrams state that the agreement respecting tho Rr.6soChinese loan has been signed. jLj Washington, July
Fitzsiinmons, tho boxer, has been acquitted on the charge of manslaughter, arising out of the death of an opponent in a boxing match.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5069, 5 July 1895, Page 2
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133GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5069, 5 July 1895, Page 2
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