HOME AND FOREIGN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2917, 8 March 1893, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN

(PBB PKESB ASSOCIATION.) ] NOT AN EARTHQUAKE. London, Marsh 6. i The damage at Sandgate is due to i subsidences and rains, and was not the ' result of an earthquake as at first supposed. A large part of the town is gradually slipping towards the sea, and this ici attributed to explosions in connection with the removal of the . remains of the ship Ben venue, wrecked about three hundred yards off the shore in November 1891. Five hundred, houses were damaged, and fifty families rendered homeless, HOME RULE. Tht Nonconformist Unionists' Association of England it making an appeal, condemning the Home Rule Bill al a betrayal of Protestantism. A , great meeting was held in Dublin when prayers were offered against the adoption of Horn* Rule. Archbishop Plunkett of Dublin presided, and many leading Methodists und Presbyterians wtre present. STEAMSHIP PASSENGER ARRANGEMENTS. It is expected that the Tainui will take the lonic's passengers on Saturday, and probably a portion of the Ruahine's. VICTORrA'S CREDIT. Sir W. J. Clark, speaking at Hampstead, vigorously defended the credit of Victoria, and ridiculed the idea of the security she had to offer being weaker. THE VETO BILL. A gigantic meeting of licensed victuallers has been held in London in opposition to the Veto Bill. The Government were denounced as a herd of common thieves. LABOR MATTERS. Great free labor federations are being formed in Bristol and Hull, and the employers are joining in the moveirent, London, March 7. Mr Campbell Binnerman, the Secretary for War, stated in the House that the Government would shortly adopt a higher standard of wagos in the dockyards. SCENE IN THE LOBBY. Accepting Mr William Redmond's challenge to repeat in the lobby the statement made in the House, implying that an attempt to murder shortly followed a speech by Mr Dillon, Colonel Sanderson repeated the utterance in the lobby in Mr Redmond's presence. A scene occurred, and members had to interfere to prevent violence. CRICKETERS FOR AUSTRALIA. It is expected that the next English eleven for Australia, will include W. G.Grace, W. W. Read, Shrewsbury, (Junn, Stoddart, Hewitt, O'Brien, Briggs, Lockwood, MacGregor, and Attwell. SUICIDE op a NEW ZEALANDER Thomas Hellier Green, a new Zealand student, committed suicide at Croydon by taking poison. The reason was an attack of smallpox. SILVER WEDDING. Queen Victoria and the German Emperor will attend the King of Italy's silver wedding.