ARRIVAL OF THE FR'ISCO MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1172, 11 February 1884, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE FRISCO MAIL.

Per Press Association. Auckland, Feb' ll: Arrived, Zealandia. with the Frisco mail. GE N E R Al ' S UK MARjX : - i ' London, Jan 20. The Befortnatory ship Clarence, was burned m the river ' Mersey, on January 16 All hands' saved. [[' ( The iron and steel workers of. Great Britain ha ye been. . , notified by their fellow craftsmen of America that agents from the United .States will shortly be m England to get workmen and they hope that no British workmen wi.'l assist m 'de^ featirig their brethren m A mericia. "' , Mail advices received m Lqndbn from China,st'ate .that Chi', nese have committed. au ; i-, cide owing to the unsettled political situation and deplorable state of the mqney market.. Lortt LytsWltfori^s- biography of his father inlets with no sale m England beeause'it is i said the fpf ice' is too high and the work too bulky. A. despatch'^frbm London, JanY-19, ?ays the British. Post ..Offices.,... after September Ist, o will^. fo.rwa^rd all mails for\ America by;: th\ [fastest aceameri, uu'der "-. monthly \confcraet, chiefly by way of Queenstown Maiis:are to be forwarded by S6uth-'< amipton mid weekly by fast s'teamere '> w.hich leave there at midnight on | Vhjursdays, . connecting: from Lon* don. i.'--S.L It .Tj .^L Sehuzler.tlje explorer, of eqpato rial Africa is reported dead. ~ L '' Charles Santley, the wellkaowh English baritone, was recently'"married- to a wealthy American woman? m Vienna. In consequence of a renewal of the threats of dynamiters, an additional police guard has been placed at \ tHe post office' and, Qther public buildings! m Glasgow. ' . .. A portion of the bridge on. the railway between Wigan and Preston' collapsed on January o, killing seven workmen and injuring many others. The marriage of the Prince Louis oi Battenburg with one of' Queen Victoria's grand-daughters is fixed for April 19, ■ Lord Mayo, who lately explored the Congo, is on his way to explore Patagonia and Terra del Fuego. Queen Victoria is about to present a portrait of hersetf, painted by, the frinoess Beatrice, to the National Portrait Gallery. A sensation has been caused by a bequest of £500,000 made by a wealthy London lady to J?o,pe Leo xni. It is rumoured that the Catholics of England have completed arrangements to begin the ereotio.n of & cathedral m Westminister, to cost over £500,000, fco be erected within a stone's throw of Victoria station.. The design as approved is similar to that of the Vatine Kerche, Vibnna. ; Dart and' JiogersV mercuanti, l Liverpool, failed oh' Jan uarv.' B with' liabilities of £10;00p: " : ' " j ' !l sHenry (rebrge lectured"' !af ia SI tlames' Hall, Loudon, on !£ Ja'nSia'ry^ 9th on " Progress and Poverty."

Henry "XiabonchereJ?^^^^^^ Michael Davitt, HemL, presvieU M.^., add the Uev Stdsoadbui-si, wei;6 ;on tbe platformH^adlam roiirse uf the lecture Mr<i nthe said- the' struggle for equal ri)prK© "~ lan-l ninst come m Knglarid, and^ 11 'sure to come m America.. s It is sui<! that, the Duke of Argyleintends to write a reply to George's \ ...book (in^^PiiQgres^and-.Eaverty^*^ " Austin's . lace factory at Long SE ton, near -Nottingham, was burned qn -tha^th. ; Loss . John Daley, M.P; for Cork, has suddenly resigned. It is alleged that he did so -owing to the slight inflicted by bf the Board of Trade, who. wishing', b fill! a Vacancy m the^oterarafiiit office there, asked Parnell to coin* municate with a ; suitable' person. Bailiff Sims, while^re.turningf from Cullamore ti4 CoiW 6'n 9th, was fatally shot by an unknown perSOn. . si i-.'i ■ . j .•; -i o ri"- 1. -- - . <o ;■ .-. ,! -t .K.*^ ■ - Aftf .^^eyj^e^rmerlsswdom- > declines to leave Gr-eai JBrita.in and asks for safe employment. '.'*" l Mr Chamberl^in^PresideQtjO^ the : Board of ,Tra<le, s^ |in'a 'speechide.^ liyered at Newcastle, \oni Jan^^thVx that the o impjroved 'state of IrelancLu was due: to the Land Act»rather than ' the Crimes Act^ ;•;. ' i:. ••