LONDON.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4455, 7 November 1885, Page 3

LONDON.

Novcmbor 4. | Tho frozon meat by the Doric has urrivod in splendid condition. Mr E. C. Cracknell, Superintendent of Telogruphs for Nuw South AVules, returns by tho Orient steamer Orient. Mr Edward Coombes, C.M.G., New South AVules, will read a paper on that colony at tho nuxt mooting of tho Royal Colonial Institute. Tha Soudan war medals for tho Now South AVules contingent, havo been shipped by the steamer Orient. Novomber 5. A scheme which has been propounded by Mr J*,. C. Baker, M.L.C., of South Australia, for a joint ocean postal cervico between England and Australia, has been referred by the Homo authorities to a postal committeo for consideration by the colonies. Victoria, Nuw South Wales, and South Australia havo already accepted this proposal. Tho French Government intend introducing tho Torrens Act for facilitating laud transfer in Tunis. Tho Adelaide Chapter of Freemasons have been erusud from tho English roll. Sorvia and Bulgaria havo mado largo purchases of Australian tinned meat. Rumors have been circulated to tho efFoct that an anti-Gorman agitation has taken pluco at Manilla, the capital of the Spanish settlements in tho Phillippino Islands, and that tlifuigitators have burnt tho residence of the fformau Consul there