BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
THE TIMES ON CRICKET. EFFECT OF THE FALL IN SILVER. [UNfTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, March 29. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 12£ per cent, and carries forward £15,000 to the reserve. The Times considers the successful floating of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Loan indicates that things are not so bad m Victoria as the financial critics allege. Two thousand tons of German coal have arrived for the London South Metropolitan Gas Company. The Times says the victory of Lord Sheffield's team forms a brilliant and gratifying conclusion to a tour which ought to be eminently satisfactory both to Englishmen and colonists. The idea that colonial cricketers have deteriorated has been disposed of. . The Calcutta correspondent of the Daily News states that m view of the fall of silver, which it is alleged may be expected, the Indian Government is considering the propriety of revasting to a gold standard. Ottawa, March 29. Mr A, MaoKenzie, ex-Premier of Canada, is m a critical condition. „ - Zanzibar, March 30. . News has been received thatEmin Pasha, who has reached the Equatorial Provinces, fought a successful battle against the natives. The latter were commanded by his old officers, whom he captured and shot. ■-;'■•-'' ■
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXVIII, Issue 78, 31 March 1892, Page 2
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