London.

Manawatu Herald, 16 August 1894, Page 2

London.

By a collision at St. Pancras Station, owing to the breaks failing to act, two carriages of the Scotch mail train were telescoped, and 22 passengers were injured.

Mr Nelson, meat dealer, considers that the British market for frozen meat is not unlimited, and sees no hope of developing trade with India. The restrictions enforced on the Continent must prevent extension in that direction.

Several members of the Liberal Party are opposing the Eight Hours Bill for miners introduced by the Government. The promoters of the measure agree to limit its operation to five years, and oppose the suggestions of the coal owners, led by Sir J. W. Pease and Mr Thomas, that the matter should be left to local option.

In the House of Lords, Earl Spencer hinted that the Chamber could remodel the Evicted Tenants Bill. Baron Balfour moved its rejection, and he was supported by the Marquises of Londonderry and Lansdowne and the Duke of Argyll, Lord Tweedmouth, on behalf of the Government, declared that if the Lords rejected the measure they would rue the day. The debate was adjourned.

In the House of Commons the Bill providing for the equalisation of the municipal rates of London was read a third time.

Lord Bayleigb, the well known professor of natural philosophy, has informed the British Association for

the Advancement of Science that he has discovered a new gas in the atmosphere.