HOME AND FOREIGN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9021, 6 April 1888, Page 5

HOME AND FOREIGN.

[PEESS ASSOCIATION.] THE RULES OF CRICKET. London, April 4. TstE committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club recommend that the number of balls in an over should be five They also favour giving a bowler an unlimited right to change ends when he pleases, but he should not be allowed to bowl two overs in succession. A NEW KNIGHT. London, April 4. Mr. William T. Marriott, M.P. for Brighton, has been created a K.C.M.G. THE PRICE OF GOLD. London, April 4. The banks have raised the price of gold $d per ounce. MILITARY MANOEUVRES IN ENGLAND. London, April 4. Military manoeuvres during Easter ■were of an extensive character. Fourteen thousand volunteers and regulars attacked Dover and secured a victory. They were assisted by machine guns, ana the cycling corps did good service. In the naval attack off Portsmouth the attacking party caused the defenders to abandon their position. THE QUEEN AND THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. London, April 5. Her Majesty the Queen will exhibit the paintings in her possession representing the marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal of England, at the Melbourne Exliibition. Melbourne, April 6. Tho Austrian authorities will send an expert to the Exhibition to report on the education court and the Victorian system, and efforts will be made to get other nations to do the same. CAPTAIN STRACHAN AND NEW GUINEA. London, April 4. The Colonial Office has virtually promised Captain Strachan possession of Strachan Island, New Guinea, as a reward for his labour in the cause of geographical exploration. FROZEN MEAT. London, April 4. The Lusitania's frozen meat is selling at 3fd. THE STANDARD AND NEW ZEALAND. London, April 5. The Standard, in the course of an article to day, asserts that the population is deserting New Zealand and going to Victoria. THE PRICE OF SILVER. London, April 8. > Silver has fallen a farthing, and is now quoted at 3s 6fd. SIR F. M. MACKENZIE. # London, April 5. Sir F. Morell Mackenzie will shortly return to London.