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London, Feb. 17. The ap, ' i t and on behalf of the unemployed m Groat Britain has, up to the present time, been well responded to. The amount of the fund is now £40,000, and it is hoped the colonies will contribute towards the relief of existing distress. An offer cf knighthood has been made, through Mr R. M. Smith, to Mr James Service on his retirement from political life. Mr Service has, however, declined to accept the honor. An offer of knighthood has been made to Mr R. Murray Smith, the retiring Agent-General for Victoria. Mr Smith has accepted the preferred honor. Feb. 18. Mr John B. Gough, the well-known temperance orator, is dead. Feb. 21.
Mr Hennicker-Heaton is moving in the House of Commons with a view to arriving at arrangements under which the colonial forces should be subject to English control and be conceded an Imperial status.
A proposal has been adopted for laying a duplicate cable between England and Australia, via the Cape of Good Hope. Feb. 24.
Mr Howard Spansley, M.P., is preparing a Bill providing for the payment of Members of Parliament, which he proposes to introduce to the House of Commons during the present session.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1475, 4 March 1886, Page 3
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204“AGE” SPECIALS. Temuka Leader, Issue 1475, 4 March 1886, Page 3
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