British and Foreign Telegrams.
By Eltctric Telegraph. — United Press A ssociation Copyright—Received 20J8192 —3.30 j?.m. FURTHERS HONORS ANNOUNCED. London, August 18. .. The following further honors aro announced :—Earl of Zetland to be a c . Marquis ; Viscount Cranbrooke aud I -: Lord Willoughby to be Earls ; Tho • ;- Right lion G. Cubitt, A. T. Amherst, *• -."v^dl, jMr. Bessen .to be Barons ; Mr Stavelejr^Hill, Professor Huxley, and Mr Jesse Collins to be Privy Couacillors; Mr Edward Lawson to bo a Baron ; Mr Ashmead Bartlett and Mr Bhindoll Maple to be Knights. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION ABANDONED. Lonoon, August 19. Mr Gray has abandoned the Antarctic expedition which has been spoken of so frequently of late. YACHT METEOR.
The German Emperor's yacht Meteor beat tho Iverna from Tortsmouth to Weymouth. ■. COMMERCIAL RUMOURS. Disquieting rumors are afloat in the city as. to the position of one or two of the Australian mercantile firms.
i EARTHQUAKES IN ENGLAND.
Earthquake shocks were experienced early yesterday morning in South Wales, Cornwall, Devon, Worcester, and Gloucester. Crockery was broken, and furniture shifted. The shocks were severe enough to alarm the people, and drive them from their beds.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9474, 20 August 1892, Page 2
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