A LIBERAL ELECTED AS M.P. FOR BERWICK.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9966, 31 March 1894, Page 2

A LIBERAL ELECTED AS M.P. FOR BERWICK.

London, March 80. The election for Berwick seat iv the House of Commons, rendered vacant by the accession of Mr Marjoribanks to the Peerage, took place to-day, when Mr Tennant, a Liberal, defeated Mr 0. B. Balfour, a Conservative, by a majority of -565. DIEECTOESOF AN IRISH NEWSPAPER. After three dajs bitter wrangling, the shareholders of the Freeman's Journal supported Mr Sexton against Messrs Healy and Dillon, who lost their scats on the directorate. DISCHARGING FROZEN MEAT. The Dock Co.'s experiment npon discharging meat direct into frozen stores has been a success. The Nairnshire's cargo was unloaded in two days and ahalf. CONVERSION OF NEW ZEALAND LOANS. The New Zealand Loan Conversion operation is proceeding with a quart r of a million worth of bonds. MEDICAL CONGRESS AT ROME. Roie, March 80. The King of Italy opened a Medical Congress yesterday. The ceremony was of a brilliant character. RAISING A DYNAMITED VESSELMadrid, March 30. Twenty thousand residents in Santander have left their homes during t hework of exploding the remains of a wrecked vessel, in which there is a large quantity of dynamite. SILVER QUESTION. Washington, March 30. The President's message declares the Seignorage Bill is dangerous. The measure is likely to revive the financial crisis. He believes it would be safe to coin Seignorage silver if the Government were granted wider powers to issue bonds in order to protect gold reserves. ANOTHER AMERICAN YARN. A mob in Texas placed an innocent negress. accused of murder, in a spiked barrel, and after closing the ends rolled her down- a hill till she died. GOTHIC AT RIO. Eio de Janeiro, March 30. The s.s. Gothic left Rio on Thursday for London.