16 DECEMBER 1893, page 2

On Friday Week, The House Of Lords Considered Lord Dudley's

amendment to the Employers' Liability Bill. It proposes that the clause forbidding contracting-out shall not apply to any agreement for assurance against injury which has been......

On Saturday, The Most Interesting Part Of The Discussion Was

that in relation to Mr. Balfour's first motion to report progress, in the course of which Sir Henry James insisted that these prolonged Sessions tended inevitably to a very......

On Tuesday, A Representative Meeting Of City Men Was Held

at the Cannon Street Hotel, convened by the London Chamber of Commerce, under the chairmanship of Sir A. Rollit. The Lord Mayor was to have presided, but at the last moment was......

Considerable Anxiety Is Felt As To The Fate Of A

party of thirty-five men under Major Wilson, who are in close pur- suit of Lobengula. They reached his waggon on 4th inst., but were attacked by a body of Ma.tabele, and......

The Progress Of The Local Government Bill (or, As It

is usually called, the Parish Councils Bill) has, of course, not been rapid since the extraordinary surrender to Mr. Cobb, which turned the thirteenth clause into a field of......

The Indian Scheme For Protecting The Rupee Has Broken Down

at one point. It was hoped that the " drawings " on India would be made easier, but from causes discussed elsewhere, the demand for India Office bills has practically ceased. It......