The Northern News. — 1898-07-30 (Carlisle, Cumbria, England)

MANCHESTER AND THE TELEPHONE SERVICE. The Select Committee of the Home of Commone on TeSphonee sat again on Tuesday, Mr. Flanhury presiding.—Mr. Robert Galleon, Lord Mayor of Manoheeter, said he attended mairrly in oneequence of having read the eridienoe which wait given the other day by Mr. Gains, the manager of the National Telt, phone Company, Mr. Gai:ne had said that Man&ester had failed to come to tgreement with neighbcuring local authorities ooticerning matters in which they were all mutually interested. Mr. Gsine had no justiflostion kw saying that the negotiationa ts-tween Manchester and the other local authorities had broken down.—The Chairman : Do you think Manchester oould manage a telephone service? No doubt it could manage that as well ss anything else. In my opinion, however, the post, office, the telegraphs, and the teleydione services should be in the hands of the Government. —Mr. Gaine, recalled, said he was sorry to have brought on himself the wrath of the Manchester Corporation. His information as to Manchester was taken fro" the Press, which showed thm a number of meolutions bed been passed on the telephone question, which resolutions demonstrated the fact that the negotiations had broken through. He very muoh regretted if he had said anything which offended the smosplibilities of the Mantheater Corporation.—Mr. J. C. lamb, wood secretary to the Post Office, said he could not lie!, pathising with the Corporation of Glasgow under the oircumetanoes whioh had been put before the Committee, but be thought the policy of competition w,th the N.T.C. would fail even in the few cases where the Corperations were deeirons of taking over the business. He thieught that very few municipalities would go in for the tatetihoem serrioe even if they could obtain licence& His recollection of the conversation with Mr. Goeohen, when Chancellor of ois Exchequer, 'pee that waist& was istackuwleto the phrase " Corporation " between the Post Offioe and N.T.C.  At Hull ouos Loan, on Tuesday, A. G. 4one, a clerk, was charged with the wilful murder of a young woman named Emily Hall, who died at the Royal Infirmary on Friday last. Prisoner andtklecessed, it was alieged, we to a house in Dock-i.., and asked for a bedroom. Prisoner subsequently went away, leaving the woman behind, and the landlady, an hour later, found her isa a dreadful condition. Hall was removed to the Infirmary, where she died. On a pool most em being made, terrible internal inkwies were discovered, and the coroner's jury returned a verdiot of wilful murder. At the police oourt on Tuesday, howernr, after evidence showi. revoking state of things and entirely unfit for publication had been given, prisoner was remanded. Mr. J. 0. Maloolm held an inquest on Jacob baker, Queen's-place, Roundluty-rd., who died suddenly on the Kirkstall bowling green. Mr. Boyce was a member of the tito.on Wood Club, and was taking Tart in the Individual Merit Competition in connection with the Leeds and District ometeur Bowling Association. He was taken eudoienly and expired alma. immediately. Medical evidence showed that death was due to syncope. A verdict of "Death from maned mums" wasaeturned.