London, 20th March.
The President of the Local Government Board's (Mr. C. T, Ritchie) Local Government bill proposes elective county Councils invested with full powers locally, including licensing, Large towns are to have similar separate Councils, and London is to be erected into a county, with a Lord Lieutenant, The Board of Works to be abolished, 'THE FRENCH ELECTIONS, Paris, 29th February.
The nine partial elections which have just taken place were unfavourable to the Conservatives. General Boulanger obtained 54,000 votes.
'M. Darlot has been elected President of the Municipal Council of Paris.
The newspapers comment on the votes given to General Boulanger in the last elections. The Government has ordered an enquiry to be made into the matter, DEATH OF M, BLANCSUBE, Ist March, M. Blanesubé, the deputy for Cochin-China, is dead.
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