THE LATEST. HOME AND FOREIGN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 6206, 29 February 1904, Page 3

THE LATEST. HOME AND FOREIGN

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Eeceived Feb 20, 9.36 a.m. The Thibet Expedition. i Facilitated by the War. ' London, Feb. 28" The Russian reverses in the war are ■expected to facilitate Major Younghusiband's negotiations with Thibet. Cotton Growing in Burmah. Mr Brodrick, speaking at Manchester, \ promised to stimulate cotton growing in ~ India, and said Burmah was a possible tield here cotton growing might be undertaken tt a large scale, by means of some form of ddentuted labour. The Figaro Revelations. ! Dissensions in the French Cabinet. Received Feb. 29, 9.10 a.m. Paris, Feb. 28 "Le Figaro's" recent revelations of the „ lart played by Russia during the Fashoda ' risis, have caused differences in the French I ibinet, some of the members of which are q fc now on speaking terms with eaoh other. Transvaal Trade. A Satisfactory Increase. ; Capetown, Feb. 2S 1 The imports intn the Transvaal for 1903 .were valued at .£19,500,000, as compared -with £13,000,000 i'cr the previous year, and the Customs revenue was £2,000,000 mil- ' lion, as compared with £1,500,000. (Received Feb, 29, 9.49 a.m.) ■; French Troops for Indo-China. \ Paris, Feb 28 1 France has warned 2,000 men of the Colonial Infantry Division to be ready to start for Indo-China by the 15th of March. Licensing E-eform. The city of Glasgow authorities have decided that from April next they will cloEe all public houses at ten o'clock at night. Brook's Sewing Cotton. Edward Brook, the sewing cotton manufacturer, of Metham, left an estate valued nt two million. The duty on the estate amounts to £170,580.