CABLE NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxxii, Issue 8375, 23 May 1911, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

BREVITIES

IT iVuss AsMii-its;i-.:ii t.o[iyright. Received May 23, 10.10 a.m. T ;■ LONDON, May 22. Lord Lansdowne's-fßill for the reform of the House of Lords has passed its second reading. A fresh deadlock has occurred in connection with the Cambrian coalminers' dispute. ' The General Conference of Surveyors will be opened by Lord Curzon on May 31. Sir Algernon West's appeal against the judgment for his daughter in the recent slander case is proceeding. Mr Lloyd George has refused to amend the Budget by making the duty on tea grown within the Empire fourjpence and the rest fivepenee. The Princess Dhuleep Singh has been fined £1 for refusing to pay dog license as a protest on behalf of the suffragettes. The Kaiser, in his message of farewell, said he and the Empress were greatly impressed by the warmth and cordiality of the welcome to the Princess on her first visit to England. _ A WASHINGTON. May 22. Mr Andrew Carnegie will have to give evidence before the Commission that is investigating the affairs of the Steel Trust

BERLIN, May 22. A lock-out of 10,000 trade-unionist textile workers at Munster has ' begun. ■.'■:. '< ' ;:i •■■ ''•"'

ADEN, May 22. - ihe Yemen rebels have captured a fortified post at Shaar, and taken .1-50 prisoners, after a six months' siege SYDNEY, May §3.' Ihe Government has determined to close the censure debate ,this week. The Government has received a cable from Mr Edison stating that tho moulded house invention has not quite reached the commercial stage. The steamer Prinz Waldemar will be released from quarantine'to-day.