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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2823, 20 November 1903, Page 2

Telegraphic News

sbom oob Bpboial oobbbspondbnts. [By Telegraph}. London, Nov. 18. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, speaking at Frome, said the Government had been patched up in*ord9r to break down the magistrates' discretion, regarding renewals of public house licenses. Mr Chamberlain's assertion that the Empire would dissolve if his policy were not adopted, was unfounded. There was no reason for his jeremiad on British trade, and no justification for a fiscal revolution. The country would never allow trade to be conducted by Orders-in-Council at the discretion of a Government of apprentices. He hailed with satisfaction Lord Roseberry's appeal for liberal unity, and said it would not be long before their principles would prevail. Mr Chamberlain had no right to use the fate of the Empire as a pawn in his game, or to wantonly gamble with the loyalty of the Colonies. It was a pure invention for Mr Balfour to imply, at Bristol, that the Leader of the Opposition had warned the Colonies against the Government's suggestion that they must prevent the penalisation of Canada for giving preference. " I merely spoke to put Sir John Lee and other Colonial Ministers on their guard," said Sir Henry, "lest they should believe that the isolated expression of individual Ministers represents Cabinet decisions. I accused Mr Chamberlain and Mr Balfour of hoodwinking the country by pretending that they were not committed to a certain policy, when at the same time they were cadging about the world for approval of that policy. Mrs Spurgeon's estate is valued at £10,086. The official correspondence on the arbitration treaty, between France and Great Britain shows that M. Delcasse took the initiative. Th© Theatre, attached tQ the Wool-

wich Barracks, was burnt with the a reading and recreation rooms. Five c , thousand troops helped the fire bri ft gades and saved the whole block of barracks. " Owing to the shortage of cotton and the stoppage of mills the loss of wages ' in Lancashire amounts to £2,000,000. Berlin, Nov. 18. < Russia, in three years, paid bonuses < to 148 Berlin doctors for reviving per- ' Sons In trances, who otherwise, without ' medical skill, would have been buried alive The Duke of Hesse's young daughter died suddenly of cholera. Paris, Nov. 18. I "Le Temps" warns England that, if she seriously interferes with Thibet, then, besides the natural difficulties to be contended with in the country, she must reckon oh dealing With Russia and China. Rome, Nov. 18, Three Anarchists have been arrested at Milan for plotting against the life of the Swiss President, New York, Nov. 18. , Owing to depression and the Steel , Trust's competition the Dominion Iron ' and Steel Company has given notice of > a reduction of from 10 to 33 per cent. > in wages. At the instance of a millionaire's ' wife police were stationed at the fash- '« ionable horse show in order to prevent . modistes from sketching the latest ■ dresses for reproduction. Four thousand Revolutionists have ] surrounded the city of Santo Domingo 1 and an assault is expected. The Oer--1 man warships are prepared to land troops. 8 Constantinople, Nov. 18. The revolt in Yemen is spreading 1 southwards. The Ottoman troops were ft defeated near Mocha.