OUR CABLEGRAMS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 6718, 27 March 1893, Page 2

OUR CABLEGRAMS.

Queensjand does not seem to have mastered the art of freezing beef in such a way as to ensure its perfect preservation. Twenty per cent of that whioh was shipped at Townsville, and seven per cent of the Brisbane shipments by the steamer Duke of Argyll, reached London in bad condition. When New Zealand started in the meat freezing business it was by no means a certainty as to whether the cargoes would arrive at their destination in first-class order. The condition of the frozen meat on board the steamers was always reported by cable from Rio, and also on arrival at Plymouth. The business has now been brought to such perfection that thero ia no anxiety whatever concerning tho state of the meat ou the homeward passage.—Now Zealand factory mado butler is fetching good prices in London, and this should stimulate the energies of our farmers.—Tho

no-confidence motion brought down by tho leader of tho Opposition, at tho invitation of Mr Gladstone, comes on for dobato today in the House of Commons. No previous Government has had such a narrow majority after a general election as that of Mr Gl.dstone's, and this trial of elrongth may well havo been invitr-d to provo whether the Ministry is justified in rota'niag offico. In tho full strength of tho JUou.-c tiio Government ha. cnly tho best of it by forty-two.—Tho pyyuicut of members is not popular in England. Mr Allen's motion was carried, and tho Gov-

eminent eupported it on tho ground that it is a plank in tho Kadioal platform, but tho half-hearted remarks of tho Chancellor of the Exchequer showed what is thought of it. "When pructieablo, and tlio money available, no doubt tho Government would givo effect to tho motion. This will make Mr Labouchoro very angrj', beosuaa ho labors undor tho impression that the Government \being liberil, must do everything that he, as a Radical, tells them in his paper Truth.—Not before autumn doea thero seem any chacco for Liberal legislation Tho P"*- ; __i Councils, Registration, and Err.*** 1 !--....... Liability Bills, havo all to give

v. ' j'oio the old bogey, Horn. Kule; and } = ( cv ryone ia agreed that Irish autonomy will never be conceded by tho present Parliament. The two last num.ers of Punch n__ko great fun of Gladstone and hia Homo Rule schemo, and this is a pretty good sign of tho way in which publio opinion is turning —Ihe great Unionist gathering at Belfast has beon postponed till Whitsuntide. Whit Monday falls on May 22nd, so it is evident that tho roattor is not now considered pressing.