AUSTRALIAN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 7739, 20 April 1896, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

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Stds3V, April 18. The president of the Chamber of Com- ' raeree bag received & reply io ths jointprotest against ths Berne cabi9 code. The' Postmaster-General of England refers to the reply of the Financial Secretary to the , Treasury (Mr Hanbnry) to the question in i£& House of Commons iv Augußt last year, as aii' indication of the lines which ths British delegates would adopt when the code was finally discussed. Mr Hanbury'B reply was to the effect that the Government recognised the inadequacy of the coda , and its probable damaging effect on the* interests of the country. He promised to. give tha fullest consideration to th» »rgu-' ments against its adoption. As a protest against the Senate prohibiting the carrying rf banners and indulging in the usual pranks, the undergraduates refused in a body to attend the. University commemoration parade. Th* honors men also left the hall as soon a& ; their degrees had been conferred. Sir Henry Parkes is suffering from bracchitis and inflammation of the lungs, ilis condition is causing considerable anxiety to hie friends. The Premier has arranged for a conference to discuss the coal miners' dispute on Wednesday. Later. Sir Henry Pjrkes remains its a critioaS condition. Tho fiewcastle lodges' voting was 89 for and 60 against a week's suspension of thestrifce notice. In spits of the majority th© the Heaham and a number of tha fietton and Stockton miners went oat on Saturday.