TO-DAY'S CABLES

Feilding Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 244, 16 May 1906, Page 2

TO-DAY'S CABLES

Chinesa Customs Edict rbie«ta»h Preiß Association Gopyrißtt Receded May 16, 9.9 a.m. Pexin, May 15. Tbe Cbinese Government have ixpiu ned that the Customs ediot is iiu- tried to simplify* the administra tioti and not to supersede Sir Robert Hmt's establishment. Foreigners, nevertheless, fear the reorganisation is designed to interfere with tbe interests of the Powers. A Popular Appointment London, May 15. : The Selection Committee have appointed Lieut. - Colonel N. T. Foster, Royal Engineer, late military attache at Washington, Director of Military Science at the Sydney University. It is considered an excellent appointment owing to his exceptional literary, scientific, and , strategic qualifications. The War Office hesitates to part with so valuable an officer. Unemployed Demonstration London, May 15/ Nine thousand of the unemployed demonstrated at the Westond, protesting against tbe Government's neglect, and denouncing Mr John Burns for his inactivity, and hissing the wealthy classes. Will Thome and Eier Hardie delivered violent speeches. Home Defence London, May 15. Lord Portsmouth, in reply to Lord Wemyss, made an important statement on Home defence. Britain had a mobilisation scheme, enabling her to mobilise as quickly as any Continental nation. The two ser vices were entirely in accord concerning measures of defence. Royal Commission London, May 15. Sir Campbell Bannerman has promised a Royal Commission to inquire into police methods in tbe west, and, dealing with disorders in the streets at night. Germany's Warlike Preparations 9 Pabis, May 15. The Temps says the limitation of armaments is impossible in view of Germany's warlike preparations. Railway Bates London, May 15. The Departmental Committee on railway rates reports that no undue preference is accorded to foreign and colonial produce as compared with Home produce. The farmers of Britain should combine and cooperate to send their produce in larger quantities, packed so to give good loading in the trucks. In Praise of Mr Seddon Sydney, This Day. The Herald devotes a leader in appreciation of Mr Seddon. It declares he is far too remarkable a figure in Australian politics to allow his arrival to "pass as an ordinary visit by a political man from a neighboring colony. • Another Case of Plague Pebth, This Day. Another case of plague has been reported Commonwealth Credit Pebth, This Day. Sir John Forest has returned from London. He found that London financiers regarded the credit of tbe Commonwealth States very favorably. Labor Candidates Defeated Pebth, This Day. The election for the Legislative Council resulted in the defeat of the Labor condidates.