CABLE NEWS.

Feilding Star, Volume I, Issue 123, 22 November 1906, Page 4

CABLE NEWS.

[By Ei.e« iMC Teleobaph— CoPYft cmj [Pbb Press Assocn ' >x.j London, November 21. Sir H. C. Bannerman and Mr Asquith informed a deputation of Liberal-Labour Commoners that tho Government regards the old age pensions as a question of the most extreme urgency. They favoured > universal plans altogether disassociated fiom the Poor Law, and were opioid to contributory schemes whbh rr-vohed inquisitorial machinery. Ihe Daily Mail's Berlin corresponoent reports that King Edward is visiting Berlin to ratify a secret tioaty with Germany, which will guarantee Denmark's integrity in return for the privilege of closing the Sii.nd between Denmark and Sweden against any fleet intending to attack Kiel or the Baltic ports. The proprietors of the Graphic effer a prize of # £1000 to the invent ■•. first producing a machine which, heavier than air, flies with one or n:cre human passengers between two points a mile apart. Sir Edward Grey assured a deputation 'that isolated British action reflecting the Congo scandals was undesirable. If the existing reg.me was continued, the Govern ment would summons a conference r.{ the Powers. Reuter's Ottawa correspondent reports that Sir W. Laurier has announced the inauguration of a policy of protection of the Canadian Press against the American "yellow" Press. He explains that the Government would shortly concede intellectual preferences by granting British periodicals and newspapers cheaper postage in order to disseminate good, sound literature in Canada, and giving the British settlers in the Western Provinces more information regarding their old homes and families. Lord Selborne announces that a t< mporary vivendi has been arranged chelating the railway rate # war, pending the holding of a BritishSouth African conference after selffiovernment has been conceded to the Tisnsvaal and Orangia. An angry scene occurred in the House of Commons. Mr Balfour complained that Sir Henry Camp-Lell-Bannerman treated the arrangements respecting the times for dealing with the Bills so lightly that he was teaching the House not to rely upon anything he said. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman hotly demand ed if Mr Balfour accused him habitually of deceiving the House. t Mr P«alfour replied that he was incapable of personal deception, but that his carelessness of statement caused ei.ib&rrasment. Paris, November 21. A French soldier wa3 found guilty of selling military secrets to a German non-commissioned officer. Bo+h were sentenced to five years' imEiisonment and fined a 7 thousand MI?CS. The French populace offered considerable resistance in Brittany and elsewhere to the Government officials making inventories of church prortrty. A heap of sulphur was fired inside a church at Pignan, necessitating breaking the windows to expel try fumes. Men then climbed the roof and tried to feed the flames with sulphur. Women execrated and obstructed the firemen whose services were sought. At other rhices tbe tocsin summoned the populate who gave the troops much trouble. A parish priest at Couronne lay across the threshold of the, outer door until removed. No fatalities are reported. Sydney, November 21. In the Crick trial, the case for the Cr.-.wn has closed. Ihe Premier informed a deput-*---ti'.n that he intended to remove the Glebe Island abattoireto the vicinity of Flemington. The cattle car is fo.eshadowed the Government control of the abattoirs. Brisbane, November 21. A. man has been discovered suffering from plague in the city. Adelaide, November 21. There will be no further details of the wreck of the Montebelle till th» relief steamer returns. She will reach the scene this forenoon. Capetown, November 21. Botha refuses to privately discuss the economic situation in the Tran? vaal with Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, and accuses him of falsely trying to cicate an impression that Lord Selborne is assisting the Progressives' cause.