AMERICAN POLITICS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 23 May 1908, Page 5

AMERICAN POLITICS.

NEW YORK, May 22.

The 13enate. at' Washington has ratified the conventions between America and Japan, for. the. protection of invention's.*! Vtnd trademarks, and copyright oetongmg to American and Japanese, against .fraudulent imitat 'on* for the''iii^po6e/of trading in Chinese and Korean markets. A conference of the. two Houfjefi at Washington relat inj/tp the poßs<^ tie fubaidy has accepted the Senate's amendment providing^for ,a subsidy to carry mails to Japan, China. Australia, South Araeri ca, and the Philippine®. Vessels of the second-class will be paid the saiutrate as first-clasa.