BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10601, 9 March 1895, Page 5

BRITISH AND FOREIGN

| ■ t>* i jfJJ? ELECTRIC TBLE'QBAPE“-COPTBIffMT,2 I £Sjpeciai< to Pbe bs Association.] NEWFOUNDLAND. | ' LONDON, March 7. j The Newfoundlan d Government has - refused to accept the conditions laid ‘ down by Lord Bipon before guaranteeing a loan. A Royal Commission will be appointed to inquire into the affairs of the colony. CECIL RHODES BLACKBALLED. Tho Leeds Travellers' Club blackballed Mr Cecil Rhodes, in consequeues of which the Prince of Wales, and the Dukes of Eife and Abercorn. i and Earl Grey resigned, j BANE OP AUSTRALASIA. | The Bank of Australasia declares a dividend of 6 per cent, and carries forward J 610,000i SOUTH AUSTRALIA, i . The Bari of Kinfcore called on the Marquis of Bipon, who declared that no decision had yet been arrived at jin respect; to the Governorship of i South Australia. I CYPRUS. t The Daily Chronicle gives currency to a rumour that the Government intends to abandon Cyprus, the military vote for which will be reduced to .£IOO. j FROZEN MEAT. ! In the House of Commons Mr D. Sullivan, M.P. for Donegal, asked whether Australian frozen meat was examined before shipment, in order to exclude diseased carcases, if any. Mr Gardner,- President of the Board of Agriculture, promised to inquire into the question. THE. NAVY'. I The Times estimates that the proposed additions to tho navy will total nearly twenty millions sterling, j THE PACIFIC CABLE. I Sir 0. Dilke, in addressing the Colonial Institute, considered that whether the Pacific cable paid or not, it would be a wise expense in the interest of the defence of the Empire, i 3ABEZ BALFOUR.

March 8. The House of Commons, by a majority of sixty-one, rejecteda motion condemning the Government for laxity with regard to the escape of Jabez Balfour. THE BEHRING SEA INDEMNITY. In the House of Commons Earl Grey stated that, when the Imperial Government learnt that the United States Government had withheld the sum of 425,000d01s in connection with the Behring Sea fishery award. Sir Julian Pauncefote was instructed to make urgent demands for the payment of the sum. The American Government was willing to pay the amount, but found it an impossible task until the Senate meats in December. The subject is creating a good deal of excitement in Canada. AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS BILL. In the House of Commons the Australian Customs Bill was read a second time without opposition. In the House of Commons Mr C. S, Buxton, Parliamentary UnderSecretary at the Colonial Office, seconded the Australian Customs Pill. . Mr Howard Yiucent, M*P.' for Sheffield, speaking to the measure, hoped that they would soon have a definite statement from the Government respecting the removal of treaties preventing the colonies ■favouring Great Britain. COLONIAL PRODUCTS. At the Imperial Institute Professor J. Long, in a paper on colonial products, declared it probable that within a decade the colonies would supply the entire meat, wheat, and dairy produce required by England. He was, he said, not afraid that the colonies would overgrow if they were allowed the first place in the market. EGYPT. CAIRO, Mabch 8. It is asserted that the natives in the city are secretly purchasing arms, but the British authorities are taking measures to combat and suppress any rising.

FRANCE AND GERMANY. BERLIN, Makch 7. The German Government has decided to Bend exhibits to the French exhibition in 1900. REVOLT IN HAITI. NEW YORK, Makch 7. Another revolt has broken out in Hayti. %. THE CUBAN REBELLION. MADRID, March 7. The Spanish Government has demanded the recall of the American Consul at Havannah on the grounds of Ma implication in the present rebellion. THE FRENCH ARMY. PARIS, March 8. In tha Chamber of Deputies, M, Zurlinden, Minister of War, in accepting M. Jules Roche’s suggestion not to sacrifice financial support to the army, promised to increase the military’vote to .£540,000.