LAST NIGHT'S CABLES.

Mataura Ensign, 19 July 1906, Page 4

LAST NIGHT'S CABLES.

DKLTISH AND EOKEIGN. THE KING AM) CANADA. By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Per United Press Association. LONDON, .July IS. King Edward, replying to an invitation to visit 'Canada, regrets fliat he is unable at present to accept it. He alludes to the great, extent of the Empire which he is obliged to treat alike, and refers to the importance of affairs necessitating his being within easy reach of the centre of the Empire. THE EDUCATION BILL. In the Commons clause 37 of the Education Mill, offering educational homo rule to Wales and providing/ for the appointment of a Welsh Minsiter of Education responsible to Parliament, passed by 395 votes to 107. Mr l'.alfottr declared that it was a deliberate insult to create a new Minister and a new department without notice under a mere amendment to a clause. SOUTH AEKTCAN' MILLIONS. City friends estimate the; late Alfred lieil's fortune at *25 to 30 millions. It is expected thati many millions will be left for public purposes. A YANKEE ESTIMATE. XEW YORK, July IS. The 'New York Herald' reports that in a recent battle 700 San Salvadorians were, killed and 1100 wounded. Two thousand eight hundred Gtiatemaliaus were killed, ulul 3000 wound- ! ed.

INTERCOLONIAL. MUSIC HATH CHARMS. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Per United Press Association. SYDNEY., July IS. At a committee meeting of tlic Liedertalel to consider tlie reply of tlic -Minister in charge of the New Zealand Exhibition to the protest made bv the Liedertafel at the treatment of Mr Orchard by the New Zealand Oovmiment, the following resolution, which is to be Conveyed to Mr McCowan, w«s carried : "That the commit tee of the •Sydney Liedertafel, having- seen the wholo correspondence between Mr Orchard and the entertainment committee of the jNiew Zealand International Exhibition, considers the reply of the Minister, as published in this morning's papers, unsatisfactory, and they still arc of opinion that, in view of the unanimous selection of Mr Orchard by the, two committees, and Ihe subsequent recommendation by the commissioners, he was unfairly treated by the Minister by refusing his formal confirmation of Mr Orchard's appointment as conductor in favor of a local applicant : further, it is inexplicable that (he Minister should have read the correspondence and should have come to the decision to appoint another person."

THE CRICK EPISODE.. Jn the Assembly. Mr Woods moved dissenting from the Speaker's ruling in connection with the recent discussion on the Lands Commission report us it' related to Crick. The grounds of dissent were (hat it' robbed the House of its inherent right to deal with its own members, and restricted (he exercise of the constitutional (lowers of 'Parliament, which was the sole judge of its own rights in relation to the conduct ol its own members. After n lengthy debate, the motion was negatived by JS to i). BOUNTY PROPOSALS. MELIiOCHNK, .Inly K In I hi! House of liepresentulivcs, Mr Lyne introduced the new Bounties Bill. It provides for the payment of a maximum of .000,000 per annum for ten years, beginning duly (i. I !)()<). The articles must be the product of white labor, and the recipients of the bounty are expected to submit to some control in the matter of wages. The bounties and the lime of their duration, and the total amount of bonuses must not exceed in each case as follows : Cocoa-Bounty, Id per lb on dried beans, spread over nine years, total annual bonus not to exceed £IOOO. Coffee ami chieorv-ld per lb, eight years, .Ci">oo. Cotton—equal to 10 per centum on market value, live years. .01500. Canned lish-.'.d per lb. Jive years. .CI 1.000. Milk, condensed»d per lb, live'years, CSOOD. Vowdered milU — ! ,'d per lb, live years. £mM. Oils—eqjial to 10 per centum of market value on olive, china, linseed, castor, eolza,v sunllowcr, essential, cottonseed, and other oils, ten years, .07-500 in all. Biei —-0s per ton. live years, jCloOO'. Fibre—Equal to 10 per centum on market value on ilax (ramie), sisal, hemp, New Zealand (lux, pandunns, and such other fibres as may bprescribed, (en years, ;0(i000. 'Miscellaneous products—Bounty not fixed. On rubber, kapok, and such other goods as mav be prescribed. It) years, JC7OOO. FEDERAL MAIL MONTKACT. Mr Chapman moved in favor of the adoption of the. now English mail contract. The debate is proceeding.