LAST NIGHT'S CABLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7308, 30 May 1902, Page 4

LAST NIGHT'S CABLES

(13y Elrdric Te'egraph.—Copyright.) (Per Press Asaot lation.) London, May 29. One hundred and seventy * Trade Union delegate?, representing 1,000,000 workers, met at London and adopted resolutions protesting against tho Corn Duty. Tha Admiralty bus severely reprimanded Lord Charles Beresford for somo of his speeches delivered while on full pay.

Britain and Franco have officially ro:ognised the Cuban Republic. Franco bus notified Chiim that tho Kwang-si insurrection is interfacing with the Tonking trade, and unless it is suppressed before July. Prance will tako steps to protect[hor intorcsts. Owing to recent capped shot experiments, six cruisers counted in tho R class in laso year's naval programme aro being re-designed, with a view to providing eixincb, instead of four inch armour. A severe battle has been fought at Chulussisu. The rebels lost 1,500 in killed and \vout:ded, and compelled the troops to retire. Thu jjoxers are re-assombling at Shaiuun<;. Over 3000 applicanta of JCIOO ,i-piece lor l-'-.c New £.-oiith Wales ioun received in lull. Other applicants received a Sriuall percentage. The Times' Paris correspondent says that thij new French Ministry will not be fciiiicd b:j'ore .Turn; ' 10th. M. Combes, vice-President of tho Senate rum ex-Ministur of Education, and a siront; Ami-cl> ricul, will probably sue-Cf-.esl M. Waideek-llousseau in tho Premiership. ft v litliftn claims to have invented a str.rag" batury üblo to drive motor curs 100 luiha without re-charging. New Yohk, May 29. Lord Puuneefoto's fimcrai was an impreithe ceremony. Tho Hon. Jchn Hay and the Ambaa-S'ld'.-M of the oilier Powers acted a? pallbearers. I resident Roosevelt was present, uisd 1000 trooj,s escorted the eoßin. Romi:, May 29. Monsignor Pa?serinie, Vicar Apostolic of Suuchsrn China, who U visiting ]{ouae, anticipates another vast antiE'.iroponn rising, more terrible, because it is boni" patiently and systematically prepared, Ottawa, May 29. Hon. Jo:cf-h Parte, Canadian Minister foi- Publin Works, speaking At Montreal, y.\cA that if Mr Pu-njout Morgan bought, the Canadiun-Pucific line, Canada would IniiUl another railway. He declared tii.it a fast Atlantic steamship service would bo running within two \ears. He did not believo mat Britain would ever accord Cai::ulii preferential treatment. MKLUouiiXE, May 2'J. In the Federal House. Mr Fuller, in nrgiiig tho necessity o: suspending th<duties on fodder to save the stock, said that in previous droughts the supplier had b.-en obtained from Nir.v Zealand, but the duties now prevented tbi=. It was understood that New Zeulnnd h.->.d n larger quantity of foi'dti on baud limn for many years. Other members pressed tho urgent necessity of the motion. Mr Df-akin said I ho Government fully recognised the gravity of the situation, and were- propaicd, il asked, to take unusual ruops to meet il. Tho difficulty in tho way of this was tho union with Status whose circumstance.-; were not all simian-, and they could not touch the dutios without tho consent of all tho States, but stops were being taken to nscorlaiu the viows of tho States and tilt Biippiii>.-< available, including those in Now Zealand. Kyoxky, May 20 Captiin Laldlaw, marine surveyor to the Underwriters' Association, at om •.tmo w.-li known in the New Zealand twdo. At v mee;ji-g ot the Labour Council a communication w»s received fivui Christchurcl: Soeialkts imphutimsliy denying the bta'.uinenc of Mr Ouirim, chairman if the Victorian L-,bour Commission, thai there nro no unemployed in New Zaahind. The statement was absolutely untrue. Atlvievs received stuto thai an English bowling tram of 12 or 10 pity, rs sail for Aui-iriiliu in August. Encouraging developments have t:\kon place in thi.- Bahu'iin Coal Mi.-ii-s. Since starring diivii.g tho seam has considerably thic-ki-iud, and iht compnnv U now selling SO to 100 tons ot coal p. r week. Tests have proved the coiil to bo of good quality.