CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7936, 18 October 1904, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

(By; Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Per Press Association^.

. . LONDON, October 17. Ihe Hon. A. LytteUon. sue.king at Ma!iche*ter, s^id a refusal to'di<c:uss or reciprocate Canada's overture-.-! would ennrmoutdy strengthen ill* proposal of the United States in favour ot a treaty of reciprocity «ith C-ui-i.itt. -It would be deplorable w"retu-s 0 Mr Balfour's proposal./ ' -.. ■•■ ■ _ ■. ' The Conference has fftlUp*ed', mid the Free Church has applied io' i lie Court of Session of Edinburgh, claiming the enforcement of the House of Lords' judgment. The United Free Church has decided to contest the suit inch by inch, which will involve many law suits. Lady Curzon had a fair night, and was much improved this morning. PERTH, Ootober 17. Arrived—Steamer Dorses from New , York. A fire broke out in her coal bunkers.- Tugs, witb firemen and appliances, went alongside and extinguished the flames, but afterwards it was found that the fire had burnt through the insulation between the bunkers ia No. 3 hold. . The latter is now burning. In contains chiefly furni- I ture and machinery, consigned to Mel- . bourne. A large gang of men removed ; 10,000 cases of kerosene. SYDNEY, October 17. At the Bifle Association meecing, in the Eandwick Match, nine men tied for ' first place with 49, including A. BalliD- ( ger, of Wellington. During the afternoon all the riflemen met and congratulated the Now Zealanders on winning the Kolapore Cup. Captain Hobbs responded on behalf of the New Zealanders.