CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8305, 8 June 1907, Page 6

CABLE NEWS.

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LONDON, June 7. In the House of Commons Sir E. Grey announced that Britain had intimated to the States concerned m the Sugar Convention that she is prepared to withdraw from the Convention in 1908, unless there is exemption from penalising bountyfed sugar. In the House of Commons Captain Craig asked whether the Government would guarantee a loan to develop British interest in the New Hebrides, provided the Islanders consented to the deletion of the clauses of the Anglo-French Convention relating to the employment of children from sunrise to sunset, with only one hour's rest. Mr Asquith replied "No." In the House of Commons many further questions were asked why the Transvaal loan was more favoured than others. Mr Churchill made no definite reply. MELBOURNE, June 7. The High Court on appeal decided that the Commonwealth public servants are not required to pay income tax. SYDNEY, June 7. The Waterloo Cup final was won by Bladen's Bulwark, Lawson's Longspan runner-up. The evidence at tho inquest was that Liverinore drank all he earned and frequently ill-treated his wife who worked hard to maintain herself and child. It is stated in cricket circles that the suspension of the players will bo unconditionally lifted on July Ist.