CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8306, 10 June 1907, Page 5

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(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) Per Priesß Association. (Received June 10th, 9.1 a.m.) PARIS, June 9. M. Piclion, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, says France should examine the proposed limitation of armaments without illusions, pending a unanimous decision. NEW YORK, June 9. The American Customs regulations embodied in the agreement with Germany declare that valuations made by the Chamber of Commerce officially connected with the Government shall be accepted as evidence of the price of exports to Germany. The stipulation benefits France and not Britain, where the Chambers are not official. It is hoped the British Government will arrange to appoint agents to superintend the valuation. NEW YORK, June 8. Orchard's confessions arising out'of the Suenenberg trial extends to 18 murders. LONDON, June 9. Brooks (Victoria) won the singles in the Northern Championship, Manchester. He lost three games dur-. ing the entire competition. Casdagli and Charlton defeated Brookes and Rendall for the doubles. Lowe and Bentley defeated Sharp and Doust (a Sydneyite) in the final of the East Surrey doubles. (Received June 10th, 9.1 a.m.) LONDON, June 9. Mr Birrell, in reply to Mr John Rutherford, said twelve people were committed for trial for raiding three farms at Thoniastown. Several local traders refused to supply the police with goods. Mr W. J. D. Burnyeat, M.P. for Whitehaven, was summoned at the London Police Court for drunkenness. He pleaded that his condition was due to the effects of chlorodyne taken to relieve griping pains. - He was acquitted. PARIS, June 8. Two men named Levy and Bousquet, Labour leaders and anti-mili-tarists, liave been sentenced to two years' imprisonment at Seine Assizes for inciting workmen to pillage, also for complicity in strikers' acts, robbery, and destruction of property. The Public Prosecutor declared that the Paris May Day demonstration in 1906, organised by accused, cost the Treasury £140,000, and recently they attempted to organise a general strike.