CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9168, 17 March 1910, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) WASHINGTON, March 16. The Parlimcntary Committee of Naval Affairs at Washington has approved the appropriation of- half a million dollars to raise the wreck of the battleship Maine and the Havana wreck, reported as a menace to navigation. OTTAWA, March 16. While shrewd observers at Washington are still hopeful that President Taft will yield to tho advice of the Commissioners sent to Canada, authorities at Ottawa apprehend that a trade war with America is imminent. It i 6 stated that if America imposed the maximum tariff Canada will reply with a surtax of 33 1-3 per cent, and prohibit tho export of pulpwood and wood pulp. Received March 17, 8.5 a.m. LONDON, March 16. , The revised official estimate of the I Argentine wheat crop shows that there is available for export 2,200,000 tons. Mr Lough's amendment to reduce the navy vote by 3000 men was negatived by 225 to 34. The Hon. McKenna said the two-Power standard defined by Mr Asquith on May 26 was not exceeded by the estimates. The Admiralty considered five Dreadnoughts were not wanted before 1913. It -was also expedient to de' lay commencing them until tho latest possible date. The vote was ultimately agreed to. John White was sentenced to servitude for life at Birmingham for causing his mother's death by trying to induce her to drink cyanide of potassium, resulting in her death through fright. Tho Royal National Lifeboat Institution's boats saved 644 lives from 43 vessels in 1909. A Portuguese vessel foundered off Pico, in tho Azores, and 23 were drowned. Mr Lloyd George is suffering from neuritis and is taking a rest for a week. Lieuts. Feakcs and Biddlccomb, two colonial officers, have passed their examinations in navigation and pilotage for the command of torpedo craft. The Treasury return shows tho revenue receipts to bo* £123,786,000, as compared with £139,383.000 for the corresponding period of 1909, leaving £39,054,000 to be collected in a fortnight if the Treasurer's estimates arc to be fulfilled. The Pall Mall Gazette publishes the text of Lord Cawdor'e memorandum for the first time. Tho object is to establish Lord Charles Beresford's contention .that there is a shortage of cruisers for the protection of commerce. Queen Alexandra exhibited her bassel hounds at the Manchester Show and secured two firsts, two seconds, one reserve and two highly commended tickets. The Advisory Committee of the Board of Trade includes the Hon. Hall-Jones, Lords Avebury and Strathcona, Sir A. Spicer and Mr H. Birchenough. Received March 17, 9 a.m. NEW YORK, March 16. Senator Aldrich has introduced a Bill into the Senate to establish a Commission to enquire into Government business methods with a view to x reducing the expenditure of various departments. Senator Aldrich asserted that he could save sixty millions sterling per annum. LONDON, March 16. The Aldermen nominated for the Lon-" don County Council by the Moderate party were elected. They include Lady St. Holier, Mr Harold Cox and Mr Geoff rev Dragc. BRUSSELS, March 16. A Belgian Court awarded £400 damages to a man who was blinded by a hatpin in a traincar. The lady who wore the hat and the tramcar company were each ordered to pay half of the dam- • ages. HALIFAX, March 16. A Bill has been introduced into the Nova Scotia Legislature for compulsory recognition of organised labour. Theio is an outbreak of cholera at Batavia, tho capital of Java. Forty deaths have occurred dailr.