CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9489, 12 May 1913, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

I (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.) PARIS, May 10. The Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of seven, adopted a motion for the suppression of gambling, in opposition to the Government's proposal to impose a progrcsivo tax upon gambling profits. LONDON, May 10. The Duchess of Connaught passed a fair night and in the morning showed a slight improvement. Radical, National and Unionist members of the House of Commons threaten to oppose the Stuart Samuel Indemnity Bill. Lord Hugh Cecil has given notice of motie;) "That, while the House is agreeable to indemnify against exaggerated penalty s. Sir Stuart Samuel should pay a moderate penalty." Trovanion's personality, the subject of a recent sensational enquiry against hie bc6om friend, Row, has been 6worn at £51,829. Sir E. Gray urges the development of th» Association of Chambers of Commerce into a closer corporation by the appointment of commercial attaches. = He suggests that the latter could receive guidance and ac;, for manufacturers and merchants interested in foreign markets. The council of the Association as.a result has appointed a committee to carry out the suggestions. OTTAWA, May 10. The Conservative press generally express pleasure at a report that a reciprocity tr<afy has been effected between Australia ar ! Canada by tho Hons. Foster and Tudor. ■ CAPETOWN, May 10. The Appeal Court at Bloemfontein decided that the Alien Restriction Act does not apply to Svrians. GETTING E. May 10. Twenty houses and large quantities of silks, carpets and fancy goods were destroyed by fire.