LATE CABLE. By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 7731, 20 November 1890, Page 2

LATE CABLE. By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Received November '20, at 1.5 a.m. Sydnhv, November 10. Ib has boon decided to noud a doctor to Gormany to ooquire into Koch's specific for ooti.sumptioii. Ab Mio lutorcoloui.il Conferotice of builders and contractors ib was decided to federate tho various societies, and it was agreed to adopt a uniform condition of contract and tho law of lien. Koinp and M'Lo.m hivo been matched for L3OO aside and the championship of tho world.

IMuLBoi rnjj, November ID. A deputation of the Clmnber r>f Commerco has requested tho Government to c»slc tho colonies if they are billing to take tho responsibility of tho reduction in tho cable rates, irrespective of the colonies which had refused, also as to whether they would join the Postal Union. Mr Munro, Premier, said ho was hi favor of a joint colonial representation on tho Postal Union, and deprecated New Zealand and Queensland in holding aloof from tho sharing in a guar.intoe for cable reductions. 110 hoped, however, they would yet show a disposition to join, and ho would ask the Cabinet to again approach thorn if they persisted in their refusal. Ho would then sou what could bo <Jon*. The Premier requested tho deputation to submit their views on tho Pacific cable. If the present cheapening of the rates would retard tho construction of that cable, then ib was a question as to whether thoy had nob better abandon tho reductions in preference to losing tho chanco of getting a cable which would bo of immense boneflt to tho colonies.