CABLES.

North Otago Times, 24 May 1909, Page 1

CABLES.

HOME r i(Nil>'li'OEElGNi'' r ! By Electa' Telegraph^Cbpyrigh't,•'"'' Per Press Association. Eoceived May 22,' at 8 : tt .ni. ■■ London, May 22.' TJic exhibitors at Shcphetds' : Bush Exhibition include Russia; i Austria; Italy, Denmark, Holland, Persia, atid China. • (An associatW is 'being formed to prevent foreigners from buying important works of art until they have first been offered to Miq British nation, In the Houso of Commons Mr Buxton informed 'Hr {Hennita-lieaton. that the purport of the reply' despatched to tlio Commonwealth on IholGth April was that tho stamps would bo considered, obsolotq hero unless declared so by the country of origin.

■During tho discussion on \h death succession duties resolutions Mr C, J. O'DomieJl (Liberal) intimated Hint he was for tho lirst tinio against tho Government because ho would ba no party to tlio Weeding of capital.

Mr Balfour emphasised his .opinion that tho real danger of tho scheme was tlio graduation and the temptation it afforded to increasingly tax the few.

Mr Lloyd-Gcorgo maintained that tho Budget was lair to all classes, He said that money spent in social reform would increaso tho cpuntryjs capital and clliciency. . Owingi to tJiej excessivo price of blasting powder tho Northumberland miners' hnira requested tho Miners' Federation to establish' an explosives factory.

Paris, May 22. The Municipal Council is considering a scheme involving an expenditure of 32 millions, sterling for widening the streets in the vicinity of the central markets,, reconstructing tho schools and improving tho poorer quarters* Seven thousand workmen attended a mooting, in Paris, where violeht speeches wercmado inveighing against .the men who would not lcavo their work,

One thousand navvica gang the Socialist hyimi "L'lntcrnationalo," outside until cavalry -dispersed them. St. John, May 21. v The Mongolian, with 500 passengers on board, released from tho ice, narrowly escaped drifting ashore in, a snowstorm.

Received May 22, at, 9.45 a.m. London, May 21. The .West Kupfoalian loan was'covered threefold, A new South Wales loan is boing issued to-morrow of three millions at 3} per cent, with a minimum of 98|. The 'Auckland Drainage loan of £IOO,OOO .at 4 per cent, is being issued at par.

Arrived—Cape Breton, from Auckland; Kuraai'n, from, Wellington. Paris, May 22. The Parliamentary Cojmnittco of tho French Senate proposes old-age pensions basted on tho earners contributing a minimum of 5s yearly, tho employers adding ss. Tho Trcaaory will provide pensions of £lol3s iJd jijftsr the age of', 65. Special sick and infirm clauses are incorporated. It is estimated thatithe employers' contribution will be annually £5,000,000. London, May 21. A Ncwcastlo and Gateshead deputation urged the Government* to construct a naval repairing base at the Tyne. Mr M'Kcnnn, replying, said that the belief that Britain possesses insufficient Dreadnought docks was unfounded, and only tTio east coast was unprovided. Tlio Government was not Mind to the necessities of tho occasion, but it was undesirablo to publish every, intention. Over, four thousand clergymen in Britain will preach Empire sermons on Sunday.. Manufacturers staltc that they -aro selling model balloons 20 fcot in size and possibly ono of theso was the origin of the recent scares'.!

AUSTRALIAN NEWS, by Electrie [Telegraph—CopyrighJ;, Per Press Association. Keeeived May, 22, at 10.50 fiydnay, May. 2^ The prospects of the fusion oUho Cook and Denikin parties is'brighter. It is certain 'tluvti fusion or no fusion the Fisher Go'Vernnunt will be challenged on the House meeting. Melbourne, 'May 22. The commitdco appointed by the Minister of Defence to inqiuiro into a scheme of Commonwealth ownership of horses for military purposes urgv the establishment- of State breeding farms.

The. case in "which the Ifov.. Honaid sought.to recover ;£3OOO damages as libel • fivnni ■'Robert Harper, a member of Parliament, resulted in a verdict for defer dnnt.