AMERICAN.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1136, 8 December 1893, Page 36

AMERICAN.

'Ottawa, November 28. A sharp shock of earthquake has been experienced in Montreal. Considerable injury resulted to property, but no lives were lost. ■ - o * Ottawa, November 29 A revised tariff will -be introduced into the Dominion Parliament in January. Washington, November 28. The Tariff Bill increased the majority of the Democratic Party in Committee of Ways and Means of the House. The measure is of a radical character, and repeals the reciprocal treaties with South America where possible. It proposes to adopt ad valorem duties and freedom of taxation on raw materials, and provides for an extensive free list, including coal, flax and eggs. The duty will be removed from wool in March next, and a reduction will be made in the duty on woollen goods in July. ' . The Bill implies that the loss to the revenue will amount to 50,000,000 , dollars annually.

Washington, November 29. It is the general impression that the Tariff Bill will encounter strenuous opposition in Congress. The wool-growers are actively opposing the measure. Mr Carnegie, referring to the new tariff, says it has been originated by desperate men, who will find it impossible to pass it. Washington, November 30. The Superior Court of Cook County has ■quashed the attachment of the New South Wales mineral exhibit by Sells Bros., on the ground that the citizens are unable to sue a foreign Power. The American Government took the action at the instance of Sir J. Pauncefote, the British Minister. Washington, December 1. It is proposed to increase the legacy duties and the taxes on spirits and malt, and to impose a duty on sugar, to meet the loss of revenue expected from the alterations in the tariff. . , Washington, December 3. Mr Herbert, Secretary of the United States Navy, urges that several more warships are needed, but that the supply of cruisers is sufficient. Washington, December 4. President Cleveland’s message to Congress advocates the holding of a fresh International Conference on the subject of coinage. The general tone of the message is friendly towards Great Britain. Washington, December 5. It is reported that President Cleveland intends to send a special Commissioner to Honolulu. New York, December 1. Dr T. De Witt Talmage, the well-lmown divine, has accepted Mr R. S. Smythe’s offer for a lecturing tour in Australia, and leaves San Francisco at the end of May.