LATE CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1163, 15 June 1894, Page 28

LATE CABLE NEWS.

London, June 12. Sir W. B. Perceval, Sir R. Herbert, Sir C. Tupper, and Mr B. O'Connor have prepared the draft of the memorial which they wore asked to draw up in protest against the estate duty proposals, and it has been adopted. A fresh paragraph has boon inserted declaring that the self-governing colonies possess alone the right of taxing themselves. Mention is made of the fact that Australasia has already subscribed to the cost of naval defence, but a paragraph indicating their readiness to subscribe further if asked is now omitted. The Agents-General are hopeful that tho Chancellor will give way. The London cab striko has boon settled by an agreement that until next April the maximum shall bo 10s per day, and the averago all tho year round 12s 3d per day. Owing to tho Germans rofusing to accept tho Queensland certificates as to the condition of tho Turakina's beef, tho consignments have been sent to Vienna by way of experiment. Another coal strike is feared in England.

Mine-owners are demanding 10 per cent, reduction in rates, which the men are not likely to agree to. Sir J. Gorst, speaking in the House of Commons, said the non-union workers in Great Britain are five times as numorous as the unionists. He advised a system of joint committees to settle disputes between non-unionists and masters. The wheat market showed an advanco of 6d to Is during the week. Mr Hogan, M.P., is enquiring of the Chancellor of tho Exchequer whether it is possible to refer the question of the colonies' share in tho cost of Imperial naval defenco to the Ottawa Conference.

A dispute occurrodat Nenagh, in County Tipperary, during a wake. The mourners fought with scythes about a trouble over half an acre of land, and three persons were killed.

An appeal by tho proprietors of the Daily Graphic against an injunction restraining them from reproducing the tableaux and pictures shown at tho music halls has been upheld. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen, M.P. for the Faversham Division of Kent, said the farmers attributed tho depression entirely to froetrade. Mr Lowther, M.P. for Thanet, contended that it would be necessary to fix tho prico of wheat at 48s per quarter. Great Britain and Portugal will submit tho delimitation of tho Manicaland frontier to arbitration. Washington, June 12. Tho Senate is making good r>rogress with the consideration of tho tariff. Mr Skerman intends to propose a duty of 40 per cent, on wool. Tho miners of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois resume work on Monday. Paris, June 12. A quantity of explosives have been seized at Algiers, where it is believed tho Anarchists intended to attempt an outrage on a gigantic scale. Honolulu, June 12. The new Hawaiian Constitution proposes to confiscat3 Crown lands to the Bopublic. By the new franchise now proposed, natives and naturalised aliens will be permitted to acquire Crown lands. Sydney, June 12. Mr Dangar, president of the Pastoralists' Council of Australia, stated in tho course of a speech that there is every possibility of a shearers' strike over the whole of Australasia in a fortnight, which may lead to a general labour crisis moie serious than anything yet experienced.