CABLE NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1681, 18 May 1904, Page 31

CABLE NEWS.

LONDON, Slay 15. During 1903 the number of British emigrants was 259,950. Large numbers went to Canada and to South Africa. The proportion of Irish was below that of previous years. . v LONDON, May 16. France and Spain are negotiating an agreement in regard to Morocco on the basis of. Spain being permitted to develop her zone of influence from Melilia to the mouth of the Chebu. Mr William L. Allardyce, Colonial Secretary at Fiji, has-been appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands. The New York “ Sunstates that Sir Thomas Lipton v has commissioned Messrs Fife and Watson to build a challenger f.or the America Cnp of 1905. Both nations intend to build yachts, not ' racing machines. • . ' Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, was: enthusiastically welcomed at Dover. - A great religious meeting was held at Tokio with the object of founding a national church on Christian lines. The King, writing to the widow of the late Sir H. M. Stanley, said that her husband had won a great name,. which would ever live. His Majesty

the deceased’s valuable services to the civilised world.

Mr Arnold-Forster, Secretary for War, states that the Somaliland campaign has cost £2,370,000. BERLIN, May 16.

Germany is sending 1300 reinforcements to South-West Africa, where the natives are in rebellion.

German trade unionists increased by .200,000 during 1903. The Kaiser, in a series of patriotic speeches in Alsace-Lorraine, declared that since Germany had a clear conscience and sought no quarrel, God would certainly stand by her if attacked. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 15. The Turks have occupied the principal rebel villages in rite Bos.su n district of Asia Minor, and dispersed the bands of Armenians. Seven'hundred Turks and nine hundred Armenian revolutionaries are reported to have been killed. BELGRADE, May 15.

King Peter of Servia and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria have met at - Nisd, as a preliminary to forming an alliance between Servia, Bulgaria and Montenegro to safeguard the Balkans against foreign invasion. 0

VIENNA, May 16. The Austrian-Hungarian Budget has created amazement and disquietude. The? Government submitted proposals for an extraordinary naval and military credit of £14,750,000, including £3,666,000 for the army and £3,112,500 for .The navy in 1905. ..Tlie new guns will cost £6,875,000. The enormous naval vote excites the greatest astonishment. Tlie explanations offered—in view, of the agricultural, commercial and political depression—as to the necessity of the expenditure are regarded as inopportune. MELBOURNE, May 16. Mr Watson, the Federal Premier, on the ground that the Post Office does not pay, regards with disfavour the introduction of the penny post, which would involve a further heavy loss on the revenue BRISBANE, May 16. News from the East states that the Tsaili Society is increasing in a threatening manner in the neighbourhood of Pekin and Tientsin, as well as in districts outside the Great Wall. Native Christians are growing alarmed. This Tsaili Society was notorious, for the infamous murders of Roman Catholics, and was busy in promoting the late Boxer rebellion. SYDNEY, May 16. At the Homebush sales to-day sheep were easier. Best wethers brought 19. s 6d, good 18s; ewes, best 18s 6d, good 16s 6d. Cattle —-Prices were lower. Best bullocks £lO ss, good £9: best cows £7 10s, good £6 10s; best beef, 24s per 1001 b.