NEWS BY CABLE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXIV, Issue 7480, 1 April 1899, Page 1

NEWS BY CABLE.

HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.

[By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.) I (PKR UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.; Received March 31, at 0.45 a.m. London, March 30. Bishop Creighton, who headed Mr Stead's deputation, urged Great Britain's unanimity re the Czar's peace proposals. Mr Leonard Courtney hoped Lord Salisbury would represent Great Britain at the Conference at the Hague. Mr Balfour, in reply, expressed the heartiest sympathy with the Conference, and said the necessity of spending so much on armaments proved their reluctance for war, and was in great contrast to the feeble peace sentimients of the nations a century ago. The Anglo-American arbitrators had only deferred meeting until after the Czar Conference, when it will be the first example to all the nations in regard to one family with a common interest. Whatever the result was, it would prove a step nearer the great ideal. The Chronicle says Germany must recall her Consul from Samoa or quit the protectorate. The Standard anticipates that the AngloAmerican actibn will be endorsed by the respective Governments, and hopes the same view will be taken in Berlin. The Czar makes arbitration the chief question at the Peace Conference. Great Britain will energetically support the propOSftl. Manila, March 30. The South Dakota regiment on Monday crossed open country, and splendidly charged the Filipinos concealed in the thicket beyond Farilao, The American guns demolished the trench works. Fifteen Americans were killed and 35 wounded. Calcutta, March 30. Cobbold, a traveller, who was expelled from the Pamirß, found Russia ready, in the event of the Ameer's death, to annex Northern Afghanistan. Received March 31, at 0.50 a.m. London, March 30. The balance sheet of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company shews a debit balance of L 4749. Pretoria, March 30. President Kruger, accompanied by his Ministers, will visit Johannesburg. during the Easter holidays. Capetown, March 30. Marias, an Afrikander, won Sivewright's seat at Stellenbach. The defeat is attributed to Sivewright's absence in England. Mr Cecil Rhodes has donated LSO to the Sir George Grey Memorial Fund. The New Zealand Shipping Company will, in future, use only steamers In their trade. The ships Tnrakina, Opawa and Waitangi have already been sold. The Admiralty, in September next, will withdraw the subventions granted to the Atlantic liners Lucania and Campania, j The Times states that Sir M. Hicks-Beach ! is confronted with a probable deficit of two and a half millions. Berlin. March 31. Herr Benningen has been appointed Governor of German New Guinea. Received March 31, at 9 a.m. London, March 31.

A meeting of shareholders of the Australasian Gold Trust resolved to voluntarily go into liquidation. Received March 31, at 10.25 a.m; London, March 30.

Mr Want has cabled to Mr Reid that he iB unaware of the contents of the amended Federal Enabling Bill. His private telegram to Mr GeofFry Eager, hon. secretary of the Colonistß Anti-Convention Bill League, did not express any opinion, but ■ only states that he had heard that the Bill was worse than it- was previously. Mr Want adds that owing to the crisis in New South

Wales he may leave London on l is return to Sydney in April instead of May, as intended. Received March 31, at 10 30 a.m. London, March 30. Mr Charles Slaughter, counsel for the late Westralian Aborigines Protection Board, in a letter to the St. James' Gazette, says that the administration of justice for the northern part of the coony towards the aborigines, Chinese, and Japanese is i horrible farce. The late Vincent Lean bequeathed the sum of L 50.000 for the purpose of extending the reading-room of the British Museum, L 50.000 to the Bristol Public Library, and L 20,000 to Mutter's orphanages. Brussels, March 30. The expulsion of a French priest for lecturing on Socialism at Large provoked a furious scene in the Belgian Parliament. The members of the Left and Right were prevented from assaulting each other. The soldiers expelled the spectators who, owing to the incitements of Socialist deputies, refused to leave. New York, March 30. Mr William Vanderbilt, the American millionaire, made a wedding gift of two millions sterling to his son. The boiler of a Mississippi steamer exploded at Memphis, and 60 persons were drowned. Received March 31, at 0.25 p.m. London, March 30. The quarterly revenue returns show an income of L 39,516,875, including customs L 5,270,272, excise duties 8,474,000, stamps L 2,030,000. ___ .