HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8289, 18 September 1903, Page 2

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES

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Received Septomber 18, at 7.57 a.m. _„ London, .September 17. Ihe Freetrade Union, in reply to Mr jj.,j four's manifesto, have issued a. statement declaring that it will bj imio |,,> oonsid,,. the proposals dead when Mr Chamberlain withdraws them. If retaliation' becomes t| m accepted policy of the Government, the five traders will in nowise slacken (heir mM ance.

Ihe limes agrees with Mr Balfour in ~m V phasising the contention that coal and tin clunery, two main 'articles of export lV e used lor fostering foreign projected nuuiu. turers in competition against ourselves ihe Financial News'says: "Mr lialfour goes to the heart of the question in his inference to the. permanency- of protection abroad, and unless we protect ourselves we shall lose the chance, of producing eeononuV ally. Otherwise, what is the meaning of Inn history-making message, which does not kuhport the supposition that Mr Balfour i s |,„«. tile to the incidental and partial protection accruing from , ul Imperial preferential tariff. The Financial Times declare*) that Mr IV,I fours position will be endorsed by tl, e \m\C of the Unionists. In connection with the stranding of the Goodwins, a will has been found under which there i B left £SOOO with a. wvewiniiarv interest to the Goodwins, but t.. 0 ori-inil le gatces are alive.

One of the members of a detachment 0 | the Hampshire Regiment forming an cscrl party in the Aden hinterland wa.s killed and lour wounded in a skirmish wilh the Arab-; in «orth-cast Ethala. Received September 18. at 9.20 a.m. . London, (September 17. Hie first edition of Mr .Balfour's pamphlel was all sold in two hours and a larger e<l,.' lion is being printed. Canadian, feeline rt . sents the absence of reference to prefeivn-e and considers Mr Balfour has siil)oidi.i,t',,i empire for local party purposes. , .' rl i°„ St - J" l "™' Gazette announced that if his full programme for Imperial union i s not adopted, Mr Chamberlain will resign. Ihe standard's Vienna correspondent, states that exporters admit that the adoption of Mr Chamberlains policy wo ,,i ( i nli|| Austria's trade with Australasia The Marquis of Salisbury « estate has been sworn »t £310,306. Received September 18, at 11.28 a.m. ~ ~. . London, September 17. lubhc opinion doubts Mr .jaurcs' revelation .and anticipates only an extension <,| tno Ircnch frontier, and not attempt at conquest in Morocco.

1 lie newspaper Do Peeso Cnloniale sue. gests that the Channel Islands be exchanged the l'lvnch frontier, and not an attempt at conquest in Morocco.

ix7i ■„ . t,t • , Lo , nd °n. September 17. V\ bittaker Wright has b wn committed for trial.

Mr 'W. K. Anson, member of the, Homo of Commons for Oxford University, speak. ing at .Manchester, said that Sir William .Norman Lockyor, in his scheme, recently outlined before the British Association I.e. gam at the wrong end. A large extension of universities was not iieo;Hsary there was a more widely diffused desire tor education throughout, the country. The Times implies that some .Ministerial resignations have been tendered, though they ltavo not been announced. Other ivnieiw point to (Mr Ritchie, the Duke of Devonshire Lord George Hamilton, ami Lord Balfour of Burleigh as resigning. In a cricket match ■Middlesex v. England Warner made 115 and 0. W. Beldam 57 and 58 unfinished. The Marylebone Club will decide on Monday whether Beldam shall lie asked to (Kcompany Warner to Australia.