IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10305, 12 March 1895, Page 2

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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LondOP, Mai-oh 9. ! Sir B. Grey tTndeV ■■ Voc'tetary of the Foreign Qflip^ m Replying to a en""-' ' „ of ir^re&ed slavery, fl British princ.plfl fioi . b meddle wUb purely s l a v e ry proteotoirdtes, anti that they would only liberate slaves in the event of thoir being found in tiunsit ovor th« mainland or by Sea. The Bishop of London and qt;hera c6nd«ran ihe attitude taken n{) by thfe (JoVbrhinent in this matter, t Lord llOSftOErv'» strecfit.h has been gretilv roducHr! by influenza andinEO<nuia,a?sdcomplefe rost is necessitated. Sir W» Vcrnon Ha'froourt, 'ClAr.'ceilor of the Tsxobf<|uer, staVes tli»t Cyprus had proved useless £dr & naval stal ion and all purposes, aa it was not in tho route toa.njwb.W6. !■. was, ho said, a miserable remnant of tho Anglo-Tmkhh ConveaHon, and since Being acquired had cos»i the Imperial Government \ something Jitte half a million, in addition to whitAi was to be added Uie, cost of administration, estimated at.L30,006 per anniim'. Lord Brasaeyhas fe'lven notibeiu tbe House of Lo'rdg to rAicS tile qneslicn of the conduion 01 tbe Nay; res?rvo, The Houae of Commons, without a division, adopted a motion by Mr Provand, one of the members for Glasgow, in favour of direc

taxation on the enhancsd value of Urban land arising from an inOrease of population atid wealth. Me Lefevre, president of the Local Government Board, said tbe Government would endeavour to ascertain the remedy for the present staVe of tbiugs, as it was an undoubted iojustice to place the burden of local taxation on tha occupiers. "■' \ Press Association—By Teleßraph—Copyright. London, Maroh 10. Tbe Right Hon. Arthur. Welle3ley P^ol, Speaker of the House of Commons, intends to retire at an early date, being unat?le longer '• to bear the strain of the position. H-s will receive a gee1 rage in recognition o£ his services. ■ . It is bnlieved that the .Government will support Postmaster-general Arnold Morley as bis successor