INTERCOLONIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10617, 12 March 1896, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL.

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A SLA.NDER CASE. | Mblboubne, March 11. In the slander action Cheesemau v. Bant a verdict was givsn for the plaintiff for Lls and coats. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS. Brisbane, March 11. j Messrs Cribb and M'Donald Patereon, two j Lagislative Councillors, resign in order to ! contest seats in the Lower House at the | general election. TRADE WITH JAPAN. j Tbo Japanese Consul for Qaesnsland has arrived. He is hopeful of instituting ja large wool trade with Japan. He ridicales the idea that Japan will encourage emigration to Queensland, and says iE any Japanese come to the colony they will only do so under favourable contracts. x A MINISTER DISMISSED. PKHTH, March 11. Speaking at a banquet given him by a goldfields deputation, the Premier (Sir J. Forrest) denied that it was probable he would resign. He and hia colleagass would hold office as long as they had a majority in Parliament and a fair share o£ support o! the people. In reference to the friction in the Cabinet, the Premier stated that in consequence of Mr Venn addressing a minute to tho press charging the Premier with disloyalty to himself, and endeavouring to show that the unsatisfactory condition oE the Railway department rested with the Premier, he, with the concurrence of his colleagues, wrote to Me Venn asking him to resign. Mr Venn repeatedly dacliued, and finally Sir J. Forrest wroto to Mr Venn intimating that the Governor, acting on the Premier's advice, had dismissed him from office a3 Minister for Railways and Works and a member of the Executive Council. Mr Plesse is mentioned as Mr Venn's successor, I the Premier acting meanwhile.