CABLEGRAMS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13288, 20 May 1905, Page 7

CABLEGRAMS

K" m * 5 I BRITISH FOREIGN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. i the' butter bill. > - LONDON, May 18. (Received May 19, at 8.30 a.m.) Mr W. P. Beeves, who attended the r - deputation of Agents-general to Mi' Fel--3 lowes, i§ sanguine that the Butter ■ Bil • will be passed. SEQUEL TO A RAGGING CASE. May 19. ' (Received-May 19, at 10.57 p.m.) 3 As a sequel to the "ragging" aboard the Kent, the capjain has been placed or ' Jialf-pay. .A NEW EXPEDITION. ' The Duke Abruzzi , is preparing an ' exploring expedition to-Central AfricS. | A NEW WARSHIP. 3 The building of the battleship Lord r Nelson has been commenced. I INTERCOLONIAL. r PrtM Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. '' THE FEDERAL TARIFF. MELBOURNE, May 19. J (Received May 19, at 9.55 a.tn.) All effort is being mads to attribute the dwindling population and loss of a Federal member in Victoria, to inadequate Customs dutiei i THE FIGHT AGAINST SOCIALISM. ! Mv W. Knox, a member of the State j Assembly, has appealed to the Chamber o£ Commerce to sink fiscalism and join in • the fight against Socialism. ! SERVICE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE. I The Imperial authorities have intimated that nominations for candidates for vacancies in the Foreign Office service may be made from Australia. THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. (Received May 20, at 0.5 a.m. _ The Federal Parliament will meet on June 28. THE DEPORTATION OF KANAKAS. SYDNEY, May 18. i (Received May 19, at 9.55 a.m.) The Presbyterian Assembly has entered 1 a strong protest against the deportation of Kanakas. It describes it as an act of inhumanity. AN OVERDUE STEAMER. There are still no tidings of the steamer Paeifique, overdue from the New 1 Hebrides to Noumea. (Received March 19, at 10.47 p.m.) , The French" warship Zclee has been despatched from Noumea to search for the Paeifique. A NEW MISSION YACHT. ; - .May 19. (Received May 20, at 0,5 a.m.) The London Missionary Society's new yacht Niue, intended for work in Torres Strait? and New Guinea, has been launched.