LATE CABLE NEWS

Otago Witness, Issue 1640, 28 April 1883, Page 11

LATE CABLE NEWS

.(From Melbourne papers.)

A deputation has waited upon Sir C. Dilke, president of the Local Government Board, to urge upon the Government the necessity of immediate action in regard to assisted emigration. In reply, Sir C. Dilke said that the Government had already given the matter their earnest consideration, and had decided upon a course which would, they trusted, meet the views of those who, were taking a prominent part in the movement. The Government propose, in the first place, to send a number of children belonging to the pauper class to Canada, and should this experiment prove successful, an extension of the policy would be considered.

,The Cabinet have a proposal under consideration for extending the existing moneyorder system in connection with the Post-office to the Colonies, and there is every probability of the proposal being agreed to. The Governments of Italy and Switzerland have resolved to adopt a policy of Protection, A banquet was given at the Guildhall m honour of General Lord Wolseley and Lord Alcester. The gathering was a highly represeutive one, and included many prominent men in the Kingdom. In the course of the evening General Wolseley was " presented with an illuminated address expressive of the admiration with which his countrymen regarded his successful campaign in Egypt. The freedom of the City of London was conferred upon Baron Alcester, who was also made the recipient of a handsome sword. The bill introduced into the House of Commons by Mr Healey, member for Wexford, providing for a modification of the system by which members of municipal councils are elected, has been rejected by an enormous majority. Lieutenant De Brazza, who left Paris on 22nd March upon an expedition for the purpose of taking possession in the name of France of a tract of territory at the Congo which it has been stated had been ceded to him by Native chiefs, has arrived at his destination. The inhabitants have treated him with marked hostility, and a serious rising of the Natives is apprehended. The conviction of Joseph Brady has struck terror into his comrades, some of whom evince a desire to turn informers. Joseph Mullett, who was one of the number committed for the murder of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, and who appears to have taken a prominent part in the assassination conspiracies, has already volunteered some information which is said to be of a most important character. He has also made some further disclosures with regard to the identity of Tynam, who is known as "Number One."

The Emperor of Germany proposes that the Reichstag should pass an Appropriation Bill for a period embracing the financial year 1884-5. The object of this proposal is to remove ordinary financial affairs from the arena of discussion for a time, so that the Reichstag may have a better opportunity for discussing a scheme for certain social reforms which the Emperor considers are urgently needed. A series of tornadoes, almost unprecedented in fury, have visited Arkansas (United States). A large number of dwelling-houses and public buildings have been completely wrecked, and several persons have lost their lives. Negotiations are being renewed between the Governments of France and China with reference to Tonquin, and hostilities which had been commenced at Anam have been temporarily suspended.

Dit de Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Ci<?br Oi& Its Grkat Valuk as a Ivutrimbht fob wbaklt Chi&drbn — In esses of languid and impe'fect nutrition often observed in children, the surprising efficacy of Dr de Jonah's Oil is thus described by Dr Edward Carey:— *It iB in the diseases incidental to childhood that mainly depend on the mal-»ss>milation of the food in the pale cachectic child, when the anxious practitioner has exhausted the whole range of alteratives and tonio», that Dr de Jongh'a Ood Liver Oil will come in and t-atisfy hia m>ist sanguine expectations. , Where tho powers of life are low, it afford-, nourishment to the bony when none can be borne ; it furnishes the frame with fat in a truly wonderful manner; and administered as it is in Holland to tbe delicate and puny child, who, though not considered ill, is in th'vt Btu.e of impairfd health wiilch would favour the development of disease, its nxt aordinary effects will joon be visible, after having taken It for a short period, in a return to hea th and strength which wore] before unknown, and which will be accomplished by no other remedy with which we are acquainted." Dr do Jongh's Light-Brown Cod Liver Oil is sold only in capsuled Imperial half-pints, pints, and quarts, with hia stamp and signaaure, aud the signature of his sole consignees, on the capsule and the label under wrapper, by all hemiflts. Sole Consignees, Ansar, Harford, and Co., 7 Strand, London.