(SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.).
, LONDON, June 24. A fresh loan for the Melbourne Harbor. Trust will be issued early in July. The House of Lords appears inclined to insist on the unlimited liability of shareholders, as provided by the new Act for the renewal of? the charter of the South Australian Bank. In the French Chambers, during a discußsion on the Egyptian question, M: Ferry spoke in praise of England's lofty and disinterested policy, but'the Chamber dissented from his statement. The Standard doubts whether the agreement between England and France will escape. shipwreck. The Times complains: that England concedes, too much and receives nothing in return. The press generally complains of the want of knowledge ■ shown in the financial proposals. It is' probable that the Opposition in Parliament will bring down a vote of censure on the Government after the conclusion of the' Conference. The German Reichstag is unlikely to pass the proposed subsidy for a German mail service to Australia. Prince Bismarck states that the grasping policy of the English colonists in the Pacific is offensive and irritating to Germany.
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Southland Times, Issue 4965, 26 June 1884, Page 2
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