BRITISH CABLES

Southland Times, Issue 18057, 29 January 1903, Page 3

BRITISH CABLES

GIVING HIM A GOOD FRIGHT * HUGE WARSHIPS *^ "BULLY BEEF" FOR THE NAVY WELSH COALOWNERS IK THE FASHION NEW ZEALAND PROFITS ■ (Uwitro Prus Association. —By ELIOTBIC TttEGBAPH— CoPYEIGHT ) LONDON, Jan 28. It is officially announced that ♦• Colonel " Lynch's sentence has been commuted to penal servitude for life. The new" British 18,000 ton bittle ships will be each armed with four 12 inch, eight 9-2 inch and twelve 6 inch guns. They will have 9 inch armour and, probably, a speed of 19 knots. The Admiralty notify that they will shortly invite tenders for canned meats and request packers who are not already on the list to send their names and samples and appoint agents in London. ~ , The Welsh Anthracite coalmining companies are forming a combination . -with a capital of four millions. ■ _ The report of Robert Campbell and Sonp, Ltd, Zealand, shows a profit of £14,346. A dividend of Is 6d a.Bnare is declared, and £5346 is carried forward. Sir Wilfred Laurier states that the Alaskan Commission, will define the boundary under theJiussian treaty of < 1825., Some Canadian newspapers protest against Britain starting a policy of surrender to the United . State", and urge the appointment of three Canadian jurists In addition to those appointed by Britain and America.