CABLEGRAMES.
(Per Pit Ess Association.)
bmtish politics. London February 25. Mr Balfour's proposals respecting the limit of discussion in Committee of Supply in the House of Commons have proved acceptable to members.
CHAMBERLAIN'S POLICY.
London, February 25. Karl Selbourne, undersecretary of the Colonial Office, spooking at Bilston, near Wolverhampton, said that the continuation of relations with the colonies meant bread t-nd butter to the commercial and industrial classes, and the great development of the store resources of the colonies. A stronger colonial navy, he thought, was imperative.
FROZEN MEAT TRADE.
London, February l lb. Tim Agents-General arc supporting Queensland's protest against the. imposition of the tax at Malta on frozen moat.
DEATH DUTIES.
London, February 25. Mr Chamberlain is arranging a refund of the death duties paid by; Victorians between the date of bequests and the issue of the Executive order on the subject.
A OU.RE FOR TYPHOID.
Londo:, February.2s. The Pasteur Institute has discovered a seri'o, which is a cure for typhoid.
CHITRAL EXPEDITION.
CALoaii'A, February 25. The Indian Government voted gratuitously a grant to be distributed among the members of the military force taking part in the Chitral expedition.
TURKISH AFFAIRS.
OoXSTANTINOPLE, Fobl'lUll/ 25. Thirteen officers have been arrested ub Adrianople on a charge of promoting the Young Turkist Party,'-
DEATH FROM YELLOWFEVFI
Eio »E Jaxetho, Februe-.-y 25. Fifty of the crew of the Italiai cruiser Lombardia, which is lying ii the harbor, have died of yellow fever.
ARREST OF FILIBUSTERS.
Nkw York, February 25.
The American police arrested sixty Cuban filibusters on board a British vessel at the. Bermudas. The vessel was seized and the arms, ammunition, and several b.'igs of gold, which were found on board, were removed.
VENEZUELA,
Loxnox, February 25,
Sir F. Pollock has completed the statement of the British case in the" Venezuela boundary dispute.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8364, 27 February 1896, Page 2
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