THE COMMONWEALTH.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 5

THE COMMONWEALTH.

Press AsiOcUtkin—By Tel—Co pyritMt CORONATION GUESTS. ' BVDNEX, 3*a.«. • W» State Pnomfer* ma tMr tUm have received an invittltian .to, cMWi the Coronation. : ■ ' -• ■■ ■ . NEW SOOTH WAtifid MUSBl'> J Tine Govtaumooxt haa decoded to !*• vert to the 8} per oent rafceof interest > on stock issued locally. lVwoats;'. states that a loan may be placed in . London, but the Govetnnsnt, bartttfl! ' ample funds availAWß 4ocb%,i nan 1 of- ' ford to wait {or, Upmost favourable , time. i ■" :■. VANCOUVER M AIE SERVICE. ' ' Sir Jkmes Milis, who it visiting Sjw ney, tfUtee that t&e matter £>f <J» couver service remains in albeyaooafar tie present. DEFENCE SOHBMteS. , ! Admiral Hendaretm favours tfeb «ih taMishment of a Commonwealth NMM Oalliege ait Middle Road, SjlMf. X , Tlib Minister of Defanos yopasss to - form a iorps of uviattt*. . , , ; To man the new fleet ttnifc 3881 cere ,'and men will be reqoirtf, .At present there are 260 otflOM* «fed lMb in the Permanent Navml f«ra«. tt October there were «too 71S «m ing in the Australian Rquadi<ML. < JStfly "•"- action will bo taken to attablMi MflUlt ing sohook. v THE PACIFIC COMMISSION, Tlio "Daily TWograjV iii wmUttWfc ing on thb Auckland "Star's" nr#u» meats in favour of removing tNit) het&r ' quartets of the High OommleeiOJHsr Ht the Pacifio to Auckland*, says:— "So far as' wo know no proposal for fc ohange baa been made by thfe aiitiuMi* i ties or with authoritative sanction, but it is a Quito reasonable Mpirntioiv whioh thb future may bloota. into ■, •#• tuatity, that "Mito CotaitottrHWsaltb' stolid have tins Southern I'attiflo hfigamoMy, comprising all the islands outside New. , Zealand's jurisdiction. Erefi in thit event it wouM hlaVe to fie adniifliifldtfod from within. The Btij-h Ootmniisdotier leaving Sydney or Auckbuid and mfcking periodical visits to Ws island <fc> mains would cut such a figure as ooe&s----ionally appears to public chtertainnSWtl in Gilbertian open." StATE OOAti MINES. The Min'ster of Mines has (pren ln« struetions for an inspection '<jf thW» coal properties with a view to the <M> verament purchasing them, ' j , INCREASE OF CANCER. Melbourne, jmi, e. A notaOoablfc feature of tJfIS rttU statistics for tfoe past nine mobthk to the inarfcaaed number of dettt&e Mm cancer. AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS TABStP. Thp Minister of CfcitotnS attttes that the Government's action in revising tin tariff will' bo affected by the auooess or otherwise of the referenda. • TOO EXPENSIVE. BRISBANE, Jflt). 8, A poll .of ratepayers defeated A pW« posal to borrow £IBO,OOO to Wa6t % town hall. THE NORTHERN TERiRIWftt, Captain H. VorG Barclay, a #Sffknown surveyor of Taranalci tchA Vfktiptantii districts, hns been appbthtsd fcy the Commonwealth Governftielft <0 tslt» charge of the Northern Teififrftt? plorations and surveys.