TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4613, 8 April 1893, Page 3

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS. LATER EDITION.

LSI ELECTRIC TELEGSAPE.-COPTRIQOT.I \ [Spioial to Pbksb Association. > } : ; LONDON, Apbil 7« Exonerated. ! Lord Charles Beresford has been j exonerated from blame for the j grounding of his ship,' the Un-! daunted, near Alexandria. BOME, Apbil 7. A Eoyal Visit. The King and Queen of Italy will visit Queen Victoria at Florence on Monday. WASHINGTON, Apbil 7. The Great Mormon Temple. I The great Mormon Temple, at Salt' Lake City, which has been forty years \ in construction, and cost a million ; sterling, has been dedicated with; great ceremony. OTTAWA, Apbil 7. A Canadian-Australian Steam Service. The Canadian Government has provisionally arranged with the Huddart, ' Parker Steamship Company to run a '-. monthly service of. steamers between" Canada and Australia, calling at j Hawaii. This agreement is for one j year, and the Government is to pay the Company. a subsidy of .£25,000. • The Khan of Khelat Fined. — CALCUTTA; Apbil 7. The Viceroy has fined the Khan of . Khelat 40,000 rupees for the outrage ' on his Ministers. I ; BERLIN, Apbii. 7. The German Cruiser Squadron dissolved. ' The German Government haß dis- j solved the cruiser squadron from' motives of economy. ■ ADELAIDE, Apbil 8. j South Australian Politics, j The programme of the Opposition party J includes proposals to help producers to i meet existing conditions by reducing the cost of living, and the abolition of duties on the necessaries of life, making up the loss to the revenue by a tax on large landed estates, which are unutilised; to adjust the national finance, reduce the military, naval and other Totes, and to establish a Post Office Savings Bank as the nucleus of a State Bank. BRISBANE, Apbil 8. Queensland Politics. The Opposition party has issued its programme. It includes the abolition of plural voting, lowering the freights on the railways to secure the settlement of the land, and the establishment of agricultural colleges. No Indian coolies, Chinese or Japanese are to be employed as agricultural labourers, but it is not proposed to pat a stop to the employment of Kanaka labour daring the duration of the next Parliament. 'There is to be no State-aided immigration at present, but families settling in the Colony will receive a homestead grant. The Opposition advocates that the railways should belong to the State, and will endeavour to effect retrenchment in the Civil Service. It will also urge the introduction of a Shops and Factories Bill, and the payment of bonuses for the export of dairy produce. The Protection policy will not be disturbed, and it is suggested that the question of the separation of Northern Queensland should be referred to the referendum. PERTH, Apbis. 8. Smallpox. Another case of smallpox is reported.