CABLEGRAMS

Western Star, 20 March 1903, Page 3

CABLEGRAMS

London, Makclt. 17.

Mr John Hay, U. S. Secretary of State, has requested Mr Bittinger, American Consul at Montreal, to resign, for advocating in newspapers annexation of Canada.

Britain lias protested to the United States against the Cuban treaty. - _ ~ The body of Charles Pharazyn, a New Zealander, who had been missing for three weeks, has been found in the Thames. A coroner's verdict was " suicide during temporary insanity." The Irish Land Bill will be introduced on the 25th inst."

The Australian Agents-General has requested Mr Copeland to cable asking Premier Barton, pending the appointment of a High Commissioner for the Commonwealth, to appoint the Agents-General as officers to grant certificates of exemption under the Commonwealth Immigration Restriction Act. It was resolved to defer engaging a large city depot for a combined exhibition of produce until a High Commissioner is appointed, and to instruct the colonial commercial agents to report upon the feasibility of opening fresh markets on the Continent for fruit and other produce. .-• The.Somaliland expedition found he water supply at Hasakante bad, | and they filled in and abandoned the wells. I

Mr Justice Kekewich has re-entered the N.Z. Midland Kailway on the register of joint stock companies. Paris, Mar. 16,

Mm's Jaures and Demani, socialist members of the Chamber of Deputies, claimed that State exploitation of mines, railways asd refineries should take place simultaneously with suppression of all religious congregations. New York. Mar. 17.

An injnnction has been granted restraining the tramway employes at Waterbury, Connecticut, from tying up the funds of unions which fined their numbers for riding on tramcars during a- strike. The union is also prohibited, under a penalty of £2OOO from interfering with any boycotting the tramway company. Berlin, Mais. 17. (Jemmy has 110,000 trained seamen liable to serve in war time and 12,000 men enter and 5000 leave active service annually.