CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 17 April 1894, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. In the House of Commons the naval vote was agreed to. The new Registration Bill provides for one-man-ono-vote, and for simultaneous polling throughout the Empire. Three Welsh members have declined to support the Government since the Evicted Tenants Bill has been giveu precedence over the question of the disestablishment of the Church of Wales. Lord Rosebery has announced a British protectorate over Uganda. The decision of the Government respecting the administration of Uganda is highly commended. At the Tabernacle, the Rev. Thos. Spurgeon, who has been appointed pastor, was received by thousands, and the welcome extended him was ot a most en thusiastic. nature. The Registration Bill was read the first time in the House of Commons ' to-day. It reduces the residence qualification to three months, abolishes plural voting and the disqualification of persons who are not ratepayers, and provides that the general election shall take place throughout the country on the same day, viz., a Saturday. Sir Henry James declared that under its provisions half a million ownership voters would be disfranchised and a million occupation votersMr Balfour complained of the injustice of dealing with the anomaly while matters tar worse were left untouched. The Registration Bill, which is under the charge of Mi 1 John iMorley, reduces the residence period, which will increase the register by 600,000 votes. The Bill also abolishes the rating qualification. Sir George Grey has arrived in excellent health. He intends to work in the interest's of Professor Aldis, late of the Auckland University College. Sir George Grey was welcomed by the Marquis of Stamford, Sir W. B. Perceval, and a number of others. He intends to interview Mr Gladstone and Lord Rosebery respecting Irish autonomy. Sir Vernon Harcourt, in announcing in the House of Commons that a British protectorate would be established in Uganda, said this step was essential in the best interests of the British Empire— a statement which was received with loud cheers; The British Bast Africa Company will claim £250,000 as compensation for- its colonising work in Uganda. Replying' to a question in the House of Commons Sir W. V. Harccurt said there was no doubt that any attempt to legalise marriage with deceased's wife sister wo.uld be rejected' by the House of Lords.