CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 15 December 1894, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. Loid Rosebery, speaking at Devouporfc, said the Government would proceed with the work of the session in spite of the attitude of the House of Lords. The issue at the next general election would be simply whether the people were to be governed by the Houso of Lords or by themselves. He declaimed any idea of reforming the Upper House, and said the absolute veto possessed by that Chamber must cease. Parliament meets on February sth. Lord Brassey states that he has no official knowledge that he is to succeed Lord Hopetoun as Governor of Victoria, but he declines to deny the report that he will be appointed. Lord Sandhurst succeeds Lord Harris as Governor of Bombay. There was a large attendance at the Royal Colonial Institute when Sir Henry Wiixon, of Victoria, read a paper on the recent Canadian Conference. He said the chief significance of the Conference at Ottawa was the warm feeling of common brotherhood evoked by the representative gathering of all branches of the Empire. Improvements in steam and electricity would soon randor possible facilities for communication enabling a degree of national concentration to be attained calculated to entirely overpower the weakness at present inherent in the expansion of the Empire. During the discussion which followed, Lord Brassey urged the Government to grant the recommendations of the Conference, which would lagrely develop the trade of the Empire. Sir J. S. D. Thompson, Premier of Canada, said that the tenders for the laying of the proposed Pacific cable were a million dollars below the estimate. The Hon. Thomas Playford, AgentGeneral for South Australia, declared thnt to send in tenders for laying the cable before even the survey route had been made, constituted a broach of faith. If the cable was laid, it would be only honest to protect South Australia against any loss. He went on to say that England could easily admit Australian wine 3 at a lower rate tban foreign wines. The colonies were always seeking to conserve the interests of England, and she could only keep the loyalty of the colonies if she made it worth their while. Sir J. S. Thompson said that the practical outcome of the Ottawa Conference was assured and that the Pacific cable was certain" of attainment. The Canadian Government had voted Mr Huddart's Company a subsidy, as they were determined to secure their services.