CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Herald, 21 February 1905, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

LONDON, Fell. 17

The Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, speaking on the Address-in-Reply, said that personally be thought the sooner there .was a dissolution the better. He denied the right of a minority to demand a dissolution for the childish and fantastic reasons, which, if in office, they Would never recognise themselves. He hoped the Government would never abandon their trust because the Opposition desired office. It was a new doctrine to ask for a dissolution because the unofficial proposals of a private member had been fully discussed. Qn no point of principle did he differ from the Hon. A. J. Balfour. The colonial conference must meet without restraint, fie was confident that (he colonies had a great deal to offer. He never pretended to offer concessions unless for a return of reciprocal treatment.

FRIVOLOUS EXTRAVAGANCE NEW YORK, Feb, 17.

Owing to the frivolous extravagance of Mr Hyde, vice-chairman and largest holder of stock in the Equitable Life Assurance Society, the United States Society has adopted a mutualisation, giving policy holders a voice in the management. Hyde recently gave a bill costing £20,000. A CORNER IN WHEAT. Reports from Chicago state that Schwab, Gates and others have formed a great wheat corner with resources of twenty million sterling to force wheat up six shillings a bushel. A FATAL EXPLOSION. LONDON, Feb. 17. Two of the petty officers who were injured in an explosion on a submarine have succumbed. WATERLOO CUP. LONDON, Feb. 17. The Waterloo Cup resulted :—Pistol II beat Prince Plausible. BILLIARD RECORD. - LONDON, Feb. 17, In a match against Dawson, at Leicester Square, Stevenson made a break of Boz, which is a record. The Billiard Association would not accept Robert’s 821, as the table was not measured previously. The Wreck of the Orizaba. PERTH, Feb. 18. The captain of the Orizaba attributes the disaster to the haze and to a dangerously strong current. The vessel over-ran its course by fifteen miles. There is twenty feet of water in the engine-room and sixteen feet in the main hold, while the after holds are full of water. FREEMANTLE, Feb. 20 The Orizaba is bumping a little. Salvage operations are proceeding. It is expected the whole carge will be saved if the weather holds. DON’T WAIT UNTIL YOU NEED IT. Do not wait until some of your family is s i'ioken with a violent stack of co'ic. or diarrhoea. A bottle of -Chamberlain’s Code, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand when needed has saved many a lif". Pi-x-uro it at once, For sale by B* Healey, Foxtou,