CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 21 January 1908, Page 3

CABLE BRIEFS.

London, January 18. i William O’Brien, and T. M. 1 Healey have accepted the Irish Parliamentary Party’s pledge, with a view to a cordial and complete re-union. The Times states that no sale of the Times has yet been affected, . nor any decision reached regarding mode or terms of sale. London, January 18, Obituary.—Sir J. L. Walton, Attorney-General, aged 65. [Sir John Lawson Walton, K.C., had been Attorney-General since 1905, and member for South Leeds since 1892. He was the son of the late Rev. J. Walton, M.A., formerly Wesleyan missionary in Ceylon, and afterwards President of Wesleyan Conferences for Great Britain-and South Africa. Deceased was married in 1882 to the eldest daughter of Robert Hedderwick, founder of the Glasgow Citizen.] ' London, January 18. A by-election at Mid-Devon, to fill the vacancy caused by the sitting member, Mr T. T. Eve, K.C., being-appointed a member of the High Court, resulted as follows: — Captain E. J. Morrison Bell (Unionist), 5.192; -Mr S. Buxton (Liberal), 4.632. .■■ [At tne election in January, 1906, Captain Bell was defeated by Mr Eve (Liberal) by 5.079 to •1 *790.1 London, January 17. Japan has informed China that a railway running parallel to the South Manchurian Railway cannot be built, because it wouldwiolate the spirit and the letter of the Pekin Treaty. ' [Under the Russo - Japanese Treaty, 1905, Russia agreed to transfer to Japan, with the consent of China, the railway from ChangChuen, to Port Arthur and all its branches. Later a convention with China was signed, confirming the transfer and regulating com--mercial and railway interests in Manchuria. , V . Sydney, January 18. In reply to a memorial from exporters and flour merchants, ask* ing.for a shipping subsidy to assist 'in the development of trade with the Easf, the Premier stated that 'no subsidy ■could be granted to the .Burns, Philp and Company’s line, because it was no part of the function of the Government to protect shipping companies against competition. , .Charles Turner, the one time "r bowler, playing against a scratch team, took nine wickets for 22 runs. It is believed the Newcastle j/ creep, having reached the foot of I ;he hill, has expended its energy. 'The usual services were held in the $ cathedral, but a portion was roped off as being unsafe. Hobart, January 20. England, in the first inniugs, made 321—Hobbs 104, Hardstaff 66, Gunn 46, Tasmania has lost no wickets for 22 runs.