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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7318, 11 June 1902, Page 4

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London, Juuu U. a Sir Daniel Cooper was buried at Bromptou.

A numbi-r fit representative colonials attended the Trinity College local examinations. The prizo in the pianoforte class was awarded Ina Fea, ot Dtmedin.

Trinity College h.is presented the University of London with .C'uOOO to establish a Chair of Music. 'l'lireo hooligans havo boon arr aled for tho manslaughter of Mr Spicer. London, Juno 10. An appalling firo occurred at the General Electric Lighting Company's five-floored warehouso in Queen Victoria s'.rcet, London, at five o'clock this afternoon. Tho buildings woro 70 foot high, and tho firo oscapes being only 50ft woro usable to relieve a number of giils on tho upper lloors. Slvl'iml. jumped 00 feet into (ai'piiuHns heal in I he strec*. •■v-vui won.l ijrievi.usly hurt, two were iriiiijurc'l, and eight girls and ono boy V.'l'U.1 HlilLCi'.'Cd. ;>Gvenu heroic rescues were made by ii:-iiuen, Syhnkv, Juno 10. Ml- fcjoddon's party will aviivo in London on tho 14th, and Mr Barton «ml Sic .'John Forrest on thu 19th. In (ho Uuuso of Commons Kir William Vei-non JUV.rcourt a=ked Sir M. HieksijCiicli if the corn us was a step towards [itefi rcnti:'.! trade wiih the colonies. b'ir M. Hicks-Beach said they woro intiocluctd as a wav revcuiu tax, bocausti it was necessary to pi rmauently enlarge the area of indirect taxation, lie ridiculed the notion that tho duty was ;i pruimlc to a Customs union of the Kinpho upon a protectionist basis, a:ul iiitciaimed the iutci pic-:aiifii of Sir Wilfrid Liiurii-r, the Canadian Premier. The oLj./ji of tlie tax wat free-trade throughout tho Empire, and did not ii;-ecssnrily involve the imposition of duties ;u! against foreign nations, bi:t if we could secure frectrado with ihe colonies, ovon sonic sacrifices in thai direction might be made, but such frcelcade was not at present possible. Th" Government's poHcy was not to impose duties against foreigners, but to help !.o lnnko tho trade of the Molherliind and the colonies freer.

An auicn:luif'iu in favour of limiting il'.l cum lax for cue year was negatived by si niiijoriiy uf ti;.i. The Standard, commenting on the :-pjtch, understands that Sir M. llicksJU\vh refers to tho possibility of obtaining an .ill-round reduction of (iutk-s I'or gooiis from one British port to ['iiothor. Snow has fallen at Kiandra. MthiiouiiKE, Juno 10. Tn tho Ft-deral House, Sir George Turner moved tho second reading of the Loans and Loan Appropriation Bills;. Ho explained that they autholiatd the issnn of £1,000,000 worth of ii.Hcribr-d slock to be expended chiefly in completing the buildings taken over from tho State Govn-nments ; extending mid improving tele-phonic and tdegrfiphie services. Tho itosii of £50,000 for cnii.'iecti'jg M>.lb;>urno and Sydney by telephone id included. The lTed;:ii\l llou-,0, after a long and hrattd dobutn, voted an additional .L'JCOO to cover Lord ITupetotin's expr-i:sc-s duiiisg the Revel visit. The Government was strongly condemned for tiie whole of its methods in drilling wi'.li the Governor-General's EairJiUi-hiiio?:!. >Sir_Gnoig(! Turner, Federal Treasurer, prumisod dm' Piu'liiiineiic would Lie fu;!y (.■.'in-uiiiid i:i reference to future-L;.-yV,r.-::or.'uciifcri:l.

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