LIST NIGHT'S CABLES

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7319, 12 June 1902, Page 4

LIST NIGHT'S CABLES

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Per Press- Association.)

London, Juno 11

In connection with the Coronation the Queen entertains 10.000 London maid ..rvunts at lea, and gives each a Coronation medal.

The colonial Coronation stand in Parliament-street is one of tho best on tin- lino of procession.

L_rd Stratheoiv- and the Colonial Agcnls-Genoi.-l aro much dissatisfied that thoy were not invited to tho thanksgiving service at St Paul's.

Mr Grainger, tho South Australian Agent-General, alone was present.

Tlie Government organs attribute the omission to inadvertence

Mr Archibald Colquhoun, the wellknown explorer aud authority on e.loniai matters, read a paper at tho Royal Colonial Institute on " Our future colonial policy." He advocated federation founded on defence and rc-pr.s. nt-.iion on tho Imperial Council, assisted by v closer commercial union, .-migration to the colonies, and improved means of eoniiiiufiicatioii. The Hon William AicCulloch. a memlirr of Mr Peacock's late Ministry, the Vi .toriun rcpi_.-.eiit_.ii-c at tho coronation, who was unable to he present, sent a luc-nioraiidum advocating Hofmoyi-r's scheme of a five per cent duty on foreign goods imported into the Empire to bo applied in purpos..s ot d.icncc, He declared that ihe British were already lo.ii!;- gro-.i-'d in ibe ..'.isirali. n trade, owing to Go_iii:_!t and French subsidies. He advi.u-d compulsory school corps thr.ugiiout tho Empire, and ho preferred triennial conferences iv London lo an Imperial council. Sir Michael flicks-Beach lias revised the f-stim. 1. s, and put the expenditure al £ 176,000.000. and the rovenuo iv iM 02.000.000. The deficit will bo met by a consols loan, leaving a surplus of six millions. Hvd.n'ky, June 11. The censure debate in tho Assembly is drugging lifelessly en. '111-' Hallway Commissioner has reduced the carriage of fodder to a nomim.l figure, to relieve ■ tawing stock. This eonr.o was advocated hy the Government. Tbo Premier, in reply to enquiries ro tbe su.pension of the- fodder duties, said they must w_i. lev information till the censure motion w->... decided. It id considered improbable that the Government will take any action in th-; direction of suspending them, as tho difficulties in tlie way aro behoved to b > too great.

The conference of tho general council of tho Chambers of Commerce in the Commonwealth resolved ihat b.fo_ Mv Barton adopts the p.ope.a! to cuter into an agreement, while in Loudon, with the Eastern Extension Cable Co., in reference to the charges for Eastern cables, it is desirable that tho terms bo communicated to the Council.

A resolution was carried in favour of uniformity of holidays throughout the Commonwealth, omitting the eight hours day from tho list of suug.sted genera! holidays.

Thero was one caso of plague to-da which proved fatal.

A praetiee of the Kia Toa team will bo held nt tho Sports Giound on i-i-.iur-day next. Ail members are requested to attend, in view of iho approach!.)" mutcii with Oroua Pnc.ge. A largc-v-uttr-iided meeting r,f il le Working Men's Club was held last evening. yuverul proposed sites for ihe club were di.cussed, but nothing definite was anived at. Jt was deci_.] that the inline of the club should rumain as at present. Mr Drown, who is- in advance of tho celebrated combination the World's Entertainers at present touring New Zealand, is in P_l_ier_tou making arrangements lor the Piiluicr. ton sea.on", which has been lived for Thursday ami Friday nest. Dining the tour o'i the comi.'inY through the colony, phenomenal business lias been recorded, and the pre.-ii genm-aily speaks very highly of the excellence of the entertainment provided. Undoubtedly a treat is in store for the local public.