CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8190, 16 May 1906, Page 6

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). Per Press Asmxnation. LONDON. May 13. A committee meeting of the Koneonformi#t Commoners informed Mr liirrell, th® fraiuer of tho Education Bill, that they would resist any extension of cotJcetwioas under the four-fifth* clnuao, cither in the direction of making the action of tho local authoritic« obligatory, or giving denominations the right to appoint teachore. Tho chairman of tho London Bank, presiding nt a meeting of «hartholdor», stated that with n few more such seasons m have recently been experienced, ho believed that tho prospect for Australian institution# and banka would bo hotter than any seen during tho hist twelve or thirteen years. Mr \\ mstcn Churchill, speaking at West Jlartlcpool, said tho Parliament exhibited three rcmarlcabJo characteris-tics;---Its willingness to accept Sir H. Campboll-Bannerraan's guidance ; tho Opposition's lamentable weakness; and the Labor party's strength and influence, which greatly increased tho two Houses' wisdom, earnestness and dignity. It was a mischievous falsehood to imply that tho Liberals desired to impair tho principle of colonial sclf-govornjnoot, Ho applauded Ear) Solbourne'a loyalty and hoped a rich reward would attend his labours. Five earthquake shocks were folt at Guernsey. SYDNEY, May 15. Sailed—German warahip Bondor, for Auckland. CAPETOWN. May Owing to Chinese attempts to dynamite farmsteads, Genera! Botha has written to the Hon. Sir ttichard Soloraon, Lieutenant-Governor, that unless a mm-recurrence, is assured a deputation will go to England to urge tho immediate repatriation of all Chinese. BERLIN, May 15. A seun-ofikial statement from Berlin regarding the coaling stations at Lfiut atatea that nothing is known in wellinformed quarters in Berlin.