CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8101, 30 May 1906, Page 6

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Tt4egraph—Copyright), ! IV? Press A^oemtion. MELHOU ENE. May 90. Tiu> Host. Mr Deakin ha* received % from the H»«h OminnMumer at H* 1 th&t tituu*f thr new Cufloiun* Convention prefer* . dice lift* Won eMended to butter, corn, J mil), flour, fodder, quaker oat#, fruit*, | krde and meat*. The general ad •valorem raw has been increiwett from JO per cent. to 10 per cent,, with a pre. ference rate of 3 tar cent. Hindistmcliou between TvfituMl and unrchncu Migitr has been eliminated. which disposes of the difficulty in repnrd to the Mauritius and Australian sugar. Preferential trealincnt- in, of course, contingent to the Commonwealth granting ■oonivalent reciprocal privileges. i Local Zionists held ft further mooting to gives an opportunity to those who alimented in the renouncing of Bowie, to express their viovv«, Deacon Smith, a mild-looking little man, led the dissident party. As Smith walked on to the platform Elder McCullngh (save out a hymn containing the words, ** Beo the Mighty Hosts advancing, Satan leading on." Tfao meeting was very turbulent. Eventually MeCulh.;;b declared that he revoked 3)eacon Smith's ordination. A reference to Volivia (Bowie's successor) produced a wrathful outburst from; McCullagh. . A deputation waited upon bit* \\. Lvnn and urged the prohibition of the Dans?, rabbit* extermination serum in connection with experiments to be carried out in Sydnov, and al?o presented petitions signed oy twelve thousand settlers against %uch importation. It was represented that the rabbit export industry wns worth to over £1,000,000 a year. Sir V»'. Lyne stated it was in the power of the Commonwealth to issue a proclamation interdicting tho introduction of the virus. Ho would make representations to Cabinet. Ho was peranally dead against the importation of anv disease. SYDNEY, May 'I'X Heavy rains are falling throughout the State. I*, is stated that the payment* made in connection with the land transactions, as diselosed before the Iloyal Commission, amounted to £<i7,'XX). W illis is said to have received .£14,000 and Close Jils,(*»!*. LONDON, May 23. As first rejiort.-d at Valparaiso, the Pitcairn Wand s missing beat reached Punta Arenas.