CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8140, 2 June 1906, Page 6

CABLE NEWS.

(By Electric Telegraph - Copyright.} {Tor Prow Association. J SYDNEY, May M. The Attorney-General »»>*» the num. ber of priioners in the State at the end ,>f IS|J4 w»,» 12H per luiudred ihoukand. not 12W» |«r Inniorrd thousand, as asserted in New Zealand; while at the end of KK)»> it was H2 per hundred (housand eorapmi with 318 per hundred thousand in New Zealand. Crtek ha* hud an information against Mr JasHre Owen, charging biui with unlawfully ndtmtmtrnng the oaf in connection with die .Lund Comtnia, ion. Mr Jouef, of the Australian Timber Coropany, giving evidence before the Tariff Commission, stated that! the proposed duty on JNew Zealand timber would be <ietr«nenial to the users of boxes for butter, wines, whisky, meat, and Iruii. There was no Umber m suitable, so easily cut or procurable in the quantities necessary. To put a duty on white pine would be calamitous? to the producers of the Commonwealth tna«laueh as the duty passed on tu the tnnn on the land. Both kauri and white pine should be free if undressed. LOJUXLW June 1. The ship Port Jackson, with a hundred Warapite boys aboard, collided with the Gemma steamer Weyroo* in the Downs. She was towed to Dover. The starboard bow is seriously damaged, The bugle for formation ttounded at the moment of the collision, when the lifebelts were ordered out Tins boys reformed within three tuinuies of the collision with lifebelts. The discipline was perfect. PIKTE K MAIM TV. P> 1 1 KG, June 1. The Assembly of Maritxburg confirmed the South African Cot-tome Convention. MELBOURNE. Juno L The IMence estimates prepared by a military board cxcced those of lust; year by 1-200,000. The Fedtral Treasurer states that ho has a scheme which ho is confident will settle the State debts question. He will not make it public till it is submitted f;o Parliament. Mr Dcakin states* that MrSeddoa and he had arrived at an agreement ou all pointa of the New Hebrides question whsch it was necessary for them to touch upon. PKKTJI. June 3. Another case of plauue has bccu reported. SYDNEY, June 1. The Australian Workers' Union has issued a policy mamSesto. It points to a determination to endeavour to secure better teruiH for shearers, and will use every constitutional means before proceeding to take any other steps. TOKIO. June I. Diplomatists at Tokio consider that Russia's claiming exclusive light.of navigation of the Sungari reriously impairs the principle of " open door " policy in Manchuria, and China should be supported in adhering to the principle. PAULS, June 1. I'ranee's unforeseen expenditure is due to tbo strengthening of her military position. During the Morocco dispute £'7,800,030 was i>pent.