CABLEGRAMS.
'J LATEST H'/>s>; \. v b FOKETG2-7 M C;Kl"TKi:'.s TT.U:!.I.A.MS. Piii: I»l:!■:.-< Aril'XOV) i 'Li.M.MX. Jlay 21. Lord Hartingtoii, sjM-aking to -lis :ui)eiid- | ' iiierif. s:'i.l tlr- transfer of Indi-Mi 1 roups j >'i Er.r.ii-0 w:-s liiicoiislitlltioJi:'.! witi:i-.".l! the sauotion <•; i'arii:iierar. and ti;n.t the * : exnediti'.nufy force jituing started, the e ; cost must the;-if.;re be -.-'eirged r>n the t-j Imperial exchequer. V/'ietliei" i'ariia- . i ii;i-i! approved or not t:;e Colonial .Sccrcr j tar .- said it should nor be taken for I I ".ranted that the (iovomuietit !i:ul deemed it ;inv iinconsrinitional procedure, since •| the Act of ISr.S antborised die einoloy- ' j wie-Jit of the Indian Army wherever ir was -' i.cdcre.i. The O.nei-niiient wished to ,- show that tliey could wield the whole j f.-rce.s of tills vast united "K'.nrm-u. Mc-srs. L::i!:g nn-l L.f.org.m, aud. Sir ' W. Harc'.UlT, "pposcd tin: tiiiir-tidroetit, believing no eonsiiiuriouiil principles were * viniiited. Messrs. Cm-pim and Stanliopc I s:!:;iporred the irmendi.e.nt. i ; (n tiie Hous-'of L"!-ds, Lord i- ; eileu; m-. -! '.•••ti:iTii;>7 to tli'j liiiiiau oxnedilioinn-y . I force. e:'.!ieil .'iiiention to :ne m..™.,.;..: | tionai character of the measure. [ Lord Cairns denied that the prerogative- > ot the Crown had been strained. ; Lord Granville, criticising the wit'i- , h«>iding of iiiiorniatioji "f the exjvditioiiary force from Parliament, said it was as nr.;viso as insisting that- every iin- ' pnrtiiiit ouestioii should be subiniuocl to ■ ball.»t.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 641, 23 May 1878, Page 2
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