HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10066, 6 February 1909, Page 1

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph.—Coitriqht.]

• (Per Press Association.) Received February 5, at 10.30: -p.m. London, February £,

The Morning Post warns intending immigrants to disregard, the Newcastle (NewSouth' Wa : les) Labor Council's communication to the Parliamentary Labor Committee. The Council represents that labor greatly exceeds the demand, that men of all ranks are earning a precarious livelihood, and undertaking work for which they are unfitted. It protests that the Government is negotiating with the Salvation Army. The Post asserts that immigration is conducted in the best possible way by persons who are compelled to consider the Jaws of supply and demand. It considers the efforts of the Newcastle labor ring -will retard economic progress, and are unjustifiable. Received February 5, at 10.18 p.m. London, February 5.

The Daily Express states that the London and Paris Exchange liabilities are between £300,000 and £500,000. The creditors are mostly in the United Kingdom. The receiver discharged 800 clerks and typists. At the Canadian Club dinner Sir Gilbert Parker prophesied that Australian journalists would receive the heartiest welcomes from their Canadian confreres. Replying to the toast of the Imperial forces, !\lajor-General Hoad, Commandant of the Commonwealth, alluded to the benefits conferred by the inauguration of the Imporial general staff, and emphasised that Australia's interest in military matters had been realised. If Australia had to be defended it would be almost entirely by citizen soldiers. Newfoundland has assented to the fisheries treaty, without substantial alteration.

Navy League circles state that the Admiralty has asked the Cabinet to lay the Keels of six battleships of the Dreadnought type during the coming year. The South African scheme is based on the Calcutta and Simla precedent, and includes the adoption of the Indian camp office principle in Capetown while the Federal Parliament is in session. The Pontypridd County Court granted an injunction to the South Wales Miners' Federation for levying money to support members of the House of Commons. Obituary—Sir A. M. Torrance, M.P. for Glasgow Central, aged 65. 'The Bank of New Zealand is issuing one hundred thousand 5 per cent, debentures of the Wangauui Harbor Board at 101.