Cable Epitome.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7764, 16 March 1905, Page 3

Cable Epitome.

'l!* reived March 1 ■>, p.m.) LUMIOX, March 1.1. Ilie committee unaiiiinom'y recommended tho miitualisation of the E'quitable .Society of X'e* Vork. Lord Avebur\'s Sunday Closing of ■Shops Kill was read a second time in the House of Lords. The Marquis of Anglesea died a t Monte Carlo from heart consumption. Italy proposes to s]vitd ;l million on the fortifications on the Aus- | trian frontier, as a reply to the recent transfer of tiuficinn troops to Southern Tyrole. UHISHAXK, March 15. | Over twenty thousand cases of . thngue fever have occurred in th* city this summer. In consequence of tile c-Msling [k>- I tuto disease in ,\e\v Zealand the Agricultural Department has prohibited importation from that colonv. I OTTAWA, March 15.' Sir William Mac Donald, a Canadian philanthropist, otters to estab- ' lish, and endow at a cost of several million dollars, nn experimental farm college for training teachers to educate Canadian youths at farming. LONDON, March 15. A traveller for an Austrian firm traced a Iwg containing £IO,OOO worth of jewellery on a chair in a chemist's shop in A thief substituted another bag and decamped. (Received March ]5, 11.10 p.m.) OTTAWA, March 15. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier, re- | -t mindtd Colonel Il'ug'hos of the reason tor the dissolution of the Imperial | Federation League. Inter-Imperial I relations, he said, were satisfactory to-*fay.i Wliile even] part of the I Empire contended all efforts for a 1 change of relation.-* would be futvie. The Hon. Sir F. \V. Ilordon. Minister lor Militia, said he wus glad to hear the statement ; for 18 months ftgo Sir \\ ilfrid Laurier* advocated large treaty-making powers. Sir P. 1 W. Borden Uelieved in the prosperity 1 of the Empire. Closer relations might be improved and strengthened < h>" mutual trade preference. The 1 ~ Motherland amd the colonic might advantageously discuss the business basi£ At Sir W. Laurier's instance Colonel Hughes' resolution was withdrawn. (Received March Hi, 0.19 a.m.) SYDNEY,, March 15. The semi-finals f on the Sydney 1 Thousaads were run to-night. Arnst : 1 (New Zealand) remains i n , but Jtutt I Walker and Megson failed to <|Uali- I) fy. Ellegard and Lawaon won, their '< heats in fine style. An amended Liquor Ilirl w ;il lie '< introduced by the Government next !l session, providing for local optioJi ! Leading memliers of the legal pro- f n'SMion condemn the Federal Attor- I ney-tJcneral's proposal to make the 1 High Court stationary. '1 h ■ cost to litigants would be enormous compared with the pres-.-nt expense of the ambulatory court.