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IMMIGRANTS for new i Zealand. i London, March 16. j The Hon. W. P. Reeves (New Zea- <■ land high Commissioner) has accept- 1 cl 200 navvy immigrants, and is will- I iug to giro a thousand domestic servants reduced passages regardless of 1 the capital qualifications. ? \ _ 1 r RUSSO-JAPANESE FRIENDSHIP J I Sr. Peteeshibu, March 16. k The Czar, wishing to increase the friendship between Russia and Japan, f is sending to Tokio an Imperial prince, t attended by an Imperial staff. The 5 Mikado sends Imperial princes to Ru*. ' sua. j 1 . .WIRELESS TELEPHONES. Tokio, March 16. Kimaru, a nival officer of Japan, has invented a wirelei* telephone. THE ROYAL MARRIAGE. ] London, March 16. In the House of Commons, the Chan- ] cellor of the Exchequer, the Right , Uon. H, H. Asqnith, • replying to Mr Sloan, add it was not intended to make Princess Ens, who is to marry the Kipg of Spain, and has become a Roman Catholio, any grant from the public funds. A BIG ENTERPRISE. New Yobk, March 12. An Amcricau syndicate has offered to construct at its own cost a KanskAlaska tunnel railway in return for a strip of land along the entire railway for industrial purposes. The proposal is viewed more favourably in Russia than formerly. ; The syndicate professes its readiness to find £53,000,000 for the enterprise. . CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. Ottawa, March 16. Canada is increasing the bonus paid to agents for supplying passage tickets to British emigrants from 7s to 20s. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Sidney, March 17. Applications for the space allotted to New South Wales at the Christchurch Exhibition are coming in well, and it is expected the resources of the Slate will .be well represented. THE JAPANESE FAMINE. Pekix, March 16. The Dowager Empress of China has contributed 100,000 taels to the J apaueso Famine Fund. A PEERAGE DECLINED. Ottawa, March 10. Sir Wilfml Lauricr, Premier of the Domiuiou, ha# declined a peerage.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8062, 19 March 1906, Page 3
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