VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8403, 18 April 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

RADICAL POLITICAL BANQUET.

Received April 17, 9,24 p.m. LONDON, April 17. Addressing the Radical political banquet, at Holborn Restaurant, which all the Premiers and colonial Ministers attended, Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman, who presided, declared that it was slander to assert that the Radicals were Little Englanders, They did r!o t have nal? 0W ? hostile views regarding the colonies. All of them favoured the maintenance of the Empire on the principle of freedom, independence, and justice, which was the very breath of its being. "If it was not continued on these lines a good many of us would wish that it should not be continued at all," said Sir Henry. He indicated that the King's first act on his return to England would be to stretch forth the right hand of fellowship to the Premiers. THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. Received April 17, 9.1 a.m. LONDON, April 16. Reuters Paris .correspondent reports that M. Fillippi has invented a method of propelling an aerolplane heavier than air. It diminishes the atmospheric pressure over a curved surface by rotating wings. Conclusive experiments show that considerable weights can be supported in the air with little effort. SALE OF JEWELS. Received April 17, 9.1 a.m. LONDON, April 16. Mrs Samuel Lewis Hill's jewels were sold at auction for a total of £94,000. One rope of pearls brought £16,700. SUCCESSFUL TRIAL. Received April 17, 9.1 a.m. LONDON, April 16. The steamer Makambo, built for the Australian Pacific trade of Messrs Burns, Phtip and Co., has made a successful trial trip. COLONIAL AND BRITISH INCOME TAX. Received April 17, 9.1 a.m. LONDON, April 16. The Inland Revenue authorities have agreed to a compromise whereby the Rand Mines, Ltd., only pay income tax on profits made in Britain by the sale of shares held in London, or on interest earned here. Subject to refund, the tax will be deducted from dividends paid to shareholders resident in Britain. GERMAN GOODS. Received April 17, 8.24 a.m. j OTTAWA, April 16. Mr Armstrong, member for Labton, read in the Canadian House of Commons official correspondence showing that German goods are entering under British preferential rates. Mr W. S. Fielding, Minister for Finance, promised to investigate. *A POSTAL ARRANGEMENT. Received April 17, 8.24 a.m. LONDON, AprillG. The postage of newspapers, magazines, and trade journals between the United Kingdom and Canada from May Ist will be Id per lb up to 51b. Postage on packets not exceeding 2oz remains a half-penny. NEWSPAPERS PRAISE. Received April 17, 9.14 a.m. LONDON, April 16. The newspapers eulogise the Anglo-Canadian postal arrangements as an excellent illustration of preference. Mr S. Buxton, PostmasterGeneral, emphasises Canada's geographical position, and considers the arrangement no precedent for any agreement in other directions. NATIONAL ARBITRATION' PEACE CONGRESS. Received April 17, 9.1 a.m. NEW YORK, April 16. Mr Andrew Carnegie presided at the National Arbitration Peace Congress, New York. President Roosevelt, in a cautious tetter, has advised all good earnest men not to insist on the impossible. He hoped that the nations would adopt a general arbitration treaty, and that the Hague Conference would be greatly strengthened and made permanent.