VARIOUS CABLES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8446, 20 May 1907, Page 5

VARIOUS CABLES.

UNLAWFUL RAILWAY REBATES.

NEW YORK, May 17.

The Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul Railway Company has to having given rebates on|a coffee shipment, and has been fined £4,000. NEW MINISTER IN EGYPTCAIRO, May 17. The Khedive has cordially welcomed Sir Eldon Gorst, who succeeds Lord Cromer as Minister Plenipotentiary in Egypt. CORRUPTION AT HONGKONG. HONGKONG, May 17. Widespread corruption has been revealed among subordinates'administering the sanitary laws in Hongkong. The Acting-Governor has denounced their conduct as being unworthy of the English name. IRISH RAILWAYS. Received May 19, 5.8 p.m. I LONDON, May 18. Sir J. G. Ward gave evidence be* fore a Vice-Regal Commission on Irish railways. He explained the general position of the New Zealand railways, and strongly urged State ownership, which, he said, provided for a uniformity of system.Jpreventeo! rebates and assisted settlement and development. It also supplied a great engine for advancing the best interests of the people. PRETORIA MINERS' STRIKE.'" Received May 19, 5.8 p.m. PRETORIA, May 18. The miners on strike on the Rand offer to submit thejr grievances toarbitration. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA. Received May 19, 4.28 p.m. LONDON, May 18. A deputation, representing Kinloch and Cooke's Central Emigration Board and other emigration agencies, and several Agents-General and Lord Ranfurly, waited on Mr A. Deakin and discussed the advisability of cooperative action. I Mr Deakin' ex 3 plained that if the States supply land and undertake to look after immigrants on arrival, the Commonwealth Government would do the advertising and assist in every way. Orbrr colonial speakers indicated that Aus3 tralians in London were interested in emigration and wished to tpl<e advantage of the ] present favourable juncture to advance the cause. After discussion, the opinion appeared toprevail that it would be better to try and arrange co-oparationbetween the various scattered agencies through the Central Emigration Board. It is intended to invite the Agents-General to apsist the Board with advice ad information.

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE CONFERENCE. Received May 19, J4.28 p.m. LONDON, May 18. An influential deputation, representing the Australasian section of the Chamber of Commerce, waited on Mr A. Deakin and stated that it had been practically settled that one hundred members of the Chamber of Commerce would visit Australia in 1909, or including Canada, jind South Africa, possibly 200. PREMIER AND CAPITALIST. LONDON, May 17. Mr Deakin was entertained at luncheon at De Keyser's Hotel to meet representatives of capital invested in Australia, Who explained some obstacles to the free flow of [capital thither. Mr Deakin remarked that the Labour Party had had its growth and maturity, but was fat present in verydeep waters as a patry. He predicted a great Ministerial majorityjin New South Wales over the Labour Party, while the latter would not count in Queensland's coming Parliament. Events indicated that the Labour Party would shortly be in a minority in South Australia. These facts should dispel investors' fears as far as labour legislation was concerned. Regarding other matter?, Mr Deakin recommended investors to thoroughly understand the terms of all, agreements !before signirg them. He expressed the hope that cable communication would be so cheapened as to eanble them to have the exact terms of contracts cabled.' He explained the progress of unifying company law in Australia with its attendant advantages. They were also trying to harmonise the law with reference to insurance, and since his arrival at Home he had consulted with the directors of the Bank of England regarding the possibility of passing a banking law which would have currency throughout the Commonweath. Dwelling on the advantages accruing from the Commonwealth's prospective assumption of the whole of the various States* debts, Mr Deakin remarked that gradually, by a better adaption to circumstances, the!"! interior, with its great pastoral and agricultural interests, would bo coming to the fore, 1 and would be more independent Jof variations of climate. He added, concerning immigration, that if only the States could be persuaded to break'away from red tape methods, the Commonwealtth Government, would undertake to bring over all the settlers they could find and place them on the land. He hoped that an agreement with South Australia concerning half a million acres would be sanctioned in 1907.