CABLE SUMMARY.
Lord Charles Beresford, speaking on Russian authority, states that if the British fleet had gone to Port Arthur when leased by China to Russia, the Russian fleet had orders to withdraw.
The Philadelphia Commercial Congress recommended ihe establishment of a uniform international trade statistics bureau for the dissemination of agricultural reports.
The motion to submit the Commonwealth Bill to the people has been defeated in the West Australian Parliament.
A receiving order has been made against the Earl of Yarmouth in connection with a hosiery bill for £75. The report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the future government of the Philippines has beeu published. It states that it is absolutely imperative that America maintain her claim of sovereignty over the islands and compel the submission of the natives prior to conceding them any large measure of autonomy.
Lord Charles Beresford succeeds RearAdmiral Noel in command of the British Mediterranean beet.
Mr C. A. Parsons, President of the Junior Engineers' Association, declared that it is possible to build a cruiser having a speed of 44 knots an hour on the turbine system.
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Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 510, 7 November 1899, Page 3
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185CABLE SUMMARY. Waikato Argus, Volume VII, Issue 510, 7 November 1899, Page 3
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