Telegraphic.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 14, 1 July 1899, Page 3

Telegraphic.

0 The German delegates to the ace Conference have accepted c proposal for a permanent ibunal of arbitration subject to edification. The Lommittee of the Peace inference, to which Russia's oposals were referred, has deived that limitations of armaints is not acceptable. The French Chamber of Depict by 370 to 70 refused to deal th as a question of urgency, Deronlde's proposal to abolish 3 Senate and elect the President umvoisdl suffrage. Twelve per cent, of the whole the forces under General Otis the Philippines are on the sick Riotous miners at Mongate, ■uiea provinces, China, louted - Cnstom-house and French ISO 1 1 <>. A-t ih« annual Queensland d'inr iv London Sir Horace Tozer titled. He said that he believed eat Britain would yield to the sh or Canada and Australia in r«ml to the Pacific cable. The ent-General, for New South l «les hoped that next year there uld only be one dinner, namely ' Australian, and to hear one saker respond for the Commonalth. Sports from Alexandria state * tk« city is plague stricken.

The Czar has ordered tha Finnish Exchequer to establish an official newspaper printed in the Russian and Finnish languages. The Russian Government are spending 20,000,000 dollars in America upon ordnance. If Great Britain support the Pacific cable scheme the Eastern C ible Company offer to construct a cable via Honolulu as a less expensive route. At the Colonial Institute conversazione 3000 were present, including Mr Chamberlain. It is understood that India asks for a new and shorter line, as recommended by Lord Curzon, thus cheapening the cost of telegraphic messages to India.