CABLE NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4284, 2 December 1892, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

London, November 80. Giving ovidenco licforo the Hoyal Commission on Labour, the Chairman ol the London Conciliation Board stated that CO Unions were- now iillilinled to tlio Board, wliioli to oxicndmg ita field of operations, and should liave power to summon witnesses. Publican opinion, bo said, was the best means of enforcing tbe awards.

Lord Mayor Kuill suggests that the Agents-General should form a committee to consider a Eoheme for tho emigration of tho cream of the unemployed in England to Australia and Canada,

In his article in tho Nineteenth Century, Mr John Burns, M.P., denoiiDces General Booth and Mr Arnold White for drawing all loafers and tramps in England into London. In an article in the Fortnightly Review, Sir Charles Dilke saya that lu.lia should be England's first oaro. He thinks it advisable there should be a large incretso in tho powers of the local Counvd, which should bo allowed to deal with everything except finances and military matters, He boliovcs that a proper concession to tho native sentiment does not endanger (he British power. Tho Financial Times publishes an article on tbe causes of the financial crisis in the colonics, It expresses pleasure that candid criticism of tho state of affairs is no longer confined to outsiders, and wolcomes the attitude of the reputable portion of the Australian press in ceasing to pander to the borrowing craze, It cannot adrairo the behaviour of the Melbourne people, who, instead of making up tiieir minds to retrieve their position, seem to be walloiving in the mud and shrieking. The Hon, A. J. Balfour, in an article in the North American Review, say that the movement for tho autonomy of Ireland is not based on history, and contends that the memories of Iho reverses sustained during the recent rebellions will only aggravate the disease which it is intended to cure, No New Zealand hemp was offered for sale at the last auctions. The market is very quiot, Medium Wellingtion is worth JB2G per ton. During tho recent auctions kauri gum, scraped, advanced 2s fid to lod, pickings 23 Gd, and chips 3s Cd, Good hard senped realised M ss. (king to the mild weather the butter market has fallen 4a. At tho wool sales to-day there was strong competition for new clips at current rates, but old wools were neglected,