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needy.
Mr.. Churchill says naval construction up
keen is suffering. There is a market IN
crease in the provision made for oil fuel,
huge depots will be created throughout the
Empire, especially in the United Kingdom,
the estimates include four hundred and
seven thousand pounds for this purpose, one
hundred and thirty thou sand of which is for
Chatham alone, or three times the previous
intention.
Lord Haldane, in a speech, said the Gov
ernment had no right and no power to COM
pei the miners 10 resume work, 'but if any
desire to work our duty is to protect them"
The ninety third Highlanders have been
notified to prepare for duty at Glasgow, and
similar orders have been issued elsewhere.
Sundays meetings of the Unions con-
demned the arrest of Mr.. Tom Mann.
Yesterday the first triangular conference
between Miners, Owners and Ministers was
held. and adjourned, the Cabinet then met,
anl announced the Minimum Wage Bill would
be postponed.
It is reported that Herr BALM, the direc-
tor of the Hamburg American Company, is
promoting arrangements for standardlzlng
and coordinating the Transatlantic service,
enabling daily sailings each way on the best
boats the substandard vessels, which depress
fares to be withdrawn, this is O preliminary
condition to the pooling OF cabin fares like
the storage.
The Nationalists have secured precedence
for Home Rule over Welsh disestablishment
and the former Bill will be introduced on
April 18th, the Cabinet committee c~ompris-
ing Mr.. Asquith, Mr.. Birrell, Mr.. Lloyd
George, Lord Loreburn aud Lord Morley.
They procured the general assent Of The
Nationallsts with :" reserve regarding NOV
ing al amendment as to details. Mr. Asqulth
personally will move the Bill.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily Tele-
graph says the Prince of Wales will soon Wis
it a French noble family, long friends of the
late King Edward and Of King George.
The Times Lisbon correspondent says the
Minister of Public Works has presented to
the Cortes a provisional contract with the
Marconi Company for the establishment of
wireless stations at Lisbon, Oporto, Azores,
Madeira and the Cape Verde Islands.
New York, 26th.-The coal strike outlook
is worse. Fifty railways i'll the Eastern States
have rejected their engineers demand for an
eighteen per cent increase of wages.
London, March 26th.-Sugar in stock on
the 23rd inst. was 1873 900 tons. Last year
$4,000 tons.
New York, March Goth.
Flour, Blended Clears per barrel 4.25.
Meal, Kindred, per barrel 1915.
New Seasons Pork no quotation.
Heavy Mess Pork, 1888
o Crystals per 1O0ibs. S442
sugar Muscovado SO test 1oOibs. 1892
Molusses Eng. Islds. per gal. no quotation.
Liverpool Cotton, m~iddling Upland, 6 3-2Od.
Exchange, New York &London, 90 days sight
4.845
Exchange New York and London, sight 4.874
London. March Goth,
Dem. Crystals 19s. 6d.-2O5 81.
c Muscovado, houting terms i'll
"us"'' bond, lbs. Cd. 13s. 3D.
German beet So f. o. b. las Cd.
jaw" Sugar 5000 Gibraltar or Channel for
orders, floating terms, 15s. Cd.
Demerara Rum, nominal 114d.-1s. Ii.
Cocoa Trinidad, good middlIng Red, nom.
pr cwt 56s. Sd.
Cotton, Medium Fine Stat Liverpool, nominal
Is. 34d.
Bank of England Rate of discount 81.
Consols II 1916.
three per cent Rehtes in Paris 93.7O.
WEATHER AND CROPS, BARBADOS.