CABLE NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 56, 7 March 1904, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

[lit ULEOTUIO TEIKOBArU. — OOriBIOHT.] SOUTH AFRICA. « A CAPE REDISTRIBUTION BILL. [muss association.! CAPETOWN, 6th March. Tho Rcilistitbutioii uf Seats Hill lur been rend a iiihL time in the CJuiie Pmliamont. li jnovidrs foi Ihico iidililimril f-c.it^ in t ho Leumltitivo C'tiuiieil .nul twelve 111 1 lie Assembly, tho Litter distributed among tho puncipul toun.s. Iho elections will immudintely follow tho proniulgution of Iho Bill. SERVILE LABOLJIt ON" THE RAND. DEFENCE BY Mlt. LYTTELTON. LONDON", slh ifmeb. Tho Hon. A. Lytlolton, Scciotwy for tlio Oolonico, has «nsnrcd Mr. Copt'lnnd, Agcnd-Qoncrnl for Now South Wales, that tho Uovormnonl viows tho introduction of Chinese into tho Transvaal ns an experiment justifiable under tho abnormal conditions prevailing in the lnhour market, but hopes it will be only of temporary duration. Mr. Lyttelton ndds thnt It is Intended to engage ton thousand Chinese as an initial exporhnenb. THE AUSTRALASIAN PROTEST. (Received March 7, 10.38 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Copies of the correspondence between Mr. Seddon and Mr. Deakin regarding Chifieso labour iv the Transvaal and the Transvaal and Imperial Governments' replies have been tabled in the Federal llouse. ; The correspondence shows that Mr. Sed. don wished to send a protest direct to the British Government, but Mr. Deakiu adhered to his opinion that it should bo addressed to tho Transvaal authorities, and this was done.