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HOME AND FOREIGN, Oy Electric 'i'elsgrapb-Ujpyilglil. J'er Press Association, Received J nß . 60, at 9.45 p.m. Arm, Jan. 10. (Sirs' Fulham made a statement that site did not know the composition of the powder. Clark >ha4 said it would make her hustaa.i slightly ill. The prosscution read her letter of July 11th to the effect that her acquaintance with a siaiilor al> - pcaraiice was that her liusiand had a heat stroke, and suggested the poselbfijly of producing the Bame symptoms if done without suspicion; The Court asked Mrs Fullmm to explain and she replied that she would reserve her defence. In giving evidence regarding, her mother's murder Miss Clark identified Sukhia as one of the murderers. Kathleen Fulham, aged ten, testified tfiat natives came to her mother s . hottoa oh Sunday, night. Cferk 'brought them Mo, fte iliniji;) room, next Kathleen's bedroom, The natives said they wanted money, anl CJark said, "You're always Wanting money." Tliet natives replied tfial this was the last time. '"lt wdll'tie ail over to-)aiglifc." Mrp Fulliam said, 'Twneiii tiii moi ning, ot tlite children* will be asking Kjueßt/icns, v ' Kathleen . recogjtfsod Bddhu'g voice and was frightened. She went to her mother's dressing) rq&m, «nd/ thence to her mother's jjressing> room, and thence Baw tlwo men climiijpg the wall. 'Later while Bleeping, on her mother's bed sjie heard a knock at the front door, ana Clark came in and told her mother tiiat thieves had broken into tlie house and hart his wife, Her mother 'askedl what was '(lie damage, and Clark replied in the head-, but the open Ibrtfaty exposed. Tfitf ioH'owing Tuesday Sukdiia came and her mother money, saying, ."Go, they're after you."

Tlbe Daily Mail Hem a tide tW si;! supcr-dreadnougjits be iaM down 'in t'h« estimates, not counting the Australian, New Zealand, Malayan or Canadian. ,I( the sixteen per centum of superiority is m a nt lined Brita&n in 1915 will 5)8 ri Ij!e to send 12 dreadnoiu)*h>B to tie Mediterranean, awl have 25 at Home against Germany's 23.

The Jiner Ambrose, with 487 pas.' senßers, collided with a hopper and fishing sniact whtcli were Interlocked after colliding, ofl the Mersey, The hoppor was cut in two and sank, thirteen of the crew being drowned.

■ London, January 10. • The Morningi Post states that wben(iit was evident that -tho bulk of the Unionists were unwilling to accept the policy enunciated in the Ashton speech of Lord Lanadowne's a&d Mr Bonar Law's intention to resign, as the Policy had previously been) endorsed, all the front benches cf the House of Oomnons, and ex-mem!bers of. the Cabinet ■in the House of Lords, thereupon debarred themselves fron accepting the leadership, When the crisis was k'noflU the bactjtaich Unionists drew up a memorial which two 'hundred have now signed, ifcut it is 6till doiiT.tful whether Mr Bonar Law is willing to withdraw his resignation. Tbe 'Daily News tfsclares that the memorial is a long <and complex document. Its contents are a strict Bccret.

The Express protests agai'nßt the Daily Mail interpreting! the memorial as the death ill (ocd taxes. The Times states that the crisis in the leadership is a thing cftho past, The Standard' bolieves Mr Boyar Daw recognises that 1 the memorial has eased the party's position, and will enable him to continue the leadership, in tho oirclumstonoes with greater confidence. Ottawa, January 10. A bulletin states that the DucheEß of Connaught's Btrcnjth is maintained, fout lier condition iB unchanged."

Washington', January 10, ( The Department of Agriculture estimates the wprld's w]icat in 1912 yielded 33-89 million bushels. lieCcived| January 10, a t 10.30 p.m. London, January 10-. Wfddcl'B Imnual report on the frozen meat trade says that owing to trade prosperity am improved consumption of meat was -likely in 1513, lnit there was unlikely, to 'be no material increase in the exporting oapacity of Australia, New Zealand and goiita 'America.i The idoteteti'c supplies were almost certain l to contract, and a general shortage was prol.ahle unless foot and mauth diselase forces the Biilish 'farmers tf) kill. There was ercry indication that fresh meat had nearly overtaken the world's production.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS Uy Kiectric Telugrapn—c'opynght fer Pm!B Association. Received Jan. CO, at 9.45 p.m. Sydney, Jan, 10. Against South Australia Nev< South ffliles |have lostl six wicketij ■for 422. The weather w.is fine anj the wicket fast, Macartney and Trumper were brilliant. Kelleway made 38, Barbour 55, Macartney 125, Mi'nnett &3, Trumper (not out) lffl, Lane (not out) B. Sydney,; January 10. The wheat ctop6> du portienn oj the Riverinft arc the most 'prolific known. They averaja 45 bushels in some places.

Melbourne, Jan. 10. At the Science Congress Professor Kirk, -of Wellington, in his presided t'ial address, said the biology setftion dealt with the present aspect of some problems ot heredity. Mr Roakes, of the Department o' Agriculture, New Zealand, ccntiftu* edi notes o! 1 investigation into the nutritive disorders of ruminants andi so-caM bush sickness.