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HOME ANO FOREIGN, Oy lfilecinc Telegrapn-UjiiyilgUl. i'er I'itßb dtusuciiuiou. - 0, at j>.s I'-m, London, February 5, llie Rtr. Ki.ioiit waa btfjuj i.nU emotional, uu wusa pivatlur ut tiie re\i\alißt type, end raised ilia congrLi c ytion Hon. a eccre to ilii details of his were curefully planned from the time lie dramatically disappeared over' the cliff 6 in « flashlight, vherche liretended tii. ts-.lie a pli(,togra|.h, uuM n;i joined Funny Urimes tfijoard thj Ballarat. Kurt's hair' was cut linusuaily short the day before hi disappeared. His maried attention to Miss Crimes caused the dividing o; the congregation into two groups, ona defending tlia vicar and the other full of misgiving. The gossip was silenced when Hiss Grimes q.uitted Leeds in September ior the South of England, but. vns renewed agai.i ill the autumn during Knight's Eli week's vacation, Despite bis wife's objections there was an Impressive memorial service whereat the Bishop eulogist the deceased. Kef erring to the King's llispectioii of tlie cruiser New Zealand, tho Pall Mall Gazette says, on the occasion of tlio Monarch's visit ho tc.hl tiie captain, midshipmen, blusjr.c':cts nwl marines aboarjj that til? Vessel was a freewill offering of the most distant Dominion,. and was a sign awl symbol of a tether stronger than death, binding as it ..Jid, tho distant lands into the British Commonwealth. The New Zealyid goes to tlie great dominions 0 f South Africa, Australia and Canada in the nameo! their No w Zealand iwethren.

Received February 5, a t 9.25 p iffli •nr mi Ottawa, February. 5, Mi' Thompson, the member for dellS i •'? , Conti(nuin & tlie naval 1- ,?* '^ e was disinclined to believe the Empire was in any way m danger of Germany's ngJnPnn had been flirtmg lately, therefore the Pflcifir l " C t' ft)r , battleShips WflS the Pacific. He ridiculed the Idea; of replacing tfe Heat in the Pacific a s ray to lead to separation. I( tlw limpre was ever destroyed, such would |;e dile to the .ultr a Imperialists and jingoes. The tighter thoy tried to draw the bonds oi Empire the more likely were thev to break, \ Received February.. a t U»,40 p.m. ' Sydney, February 5. A resident of Sydney, while in America, negotiated with Mr Roosevelt for lecturing tour in Australia. After consideration he has unw replied tlialt the tine required is an insuperable obstacle, Mr Williams -has commenced a suit in e-|Uity to restrain the directors of the Greater J, D. Williams Amusement Company interfering with tin exercise by Williams of hii rights and duties aS mraiaoinz director. The Court granted an interim injunction agninst the directors,' and Mr' WilliaJms this afternoon raumcd his duties as managing director.

Melbourne, February 5, The Federal elections take. place on May 31st., Brisbane, February 5, The Mount Morgan Min? lor January had copi)er for reduction in the work's and treated 20,1-19 tons, which produced 625 tens o! pure copper and 9465 ounces of gold of a total vn|'ue 0 f £"7,329, The Hampden South Consuls mine at Cloncurry is afire. The men and explosives wore safely removed, ami the. mine, is being closed down, _ Innisfail reports 20 inches of rai D in ' 24 ho'irs. Ttere were heartrending scenes, Fnmilieq were rescued from housetops, and sixteen rd'ugtd on one house. A- in?n n imed Smith was drowned, also a- Chinaman art] black pin, Jp is relieved other Chinese perished. Thirty-two inchjs fell at Kuraiiba in 48 hours. A land slip of seven thousand ynrcls came down from the Herterton ran»e on to the railway. L&unceeton, February 5, dup-Upcls Mat 1, Oai'dtne 2,

Kindling 3. .Won by half a length, Time, smin 27 4-sth sees. Received''February 5, n t 10,40 p.m. London, 5. .Tils Ore on th® Magdeburg, at Oorirana, esbragui£h«l. The fourth hold was floodeS, (Mr Keir llardie has received ut cablegram from the Labor Party in New Zealand repudiating- Mr Allen's offer .of an - expeditionary force, . ■ Pour or five ptafirc, cartridges were dropped into in Portugal street, hut the newspaper# prevented an ■explosion, Every Cabinet Minister yesterday received letters, and, the House of Commons was filled with red pepper. ■Margaret Morrison threw pepper in a constable's face, and smashed twelve windows' jbf this police coitfft. She threw a, bucket oi watV»wJer a sergeant, She is now/ ™nger stritoingn <v> The -newspapers are giving prominence to the Kind's visit to tie New Zealand, and there have been, a number of long loaders. .. The Daily Mall says-the visit has deep historic significance. The vessel is a living iproof that we have great allies in our ..hiadrod overseas. |New -Zealand's er a iifle lb taring splendid fruit, 'hut the E>o-mmion-s generosity baej in nowise diminished -the need of' British exertion. If only five 'battleships were laid down in 1913- we could not maintain the 60 per cent liargta. 'lhoMor-ning Post says New Zea» land has Bet & movement i n train that bids' fair to culmin a t« in the organisation of a 'great- defensive league between the self-governing States of the Empire, and the growth of nationality will .-give a sentiment of: loyalty to the Empire and more vigor, purpose and experience. It will Bhoiv tlie test machinery with whioh to provide united action, > The Express says the King's visit puts the seal oa "the development which lias completely, changed British se a ' power, The American visible wh«at supply is 120,26T,000 bushels. The Government is negotiating vitli the principal Atlantic lines to jointly hear tlio ! cost of tfqttipping a vessel with' a powerful wireless to he stationed i® the North! Atlantic, to report icebergs ajnd lothiji dangers. Capetown, February 5. Caucuses in Orangia supported!/Mr Herhog, and demanded Mi: Botha's resignation. Mr Price is .continuing Ins • BUpPort ofi-lthe Govsrnanant, and it is possible 'will force a general election, invollving Ithe entire recasting of parties, . . - 'Peking, February 5,The French and Russian Ministers have ruptured the loan negotiations, objecting) to Italian lauld. German assistance/ . '• Forty unpaifl BcJilisrs caught looting were executed. Paris, February 6. The' President of tto Court examined Dieudonne, aMfustd of an attack on a bank tfWLon the 21st December, 191-1. 'He pleaded an alibi,■ T!ie'President rdjioined that the man was guilty of the Blanchet astatslnation, and the statement that he coul3'provo an alibi was false, An assassin named Bill Mill had not been arrested 1 . Dtou-donne replied that Blanchet and Bill' loved the 6ame igirl. The Presidenb < 1 The girl denies' this. DieMonne was silent. Callemlna, alias Raym6nd Lad* Once, wlio is n mathematical master, was questioned regarding his boasts after his arrest, replied that tliey were only jokes, and denied patibn in' the invrderp at Ithe n'i Du Havre, Paris and' Ghantillyi , Vienna, -February B. Austria-Hungary has ordered from lllohm and Voss, Hamburg, a floating idock ola 1 W.o'oo t»n capacity, also five submarines from the German yard at' Kiel,

| AUSTRALIAN NEWS By Electric Telenraph—Copyrlgbt fir Prom Aiacelatloi. Received February 5, at 9.25 p.m. Melbaurne, February 5. • The cliarges fcr higher education will be'increased shortly by llj per centum, and in the case oi tuition alon« 5 per'centum in the case of toardera at the Church of England Grammar School, . the Scotch Cdliege and Wesley College. : Geelongi -has ta'icn the initiative at the Ladies' College, except lbs Methodist, which is also increasing its fees. It is explained that the reason iB to allow teachers 'better remuneration. 1 Sydney, February 5. Thj cruiser Psyche, which was .recently decked and overhauled, baß bean recalled (rom stated she sprang a leak and needs docking, The Cambrian is convoying her. Tiie Cabinet .has approved of the construction ol the first section cl! the city under-ground eleotric railway from Rtdfern to Wynyard Square, The scheme includes a trans harbor bridge. The Tennis 'Association has not received a reply as to whether •Wilding will play in the' Davis Cup. The English Weekly Field states that Wilding is arranging to participate. Noumea advices state that a commission has -been appointed to cnqiiiro into the question of increasing the docking accommodation, ip view of the'Ppamn Canal opEn'n-g* Captoi, B Riji(», loirceriy operating in New Zealand waters, is promoting, a syndicate with a capital of £20,000 to undjrtate whaling near New Caledonia. Melbourne, February 5, Conflicting opinions have been formed as to tha Northern Territory, Mr Williams, who .is visiting it 0:1 behalf of the Weleh settlers of Patagcn'a, reports that it,is a white man's country. The northern portion is within tbj mons(janal urea, and is not subject to drought. In the newer history of British colonisation «uch inducements should >iba offered to white settlers to induce them to settle. 1 Mr Pcnrce says the Federal au. tborita had not foreseen that imprisonment could be inflicted under the Stitto Act for non-payment ol flues in connection witH the Commonwealth' Compulsory Training Act. Thj matter had been referred to tho Attorney-General. ,SV. Mr O'Malley liaß received a letter ' ■. from Mr Roosevelt stating that nothing would jive him greater pleasure tkn to visit Australia. He cannot imagine any American seriously interested in the affairs of his country a nd tie world who would not feel fortunate in having a chance o visit your great. Common wealth, Personally, he'had a very great admiration for tho Australian people; . ,j