GERMAN SUBSIDY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7731, 26 February 1909, Page 2

GERMAN SUBSIDY.

BERLIN, February 25. The Bill providing for the increase of the North German Lloyd's subsidy for the New Guinea service to £25.000, was read a third time m the Reichstag.

TRAIN HURLED OVER A CLIFF. QUITO. February 25. A train was derailed at Rio Tamba, Ecuador, and hurled a hundred feet over a cliff. Twenty-five passengers were killed and forty injured. PRESIDENT TAFT'S SALARY. (Received February 26, 8.13 a.m.) WASHINGTON, February 25. The American House of Representatives rejected the Senate's increase of President Taft's salary. JAPANESE IN CALIFORNIA. SAN FRANCISCO, February 25., : California is taking a census ■of its Japanese residents. ARGENTINE LOAN.

LONDON, February 25. | The Argentine loan has proved a success. INCIDENT AND—ADVERTISEMENT (Received February 26, 8.25 a.m.) LONDON, February 25. While Miss Dolly Castles was drying her hair, her celluloid comb caught fire. She was not disfigured, and received nothing worse than a severe shock. SCHOOL AGE AND OFFICE WORK.

(Received February 26, 8.25 a.m.) LONDON, February 25. The London School Board having adopted the principle of compulsion to the age of 15, and half-time from 15 to 18, there is an outcry because of the scarcity of office boys and messengers. THE CARNEGIE TRUST WORK. LONDON. February 25. The Carnegie Trust has paid fees for 8263 Scots University students for seven years, amounting to £298,686. INTERNATIONAL THIEVES. LONDON, February 25. The Milan detectives have arrested four ringleaders of a well-known international gang, operating chiefly m London and New York. Forced notes and cheques valued at many thousands, were found when they were arrested. SUING LORD ROSEBERY. (Received February 26, 11.45 a.m.) LONDON, February 25. Mr Drysdale, a former factor of the Dalmeny Estate, is suing Lord Rosebery, for £10,000, for libel.