ANGLO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP. RUGBY IN AUSTRALIA. AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHTS. EGYPTIAN DISORDERS. JAMAICA'S PROSPERITY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 135, 9 June 1910, Page 5

ANGLO-GERMAN FRIENDSHIP.

RUGBY IN AUSTRALIA.

AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHTS.

EGYPTIAN DISORDERS.

JAMAICA'S PROSPERITY.

POTENT FACTOR LOST c IN DERNBURG'S RETIREMENT. ( ______ c LOXDOX, June 8. £ The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that in the downfall of Herr Dcrnburg one of the most potent factors for Anglo-Ger- j man friendship disappears, "and," adds . the paper, "we arc .sorry for it." The Berlin correspondent of the ■■Times" says that Hrrr Dernburg is standing aside because hp dislikes the present regime. Those left bthifld can hardly applaud the decision, as they < must be nware that he is departing not i in order to relieve the situation, but be- ( cause he thinks the situation cannot last. ]

I ■WELCOME TO THE AI.-L BLACKS. | SVDXKV. June 8. A large gathering at tlio Rup[by Union Kooms officially welcomed tbr Nr-w Zealand team. Tlie manager hoped thar they would win some matches, but thn chief aim was to give a clean, lively, open , exhibition of the old game. He re- | gretted that some players originally I chosen had been unable to come, but there | was no need to make excuses for those j who had taken their places. If they went down they would do so as a representative New Zealand team. I REINFORCEMENTS WANTED, j (Ry Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The New Zealand Rugby Union has received a cablegram from the manager of the New Zealand team at Sydney requesting that two more players should be sent over at once. The matter was considered, and Avcry, of the Wellington Old Boys' Club, was selected as one ol I the pair. The other player required is a i "ing threcquarter, but it was not definitely decided who would be sent to fill this position. OHRISTCHUBCH, this day. W. Mitchell, Jlerivale's wing threequarter, is under orders for the New Zealand team in Sydney, and leaves tonight. Mitchell is one of the most promising young players ever turned out of Canterbury. Last season he graduated from third grade to representative football. MAORIS DRAW AT AKffIIBALE. SYDNEY, June 8. The Maoris played the Northern Union at Armidale to-day, in ideal weather. The match ended in a draw, each side scoring six points. Winiata kicked a goal and Harrison secured a try. The game was fast and open, and there was good play on both sides.

FIRST KEEL LAID. VIENNA, June 8. Advices from Trieste state that ths keel has been laid of the first Dreadnought, and it is being privately built at Stabilimento. The keel of a sister ship is expected to be laid in September at the same shipyard.

INFLUENCES OF THE SCHOOLS. LONDON. June 8. Reuters Cairo Agency states that the Khedive has sternly rebuked the ulemas (expounders of Mohammedan law) of Ahzar University, charging them with being the instigators of the disorders and threatening chastisement, o r to leave them to the hands of the Government. The great Al Azhar University, which comprises some 12,000 students, and is said to be the biggest establishment of its kind in the world, is a hotbed of eedition. The students and the Ulemas, who are secretly leading them, have never looked upon the appointment of the present Chancellor with approval. They complain of the way in which the revenue from the endowments of their University is spent, and desire to have control of these endowments. They claim the right to appoint their own Chancel-' lor and other officials, and seem bent upon fighting {or this right. They complain that the students of other religious schools are invariably preferred to them when vacancies arise for the appointment of Cadis in the Mehkemehs. They are also paid lese than those in other schools of the same category, and they claim equality with others.

KINGSTON, June 8. The Governmentooff f Jamaica, owing to the financial buoyancy, has introduced a Legislature Bill removing the Customs duty from condensed milk, artisans' • tools, water pumps, fencing iron and roof- ■ ing, and reducing the duty on soap 50 per cent. i The changes involve a decrease of nearly £20,000.