THE WEEK.
jHE DOMINION. fi ;r Toseph Ward and Sir John Frndiay , 7i a complimentary oauquct - TvVeS«n on Saturday night las , " IS them bai* to .vw AeaUud. " W S°£ Wellington <Mr. T. M. | Tbe iile l J rime Minister, ! WilfordJ preyed ine > - Council of De--6 chat a system of defence was j le f!'-,rT i nonier to make the Empire I BeC that other, would tilid I IfcTe were masters, and the peace of , 5 Vorld would be assured. Who was «v what would be the outcome ol a Itcomtoauon against the Uid Coun- < ■°C Could we be handed over to a, £ el?J country without having a -ay . ftte matter? And .ret Lhere were ] •ii*»to said w. »e« domg too « j ? the matter of deteuee. Ihe dove op- ! had taxen pta«u. the ns J rears had quit, altered tho whole Z* of the affair* of the Empire. There £d been enormous change, n La.-t a d West in names and armies. ... I tu„U could not afford to take any "arlohn Findlay, in the course of Ins j ,—ech combated the Canadian idea that i Zv would not take part in a war with- j Z th, people saymjfM.. That not | unity. Germany w« bound to territory somewhere, and they and Great Britain must come together. , The German population was increasing to 900.000 a year—five times as fast as o ; rs was. The poplations of the BeltBoveraing countries were increasing hy 110U.OOO"a year, and if. as Canada Had said thev were not prepared to stand by the 'Empire, something should no don-, and at once. , The House of Representatives n n Wed- , nesday night disposed of Mr. Herdman's | bill to reform the public service by removing it I'rom political control. The measure was thrown out on the second reading by 6 votes to IS. Late on j Thursday the House was occupied in a; discussion on Mr. Sidey's Daylight Saving [ Bill which was by no mean, treated as j g serious proposition, though many mern- j bers spoke in its favour, and pro.m.-ed ; to support the measure. Eventual.y j progress was reported. Mr. .Jennings' Gamin; Act Amendmen Bill, introduced at the"instance of ountrv racing clubs j who consider they have been unjustly | treated by the Racing Commission, next came on for committal, and after passing the short title of the Bill, the com : mittee adjourned on Mr. Jennings' motion, and will have to .-it again, Mr. j Jennies? expresses himself satisfied with the progress made, and the support promised, which he considers just/ties an appeal to the Pri.ne Minister for con- i gideration by the Governor. Powelka. "the now notorious man who was sentenced to 21 years' imprisonment for burglaries and arson in the Palmer- , ston N'orth district, made another escape from the Terrace Gaol. Wellington. >ome time between four and siN o"clock on Sunday morning last. Powelka bodily forced a small grating out of the cell, and favoured by darkness, the prisoner got clean away. ft is stated that the grating was screwed on from outside, and the screws had been removed and tie holes tilled with putty, so that all Powelka had to do was to force the grating through at a convenient moment. A big torce of police set out in pursuit ol Powelka, but when this paragraph went to press they had not found any trace of the fujritivp. [Tien a young man named Willis Francis Dowman was charged at Wellington on Wednesday with unlawfully killing J6hn Long, the police offered no evidence, and accused was discharged. This action was the result of evidence given at the inquest, which ahowe 1 that Bowman pushed Long, who, while intoxicated, was about to strike his wife. Long fell over, fractured his skull, and died subsequently. IN THE COMMONWET ILTH, The disorderly scenes in *Ve New South Wales House of Asembiy list week 9*-a repeated this, when several memVrs defied the Chair, and were forcibly removed. The Acting-Premier states that a general election will be held before the end of the year. An attack on the free labourers of Lithgow, New South Wades, was made by the Unionists. Soon after dark a horde of Colonists raided the blast firnace, which is being kept going by non-t.uiionists. ATI t 1 - available police were called out to Mieuuit to li'uavri the Eon-unionists. A fight ensued 7 the jj >irce-sergeant being Bounded on the head with a brick- The Baa-unionists retreated to the engine iouse, where they were kept prisoners till a force of police dispatched from the surrounding centres, relieved them. Damage totalling £ 10,000 was caused by the Haters. Neither side shows any sign of yielding, and a bitter struggle is anticipated.
A ship's lifeboat was to-day found *ashed up on the beach at CronaUa, fItS.W. The boat bears the name Laura, and has been in the water for some time. Sears are expressed that the vessel was Jtast in the July gales with all hands. tEhe I«ara was a Penman vessel en Irate to Newcastle to load coal, and left jwrt 134 days ago under the command •f Captain Licuona. IMPERIAL. The end of the ctrike has brought traagufllity in England, and affairs in the pnpire's centre have run smoothly dur JBg the week. Leading Welsh miners declare that the »bour troubles were only just beginning. ■He time would come when miners, raildaymen, and dockers would act in a fcaified organisation. Most of the miners' teaders were ready for a big tight to a ™* h - The appointment of Mr D. J. Macldeton to represent the Home Office M the Trades Union Congress at NewCastle on September 4 is attributed to T 3 Government's desire to keep more Closely m toui-h with trade union developments. Mr. Lluvd George, in a speech at Neath, said a great "wave of nnpatience with economic conditions pre vailed. It was imperative that the Uiurcues should undertake the improvement of the people', material welfare, ■lae multitudes, in spite of thetr grinding toil, did not earn enough to keep jp°dy and soul together, while other* toiled not, neither did they spin, possessing a superabundance. the nation had just emerged from what might have been a catastrophe, and if they "neglected the lesson the next struggle would be infinitely worse. The raptain of the steamer Warwickshire v,V, r.-ported, on passing Perim, wia. [.-... missing boat from the wrecked Keau.v:- i.ftshire had been found, now report- t h it he derived this information *rcm ~ i,;, or Berbera by wireless teleBoth these ports contradict ,»e st'.tement that they have received news o; the missing boat, and the owners were,ore presume that the boat under Uie cn.u.'c of the second officer, Mr Caul- »*«. is st il missing, with 24 of the passenger? ;lM d crew aboard. Mai Schultz, a German has been committed for trial oa
; a charge of espionage. The evidence | showed that he made local friendships ■ among yachting men, and endeavoured to ascertain how far naval circles ■considerled Britain's support of France In the Moroccan question -was earnest. He also 1 inquired as to naval movements. His questions were answered after consultation with the authorities for the purpose lof the prosecution. The prisoner forI warded the information to the German j Government. i FOREIGN AFFAIR.S. I The Moroccan tangle still causes 'anxiety to Europe, and at Lloyd's war J risk's are quoted as high as seven guineas ] per cent. The negotiations between I b'rance and Germany have reached a 1 critical stage. Several Trench newspap-1 I ers assert that France's maximum con- I ! fessiuns an the Congo are a hundred I thousand square kilometres less than i [Germany demanded Herr von Kiderlin I Waechter (German Minister for Foreign Affairs) declared, in the course of an j interview, that neither France nor Ger- j many wished for war. Had France re- j spected the spirit and letter of the Algecirar- agreement all would have been well, but French commerce had bsen un- ' iduly favoured over German. The "West- I I minster Gazette." in an article headed /'Britain as a lightning conductor," warns Germany against possible dangers which ■might follow a sudden switching on to i Pritain of the impatience and irritation whivh the German Press has hitherto | vented upon France. Gunderloch, a farmer, of Rendel, Hesse, squandered his patrimony, and deserted bis wife and family, going to England. He returned from London on Friday, ■went to his fn ther-in-law's house, and i shot his father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law. and brother-in-law dead.; .tie finally shot his wife as she was seek-. I ing to escape through a window. Gun-! ! dcrlooh then committed suicide. | An explosion of a moving picture film occurred in the Morgan-Grant Opera House at Cannons-burg. The alarm of fire was raised and the audience became panic-stricken. They rushed wildly- for j the doors, with the result that the exits , became blocked. Many were knocked i down in the struggle and trampled to j death, while numbers of others were , smothered. The death-roll totals 25, [ while scores were injured. A terrible railway disaster has ae- ' j curred on the x - Lehigh Valley railroad i through a passenger train jumping tb.9 (track. Two cars rolled over the em- . ■ bankment mid dropped 6XI feet into a ■ creek. Twenty-six persons were killed ; and liO injured. All the occupants ot i : the dining ear were billed instantly. I A sidelight is thrown upon the prosperity of the United States by the figures published bv the leading railroad companies. These show that the lines concerned dispensed with 80,000 employees durins the twelve months. I A tierce <rale. accompanied by heavy rain and squalls of hurr'reane force, raged ofl the coast of Carolina. The greatest force I of the gale was felt at Charleston, where | six of the United States torpedo flotilla were driven ashore. Scores of other small vessels were wrecked by the force of the gale. The rains flooded the rivers and the whole nf the lower part of the I town was under water. Ten lives were lost.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 209, 2 September 1911, Page 11
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