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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5485, 16 March 1910, Page 3

LATEST CABLE NEWS

(Rfcciivcd 10, 8.50 am ) NCW YORK, March 1.5 The American railway firemen's demaud, f;ir coutrol of promotion, bus been rejected OTTAWA, March 13. The Donvii ion Government is advancing six million dollars to ths Montreal ilarbour Commission to proviJe additional port f-iciiities. The contract «"i li the New Ze A-.nd Shipping Company p ovules for a montbly sailing frozn JkEojtreal in sii.najer an I * v t. Ji'hn in- winter, calli"g at Halifax Tfle tubsidy is £JOOO per month, and the rates are aut to exco. d tlfose frjtu similar ports in tie United States. LONDON, Mar b 15. Ex Presideat Roosevelt met M^ j Roosevelt at Khartoum i tOU A, March 1.5. Stifanoff, a Bulgarian, abducted a Mussulman giil, and the courts de cided that as she was a minor &h° must be returned to her parents. The populace at Kustchuk supported Stifdnotf's resistance to the decree, and th police killed sixteen atid wounded 100, many seriously. The Minister of the Interior is widely blamed, likewise the police and military at Rustchuk for overzealously and culpably c-xecutirg the court's order in the face of public excitemeafc. LONDON, March 14. Dennys launch the second Australian destroyer on April 9. (Received lfi, 8 45 am ) LONDON, March 15. Captain Scott's tests of motor sledges in Norway gave successful resul s Each pulled a load of 19cwt on the snow x

'J he Archbishop of York has ap pointed the Rev A. D. Tupper a canon The reverend gen'leman intends to de vote himself enlirely to mission work, and sails on June 16 for New Zealand, where he will carry on a. three months' mis3!on. Mr Chcrlc3 Mi-Larei.'^ so - called Women's Charter was read a first time in the Commons. It consists if nine B lie, including the enfrani hisement of women, and entitling them to divorce on grounds of unfaithfulness It also grants wives a sum equivalent to the aggregate of wages earneJ as a housekeeper in the event of the husband's death, divorce, separation or bankruptcy. All educational facilities are to be shared by both sexes equally. Provision U made f.r supplying midwives and the establishment of croehes modelled on the German system 1 ? intro duced by Pestalozzi and Froobel. Houses and rcilk for infants- are to bs provided by municipalities. In the Commons, Mr MoKenna said the admiralty intended to make greater use of oil fuel, and had taken steps to secur? supplies from independent sources.

OTTAWA, March. 15. In the Canadian Commons, Sir F Bordeu, Miuistef* for Defence, said General Freuch's visit was only semiofficial, and had no special reference to mobilisation. ■ He would, however, be given every facility to inspect the militia. PARIS, March 15. The Seine has fallen 20ft and stoambjats have resumed running. NEW YORK, March 15. The Federal Government has conseuteJ. to mediate in the American firemen's strike. PBILIDELPHIA, March 15. The strikers have issued a proclamation calling nn all working men in the eountiy to "withdraw their deposits from the banks. The strikers have two millions sterling banked in Philadelphia alone.