HOME AND FOREIGN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5490, 1 April 1910, Page 3

HOME AND FOREIGN.

SYDNEY, Maiih 20. J At the yeariir^- ,<:;tles y, r ,7. H, 1 It : d . < t x c--iv V.o}> } aiiTl , pux rii « p^;l the Orzil.izz fi-ly Tor (>O gxrinpj?!--. M'-KLHOntXK, jilanh 28. Owing to a di^puto vith th ' tii.lljcr stackers ch./rc is? a Jik-J'.'io^d that the tl.nhcr merchants' Associati< n will close tl;e yards, ocusitig a lockout disastrous to the J>uil..'ing trade and throwing- thuur-auds i-dl™. XEW YOilK, March 29. Tho f-nited mino workers hu*"n unaniinou.slv rejVctefl the ("h:o, ihwliana, ar.d West |Pmns\ lamina minccn\i\ jrs' teijiis; t -.jid a gr, t ,at strifce is tcirttU. liui-^av*. tt<Je £ftf-0 Orom thY I'ost fKlico at riithr.Mi d, Virginia. The unicr of frainn'.en jnd eon-

ducto:\s on thy Toko, Shore. Uiihj. gan and Southern ru'l:ca<d are taking a, ballot lowing }<) 1h? t x } ire if nejroi.laHwis to t-fttle fc» outstanding dispute. There are 20,,000 Mr T«ft;, in a m?K?ago U> Congrtsas,, s(flti>s th«t thci neg-ot fat u>ns regarding the tep-plKatioii of 'vha maximum or minimum' tariff are substantially (completed wi.h alt nations H* 6.st.cd ioi tho aiirropri'otlon of a quarter of «. million doU lars for the establishment of a tariff board. Admiral 'ffu-btttrd reports <h a t jthe accident <m the Charleston vvjas due to the premature discharge of a 3-in. gun. The jbieccKhlock was blown aci^sss the cUck «nd cigr^t raen were tilled end severnl tvfim-tl. Tho Inter-Sttite Comjnerce Commission ha* ordered a reduction ot 23 cents t«> 23 £ cents per cwt., on frieg-ht rates on flour coming ,frora Minneapolis -ifr New A r ork. Twentythree railroads are .jaffected.

CAPETOWN, March 29. Six hund.-ed men ofi the Wiltshire Raiment atx'cxmvrjniedr <l,y J pro* Mfe-i thuen, left, for Prtcfter.nnaritzWiig tio surprise the militia o-.vrr>p. A stpijni causwl the waterocurse to rise suddenly and 150 of their number were isoteitefl jon 'an islfMnfck caused "by '.he torrent. Four were drowned. IX>NnON,, M«rch 2t).

Tlu- NorlJiufrni.icrl,t.;rr<l cr-lliory -dispute h\.«\ resulted in « nrc gaining hoi I of thj Radcliffe colHery, owing to ncgl.-ct ,of tho fire barriers. The owners are flooding tho inlne, which has thrown 1000 hands out of work. " Jesvh-ope, formerl^'-'^tin cmf,loyoe at ( hu Uamberwol'l Ftnpiro Theatre, stabbed HoaJv, fche «ta?K> carpenter, to death* after last night's peifonr.ance. . l'rclessor Wilno, the scisrootrapher, has proved t:hat tha oa]rth at «■ mile and a half from the sea swings iriiur■nally with -One tides. In the Irish Soa it depresses thd tliores,. jr»<) duclng a deflection equal to an, inch in 16 miles. NEW YORK, -March 29. The, Secretary for Agriculture . declares that rt-he increase in the produe' urn (foodstuffs tloes not keep pace with the increase in population. .. MA'NfLA, March 29. Two JaPnnese who lately, arrived in tha 1 hilippinos, briixsd ft member of nn American pngimjer corps fo take i hotog rap hK and secure plans Upon disTovery the eng"n:e* reveal od thp, scheme. Jai^anese resident*? declare that the prisoners were acting for nn European, {Power.

CArXUITA, March '29. Kaniare rind two ecu f. derates have bacrr found .guilty! of abpUitvg in the nmrdpr cT Jack.'sen, ' collector ot> Nasik put) wero sentmccd to tleath. Two others wer<s r-ontemced I' o transportation for 'lile and <;n.oiJmr to two years' liard labour.