HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13232, 28 September 1908, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Cc pyright. DANGEROUS MOTORING. LONDON, September 25. The "Daily Mail" and other papers :ond«mn tho 4-inoh cylinder motor race as dangerous mvl useless, proving nothing- . NEWMARKET SENSATION. A sensation has been caused at Newinnrkci by tho discovery near Mr Sol. Joel's stables that 50 small indication posts had been removed from the sides of the tan exercise course and buried beneath the tan. The object of these who buried and , removed the posts was evidently to lame Mr Joel's racehorses. DUMPING UNDESIRABLES. A LONDON, September 26. * Tho City Magistrate refused to discharge an habitual criminal with a viow to allowing him a last chance in Australia, Captain Collins, tJie Commonwealth agent, in a letter to the Press, emphasises that Australia is t not a £c]d for dumping undesirables. RUSSIA'S VOLUNTEER FLEETA contract for the construction of five steamers for the Russian) volunteer fleet, subsidised for services in tie Pacific, has been placed with a Greencck firm. PLOT AGAINST KING U* KPAIN. PARIS, Septemoer 25. Fernando Canatrava, a opanish anarchist, has been arrested at Pau, for plotting to assassinate King Alfonso at piarrits. \ . , CHOLERA MORTALITY. ST. PETERSBURG, September 20. The superstition of the populace which led to tho expulsion, of the local doctors has caused fearful cholera mortality in Krasnayiyar. L£Nl> TN PALESTINE. September 25. Under the Turkish Constitution, Jews will bo able to buy 3acd' in Palestine. A syndicate is therefore negotiating to purchase the Sultan's Oronv-n domains in the Jordan Valley. PERSIAN POLITICS. TEHERAN, September 26. Tli© Shah lias summoned the Mejliss, or National Council and Senate, for November 14th. SEDITION IN INDIA. CALCUTTA, September 25. Kali Charamukerjeo, a bomb maker, was found guilty at Aligarb of sending letters threatening to kill the Viceroy and Sir Harvey Adamson, in the event of the adoption of the anti-sedition laws. Sentence was postponed. SHIP'S UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE. MEXICO, September 25. Owing to earthquake shocks off the Be '.port of Acapulco, the steamer Radames, bound from San Francisco for Hamburg, was suddenly lifted and let down, the falling spars killing four persons and injuring two.