25 YEARS AGO

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 37, 7 November 1933, Page 8

25 YEARS AGO

Military Activity in Europe (From ‘‘The Dominion," November 6, 1908.) Austria is secretly hurrying reinforcements to the frontier and making other military preparations, Austria believes that war with Servia is inevitable. Trainloads of war material are leaving the Vienna arsenal daily. Germany demands that France express regret for the violence offered at Casablanca by French soldiers to the German Consular officials. Germany offers to admit that the German Consul exceeded the bounds of discretion. France declines to express regret, but is willing tp. refer tlie incident to The Hague Convention. Speaking at a banquet given by tlie Atlantic Union to celebrate the establishment of penny postage between the United Kingdom and the United States, and commemorate the American Fleet's visit to Australasian waters, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, American Ambassador to Britain. said that everybody excepting the cable stockholders warmly wished for the success of the insatiable Mr. Henniker Heaton’s crusade to induce the BritishAmerican cable companies to carry messages at a penny per word. * * » Tlie first act arranged iu the ceremonies for tlie celebration of the opening of the North Island Main Trunk railway took place yesterday afternoon, when the Wellington Chamber of Commerce ami Wellington Provincial Industrial Association entertained Ministers of (he Crown at luncheon in the Town Hall Concert Chamber. Mr. W. G. Dnthie. vice-president of the chamber,, took tlie chair, in the absence of the president (Mr. J. G. Harkness). Seated on either side of him were tlie Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward), tlie Hon. W. Hall-Jones (Minister of Public Works and Minister of Railways), and the Hon. Dr. Findlay (Attorney-General). Those present included members of Parliament, city councillors, and most of Wellington’s prominent business men and manufacturers. niiiEitiiiitniiiiniiiiiiiiitiiriitiiiiiiiiiititiiiiiiiiiiiDiniiii'iii'aiiiii'-tt'