CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, 17 May 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

[BY KUCTRIC nLMRAPH— OOfrTOGBf.] fent PBSBB AMOOIATION.] REFORMS IN RUSSIA REJECTED. (Received May 17, 9.8 a.m.) ' St. Petersburg, May 16. The Council of the Empire has rejected the Duma's Bill for the abolition of Field Courts-martial and for the revision of sentences. THE FRISCO SCANDALS. New York, May 16. Abraham Rulf . of San Francisco, has pleaded guilty to the charges or extortion from restauranters for the privilege of selling liquors. THE TRANSVAAL STRIKE. Pretoria, May 16. The Rand Volunteers have been ordered to be in readiness to mobilize when called upon, as the Government is determined to maintain order and prevent intimidation during the prevalence of the strike. THE FREEHOLD CURSE (P). London, May 16. Mr Hughes, Australian delegate to the Navigation Conference, in an article in the Chronicle, asserts that the freehold tenure of land is a curse to Australia and the ruin of England and urges State ownership, leasettc 1 at economic rentals, periodical re-i - praisement or a tax on the unimp »- . ved value. NEW ZEALAND MUTTON. Sir W. Lyne visited the Smithfield meat market and compared the various classes of frozen mutton. He noticed that the New Zealand mutton appeared fresher and better in color than the Australian, and he intends to institute inquiries on his return to Australia, to ascertain the reason for the difference. SUFFRAGETTES AT LARGE. Mr Haldane, Minister for War, at a meeting in London, said that the Government had shown in the Imperial Conference that the Liberals had a constructive policy. They had done a great deal of business and had laid the foundations of a great deal more. Twenty suffragettes howled Mr Haldane down and were expelled from the meeting. There was great excitement. NATURALISATION. Replying to Earl Russell's question, Lord* Loreburn admitted that the great anomalies in the naturalisation laws were fatal to the idea of unity of citizenship within British dominions. No more thorn}* i '•* r as imaginable, but a subsidiary conference would try to ascertain whether it is possible to do anything in the direction of unifying the laws of nafcuralisation and create a common citizenship within tthe empire. THE WERTHEIMER BURGLARY. Felix Rodoni, alias Smith, has been committed for trial for the Werthei-r mer burglary, when valuable works of art were stolen. CRICKET. In the match, Marylebone v. Derbyshire, Trott took 5 wickets for 21 in the first innings and 5 for 23 in the second. EDUCATION BILL. Mr David Thomas's Bill was read a first time in the House of Commons. It proposes to give a local educational authority two-thirds, instead of one-third of the representation in connection with the management of non-provided schools. It is stated that the Bill is urgently required in Wales. THE INDIAN UNREST. Calcutta, May 16. A sensation has been cause in the Punjab owing to Sir Derail Ibbotspn, Lieut-Governor of the JPunjab, being granted six months' leave of absence in order to undergo an operation. The Native editor of the Indian paper Home Rule in Bombay # has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for publishing seditious articles. MILITARY TRAINING. (Received May 17th, 1.8 p.m.) London, May 16. Mr Deakin and Lord Reay addressed a crowded meeting of the National Service League at Queen's Hall relative to the importance of universal military training. Lord Reay stated he would shortly visit Switzerland and study the question. WOOL SALES. , (Received May 17*h, 1.8 p.m.) London. May 16. The wool sake have dosed. The prices were the highest of the series.