CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Feilding Star, 4 June 1907, Page 2

CABLE NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

« IB r Electrio Tblbqraph— CopyrigbtJ [PBtt PBEBB ASSOCIATION.] ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER. Londou, June 3. The steamer Oroya broke down off Ushart on Saturday evening, and remained in a helpless condition for three hours while the damage to the intermediate crank shaft was temporarily repaired. Fortunately the wind was off land. Subsequently she steamed to Plymouth, where the passengers landed. The Oroya remains for repairs. EDUCATION CONFERENCE. The Education Conference is discussing what place history and geography should occupy in the scheme of education, Mr H. A. Fisher, of New College, Oxford, advised Colonial Universities to study modern European history. Ue believed Australian and Canadian newspapers revealed great ignorance of the conditions of European politics. The Colonial Universities would be able to correct such ignorance, especially as Government had notified its decision to arrange an official Education Conference in 1911 as the first regular service. LORD MILNER'S SPEECH. Earl Carrington at Ilford said Lord Milner's speech was discordant and all true Englishmen must read it with pain, astonishment and indignation. No responsible statesman of modern times hud brought charges so unfair and so imbrue against a government. The granting of responsible government to the Transvaal, he said, was received with satisfaction by the whole civilised world. ALL BRITISH ROUTE. A committee consisting of Lloj'dGeorge, Buxton, Churchill, and Runciman, will hear experts and consider evidence regarding the all British route via Canada and Australia. De- ! cision on the matter is expected duri ing the present month. BALLOON CATASTROPHES. The King has expressed his griel and anxiety over the fate of the missing aeronauts. { The cordage of the balloon and car i is not damaged, and the safety valve ' is closed. j The balloon was very near the ', ground in several places in Dorse tshiro and the officers could have i.lipped down the rope. They carrio ! ; no grapnels. I Tn« imlloonists in passing shout ?d ! to the inhabitants of Winter Borne '. Abbas to clutch the rope, which wis dangling level with the uofs Almost iin mediately the balloon <• >&.r«r! seawards. One occupant was sopr ; 'ii the rigging apparently ■>nue>iv<'i<ri .i: to Jo something with rh? m»rh ' an ism. ■I Rome, June 3. i The King and Queen of Italy were ; participating in the National Fete when lightning struck and set fire to a military balloon, precipitating the occupant, Captain Uliverlli to the ground. The King spent half an j hour at his bedside at the hospital where later Uliverlli succumbed. ' MR CHAMBERLAIN. London, June 2. Mr Chamberlain has returned to London. He is in a sadly weakened condition and walked slowly with the assistance of a stick and a friend. He was unable to acknowledge the cheers of the crowd gathered at the station. His family state he is none the worse for his journey. The family announce that Mr : Chamberlain returned much improv- ! Ed in health. j Mr Austen Chamberlain states his . father's progress is slow but normal. GERMANY AND AMERICA. New York, June 3. The German-American tariff agree- ; ment promulgated at Washington, ; gives America reductions totalling j one million and a quarter sterling, and Germany reductions amounting to only 40,000, being a reduction of 20 per centum on German [.jngiies,- leaving Franeeritf 'retaliate' as regards cotton-seed oil and Puerto Rico coffee. CHINA. (Received June 4th, 8.23 a.m.) Pekin, June 3. Chinese Maritime Customs will be | established at Dalny on the Ist of :■ July, similar to that operating at Kiaochou. Rebels have been defeated between Anufy to Swatow, and 700 killed. Two thousand drilled troops have reached Swatow. The trouble arises from the failure of officials to distribute food in famine districts. The British and American fleets are concentrating at Pekin and other 1 ports of Southern China in the event of the trouble spreading. SHIP IN DISTRESS. Londou, Juno 3. The Oroya, when off the Portu- | guese coast, encountered a strong wind which hindered her progress. Just after rounding Ushant Tight- j house, a sudden and extensive vibration and a stoppage of the engines alarmed some of the more timid of the passengers, who feared that something had been struck. They were promptly reassured, but had the breakdown occurred a little earier that night, the steamer would have drifted on to the rocks. The wind carried her seaward. Several vessels in the vicinity offered assistance, but this was declined. ! "THE JUNGLE." New York, June 3. Ihe State Commission of Health at Albany reports that of 154 samples of Chicago canned meats sold under the National Pure Food Law> 13 contained boron preservative, and many bristles, hair, skin, glands, and moreover, cereal had been used to fill up. .TROUBLE IN FRANCE. Paris, June 3. Two hundred thousand participated in the Anti-Government demonstration at Nimes, in France. The Ministerial Bill prohibits the use of sugar, which will enable wine of lower alcoholic strength to compete with the stronger wine produced in the South of France, but does not touch adulteration from watering, blending, or chemical treatment. Only French steamers on the high seas and those permitted to leave ports by the Strike Committee, remain unaffected. Every French port is paralysed. The Qovernment are using a navy passenger mail service. tmmgnii . MOROCCO. Received June 4, 8.48 a.m. . Paris, Juno 3. "he Paris newspapers announce a day's fighting between the Sultan of Morocco and a pretender. The former waa heavily defeated. BILLIARDS. In a billiard match Recce made a break of 40,000 unfinished, including 19,974 anchor cannons, playing against Chapman. MARGARINE FOR WORKHOUSES. London, June 3. Ihe City of London workhouses are using margarine instead of butter in the interest of ratepayers. INDIA. Calcutta, June 3. The Calcutta newspaper Englishman details the gravity of the National Volunteer Movement, a widespread native organisation to over- ' awe shopkeepers selling British goods ' in Bengal. . FALL IN CONSOLS . London, "June 3. The Birmingham Statist, discussing the fall in consols, snys: "The I steady redemption, of the public debt i it the present rate ought in three I pears to raise the price of consols to I par. The first cause of stagnation I vas th» late Government's failure to < naVa a sinking fund effective; the i second the uncertainty respecting the i Rand gold mining industry; ana the I third, the delay of joint stock banks 1 ;o accumulate adequate reserves. 1 ' t