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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 April 1910, Page 4

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[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] A MILLIONAIRE SPINNER. Received this day at 9 a.m. t LONDON, April 7.—The estate of John Foster, a worsted spinner of Bradford, has been sworn at £1,000,000.

A REVELATION. LONDON, April B.—A sensation lias been caused by an article of Sir Robert Anderson’s in Blackwood s magazine, in which he naively confesses that he, while at the Home Office, was the author of the articles which appeared in the Times in .i 837 on -Rarnellism and Crime,” the object of which was to discredit Mr W. E. Cladstone and the Homo Rule cause. VISIT TO THE HOLY LAND. BERLIN. April 7. Prince and Princess Eitel Frederick are about to pay a visit to Jerusalem. riftecn thousand German pilgrims will also attend the consecration t»l the i'rotestaut and Catholic Churches on Olivet and Zion. MUNICIPAL -GRAFT.” Received this dav at 9.25 a.m. NEW YORK. April 7.—The Borough Bank of Brooklyn with deposits of "over two million dollars has suspended payment owing to an ; uielteclual issue of attempts to check Municipal "graft.” Bishop Whitehead, of the Episcopal Church at Pittsburg, has ordered special prayers next holiday for deliverance from political corruption.

A VAU ABLE COLLECTION. NEW YORK, April B.—-Mr Roosevelt's report to the Smithsonian Institute shows that lie lias et, lb clod 497 mammals, 500 fishes and thousands of plants, shells, crabs and beetles in Africa. i SIR. GEORGE REID HONORED. LONDON. April 8. Sir G. Retd has accept .1 the Freedom ol Ihe Carvs Companv. The formalin- entail,,n will shortly he nunle. meningitis. COPENHAGEN. April 7. Large ironworks are closed down here owing t,, an outbreak of meningitis. Nnm--1,01 s of people are under ( realnient. a,„d several fatal eases have occurred iu Danish provinces. FIGHTING IN A Ll’-AN I \ R- i eived this dav at 10.5 a.m. S lON DON, April 7.- Renter and Liber advice slide that ■', ; V‘ ll ' ;in I • rihesn <m. adhering 'o tie; ‘.n 1.0-.,m0 ~mo niovokod two days Imhttng m north-west of Prishtina. The troops suffered bad! v till rein force-1 Main soldiers were brought into I Vis tuna ami hostilities are now suspended but the \Minnians an- merely awaiting the arrival of the D.vnil/a tube aefore renewing the hat tie.

SF.NTKNVKD I OH TIIKKT. LONDON. Ai>ii 18. Let.■>’ Harnett \v;is Sentenced In six months .-it i'll' konhoad for -t.-alin- Moivs mm •'■ Erm,sl Sl.a.kl.f..ns ship, the s"'"'od. 'PHE MININC DISH' I L I ONIKiN. Apiil 8 Ihf Light Ilnurs question lias In-on settled in Durham ami the disaffected '""ters are iv.ii.miim. The miners of >rIhumherlnn.l will lake a hollm ~n Moii,l;!v as to whet her they will '-mine work. ASSETS KQI’A I* I.IAHI LITIES XEW YORK, April 8. Tin* Hanks assets are slated to h* ample to meet liabilities. HEAVY LOSSES. NEW V< IKK, April B. Ham m 'he ~,. rll r ami reimportation '•’ ru,tnll from Liver] 1 ted to ilu 1 '.O t-ns h.sj,ie £300,000 ill one 'lay m m a'l.mpl in corner tile cot ton market. \ i<.l IN i ACTION I HOLD i A LIT 11 A. April 7 A warrant has keen is-m.| for tin- arrest of Via- . I til an Indian Xatmmalis! ~ ..,1, r, for 1 ui.lisliiirn an aiii. t.. <E- , lani.e that 'ln- moderate policy had failed, and advocating in defence democratic reforms, passive resist-tm-e and Imvcotf. IJISHOI* LAKH VS OIISK(.H 1 ! ‘.s LONDON. \pril 7 Rish'.p Harrs ssas int ei red in \\ oiee-ter Latin drill. The Dean of Windsor, leprevtitnm Kino, followed immediate.\ la hind the collin. -Mrs Harry ;mi doiin Wolfe Harry were present.. THE WELSH COLI.ILHV STRIKE. I.U.NDON, April 7. Lifiy i.ei cent. ~j the Welsh niim-rs halh-ted hy an overwhelming majeriiy in fasa r a the acceptance of the masters' terms. Ihe miners in the Abetalare N alley aie opposed to such acceptance. NEW ZEALAND HE RENTE RES. LONDON. April 7. -Tim public snh--crdied H 5 pel eeiit of the New Zealand i deheiitnies. A large proportion of the applicants declared their iniention to ~i Hi ■ same into in-crio d st..ck wlien fully paid. (TAIL SERVANTS SALARIES ' A I'L l OWN. April V. -Mr Mem man announced it was the -ape t...\ eminent s intention to restore the deduction from the Civil Servants salarns in vieV. of lite expected snip.us. No LNC! MRRANCLS.' London, April 7. Idle Holy Orai phic applauds Si. i.J. H- id I imeiy adviia. it says f. m -..aona-i'tory

,'n.n t'i iinmlu-K of men who imieigra led in advance and establish, d their f,.i,t)iuld. lln I New- deelares there is sninc-tlung mure needed than replenishment of population fnmi with ~in. Tin- last tiling for Australia will bo .1 personal proclamation of Uoo.sovoll’s race suii'ido warnings. ll r fers In Kipling's ill-informod allusion to .an Australian mother w.lh nine or nioio children.

BANK HKCOXSTUrcriON. If reived ibis day at 8.30 am i.ON I>l April 7. - -Mr Justice Suinfi nca !y has approx ed ■! i lk? Aii-i----iralian point, stock bank reconstruction scheme, ll ts stated that he had some hesitation in doing so, iwing to the absence of an explanation why the creditors were asked to forego halicrown in tin- £1 while shareholders gratitously received shares in the new company. Tin* approval of i large i.oportion of the creditors had convinced him. All NICii’AI. COItUITTION. NEW YORK, April 7. The Onuid Jury at Eittsbiirg ordered the indictment of Frank Iloffslol, a steel manufaetiirer. on charges of conspiracy in paying 5.500 di liars (<» Stewart, a member of the City Council, for the purpose of securing the selection of the second National and Cerinania Banks as depositories for the city funds. Winter, president of the Working .Men s Savings Trust. Company, admitted paying 20,000 dollars jo Morris Finstern as a bribe to secure (lie selection of his institution as city depository.

OBITUARY. LONDON, April 7. T. Corbett, member for North Down is lean. INCREASED FREIGHTS OTTAWA, April 7.—Apprehension is felt in Western Canada owing to the raoil way companies proposal to advance freights and passenger tariffs in coiisequesce of the railway unions demanding wages increases, aggregating 40 per cent, above the present scales. THE FRENCH MARITIME STRIKE. PARIS, April 7. French bluejackets are replacing the stokers, and this enabled a few mail boats to leave Marseilles. M. Cheron continued bis harrangues to the crews not to come out, but nevertheless the steamer Caledonia and thirty other vessels have not sailed. The Maritime Court at Marseilles sentenced ten stokers to ten days’ imprisonment for leaving their ships. The accused slated that they left upon their union’s orders, fearing personal violence if they did not do so. Proceedings have commenced against five hundred others. Later. —A draft of blue jackefs enabled the Caledonian to sail.