Beyond the Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 177, 29 July 1909, Page 3

Beyond the Dominion

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER. The newspaper "The «Mocer. " congratulates the Xe.v Zealand Ministry on its decision to pr.soeuco too masters of excessively imist come". "Nothing." says the pa;-"-:', '""hi ':■:■ more to restore the conn Roe- ml the Er.giish importers than the !•:..-w'.•_-.-e that the Colonial Government Mas astermined to severely punish producers who, for a small imnnt hate rain, are jeopardising the : rosperity of New Zealand's butter irdutsry. Queensland railway disaster. lAhh are. July 25. The Brisbane ntail train from Roma met with a tetrode :a:o-, when 175 mies from Brisbane yesterday. The train was rash::.:- over a small bridge, when the- l:ha-: collapsed. wrecking the en.aine and three carriages. A mailmen named Reeves. and a commercial traveller named Mackie were killed. The hri .'go was under renair at the time ■_•:' cll la; -e. Luckily it was a lew struct gure. an the overturned carriages are; pea only 5 feet. The engine : er.alneci en the line. Several chains of pc-rr.ar.c-r,: way were torn up. A' special train with hectors was quickly on the scene. The injured number 18. the ma;:rlty eeinr only slightly hurt. Those most seriously injured are : Souter. Merger. G. Las■son, Scanlon, May: n. ami Thorn.. They are smferirg either freer, hrcker. arms or severe bruises an i shoe!:. FLYING THE CHANNEL M. Bleriot, the well known. French aviator, flew in his monoplane across the English Channel, the actual night across the Channel he Log acorn; lisheu in 27 minutes. The aeropianist a-cemioh from Lesbaraques, four milts from Calais, at 4.35 pm. in brilliant = e:.shine, ana with a good wind behind him. He was soon beyond the range of vision of the crowd which witnessed the start, and in under half an hear had crossed the channel. He new on till Windsor was reached, and there descended in a meadow behind Windsor Castle. The decent was somewhat abrupt. and the machine touched the ground so heavily-that the propeller was broken and other slight damage caused. ROYALTY'S CONSIDERATION. London, Juyl 25. The Duke of Connaught has resigned the post of Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, on the ground that the office is a sinecu-e and an unnecessary expense to the nation. SPAIN AND MO .OCCO. Morocco, July 25. Fierce fighting occurred between the tribes and the Soar Reels on Friday.. Six Spanish officers were killed, theirLieutenant-Celenel was captured, and twelve oiricem- were vourced. The number of privates killed has not been ascertained, hue many were wounded.

The Spanish have abandoned their advanced positions, owing to the impossibility of entrenching quickly enough. The Kabyle tribesmen lost heaviiy. London, Jul/ 4. The Spanish Government i ; censoring all telegrams from Madrid. Letters to hand show that women and children were trampled under foot, ant many severely injured at :re t:m.e e; the departure of the troops ter Morocco. farewell visit to the oarracos. ireKing has pestp.cred his cont.-mplateo meetings against the war. The "Time-" says the S; crash C.vtroops to Meliia till the resistance :s overcome. RECORD OF THE CONFERENCE. Lord Roseberry has contrieuted a remarkable preface to a permanent record of the proceedings er toe Rress Conference, emphasising its sa.ient features, especially fr- m the standpoint of Imperial as; iratßrs. AUSTRALASIANS IN TEE NAVY. The 30 Australasians who leave oeen undergoing training in various ships on the Home station, ana whose time has now expired, have been brought to London and entertained by the Admiralty. CZAR'S VISIT TO ENGLAND. London, July 26. Large crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square yesterday, and formed two processions, headed by bands and carrying banners bearing uncomp. imentary inscriptions regarding the 'dear's visit. Mr Keir Har IN. 'AA.. a i .mossing the crowd, sain th--y cov there as representing :oE:hw Ming nee government, hut the- ; cw-.r that m.a :e kings and government A resolution protesting against according an odloial reeeptien to the Czar, was cornet, alter sneeches had been made : y '..'■ -~v.-i ■". Ran.sap' MaeDonald, M.R.. M. M. Hpndman. a member of the International Socialist Bureau, R.n Till, tt and Bernard Shaw. STANDARD OIL FINANCE. Oil Trust Institution, assumes control of Costa Rica's finances in return for a loan of £3,000,000.