HOME AND ABROAD.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1539, 14 September 1905, Page 4

HOME AND ABROAD.

Jlr Balfour, speaking- at North Berwick, said the problem of Indian defence cannot lie solved by ((inscription. No country in Western (Curope ever attempted, or would ever attempt, to employ a conscript army to defend far-distant possessions. The present Government, would never lie responsible for so wild an experiment. He did not believe any of its successors would ever show rashness in that direction than the present one. He eulogised attempts made diplomatically to ensure the maintenance of peace in the Par kasi ; yet lirita'in's right must depend in the long run on British might. Distinguishing uext between an invasion of Knglaml on a grand scale, which was impracticable, and raids, which an efficiently trained and sufficient force oi Volunteers would be able to prevent, he emphasised the value of Volunteers for freeing' the regulars for oversea service : hence they were an integral pari of home and Imperial defence. the Hon. \\. 1 -on(Chief Secretary lor Ireland) announces that the Treasury provides an additional Ci.OOfI.OCO in 1 S>o.s, together with sufficient stock in 11)00, to produce in two loans £lO,000.UflO in cash to expedite sale transactions. By 1007, £*23.090.01)11 worth of stock will have been issued for the purposes of the Irish j.and .Purchase Act since 11>00. A constable named .Scannel], stationed at. Samlringham (Vie.), murdered his wife and three children, lie battered their heads with a pickaxe and then shot thcni with a revolver, afterwards shooting himself dead. Jeanne)! had been brooding over imaginary (roubles. A man named l.orie. who was released on bail ill connection with a charge of attempting to shoot his wife near C'oonamble (.V.S.W.). as well as on a charge of cattle-stealing. shot al a nun; named Harris, of whom lie was jealous, seriously wounding linn. I.orie (hen went to the Quillbone Station and shot dead the owner. Pal rick Veech, whose cattle Lorie was accused of stealing. T.nrie is still at large.