NAVAL RESERVISTS' STRIKE.

Mataura Ensign, 23 May 1910, Page 6

NAVAL RESERVISTS' STRIKE.

MEN" GIVE WAY. ' PARIS, May 21. The naval reservists at Marseilles have abandoned the strike, which was started iri April as a protest against the prosecution of six deserters. BRITISH POLITICS. A LABOR VIEW. LONDON, May 22. Mr P. Snowden (ex-Labor M.P.) speaking to his constituents at Blackburn, declared that it was far from probable that a general election would be held in 1910. THUNDERSTORMS IN ENCLAND. FIVE FATALITIES REPORTED. LONDON, May 22. Great thunderstorms have been experienced in the South-west of England. Four men and a child were killed in different localities. NELSON APPLES. THE TRIAL SHIPMENT. I LONDON, May 21. The apples sent in the trial shipment from Nelson (New Zealand) by the Papanui proved somewhat "wasty" and over-ripe. The bulk sold from 6s to 8s 9d, Some Cleopatras Nausea 9& 6d\ MtiniPoes brougbi 9s 9d and, Stunners 10s. I NEW SOUTH WALES ASSEMBLY. A LABOR VICTORY. SYDNEY, May 22. The vacancy in the State Legislative Assembly caused by the death of the Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan has been filled by Mr Minahan (Labor) 2 who scored a large majority over the Liberal candidate. SPAIN'S ROYAL FAMILY. MADRID, May 21. Queen Ena of Spain gave birth to a son, stillborn. The condition of the mother is satisfactory. King Alfonso XIII. on May 31, 1906, married H.R.H. Princess Victoria Eugene of Battenberg. Their children are as follows: Alfonso, born May 10,1907; Jaime, June 23, 1908; and Beatrice, born June 22, 1909.