NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Mataura Ensign, 26 April 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

♦ THE FINLEYVILLE DISASTER.

80 MINERS STILL MISSING. IT miOTBIC TBLBGEAPB. —OOPTBIGHX, PIB UNITED PEBSft ASSOCIATION NEW YORK, April 24. It is now stated that 80 miners are ■till missing at Finleyville. where an explosion occurred. The debris and afterdamp blocked the rescue work, and there is little hope that any are alive.

BRITISH POST OFFICE.

EXPANSION OF BUSINESS. | LONDON, April 25. Hon. H. L. Samuel (PostmasterGeneral), in submitting the post office estimate of revenue, said that there had been a remarkable expansion of business. He estimated the net profit for the current year at £5,860,000. This profit had saved the Chancellor of the Exchequer from asking for increased taxation. There had been a remarkable development in oversea cables. The reduction •f the press rates had resulted in doubling the traffic in three years. THE SUFFRAGETTES' METHODS. LONDON, April 25. , Suffragettes exploded a bomb at a opunty ball at Newcastle. Only small •amage was done.

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. WASHINGTON, April 24. The President states that Mr W. J. Bryan'a (Secretary of State) peace achame has been placed before a conference of Ambassadors and Ministers. President Wilson later told the newspaper men that the effect of the proposal was merely to afford a thinking ■paoe for the nations before war wae declared. Mr Bryan had decided tc delete the paragraph providing for the suspension of warlike preparations while the Peace Oourt was investigating. Such a point, the President thought, oould be best arranged with individual ■attons.

CALIFORNIA'S LAND BILL.

BAN FRANCISCO, April 24. Senator Thompson ia drafting a law •wring land ownership to those races whom the Federal laws declare ineligible for. citizenship. The Bill will be submitted to Mr W f. Bryan (Secretary of State) imime wately he arrive®.

WASHINGTON. April 24. President Wilson informed reporter. l tiiat the attitude of the Japanese Gov ernment was perfectly friendly and thf remonstrances were couched in a ton< of respectfuj urgency.

THE CHILDREN'S SACRAMENT.

MALTA, April 25. The Papal Legate dispensed the Sac rament to 15,000 white-robed children AUSTRALIA'S NAVY.

SYDNEY, April 25. He Melbourne has arrived Tfcere was no demonstration.

THE ISLANDS HURRICANE.

SUVA, April 25. Further advices show that the hurr wM on April 15 in the Low Archi pel ago extended to the islands c Oneata, Vawagi and Ono. Great damage was done to the copr crop, which is ruined for years to come RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE. MELBOURNE, April 25. Hons. F. G. Tudor (Australian Minis ter for Customs), F. M. B. Fisher (Ne? Zealand Minister for Customs) and G H. Foster (Canadian Minister for Trad* and Commerce) will confer next weet on reciprocity. Mr Fisher will returi to New Zealand at the end of the week RED FUNNEL FLEET. SYDNEY, April 85. Captain Neville will transfer from the Manuka to the Willochra. The latter, after filling her bunkers, will leave Newcastle on Wednesday direct for •traedin.