THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7641, 5 February 1903, Page 3

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

By Electric Telegraph - Copyright. | COMMISSIONER-RUN RAILWAYS. Melbourne, Wednesd.-iy. In tho State Assembly the Premier, in moving the second reading of the Railway Commissioners' Bill, said the saving already effected in railway management during the present financial year was £150,009. He urged that tho( railways must be managed on business lines, and where the employee was found incompetent he should be dismissed instead of superiors having to formulate charges against him. The Bill proposes the appointment of three Commissioners. THE DOWIE FEAUD. New York, Tuesday. Dowie holds a mission in New York in October, assisted by 200 converts. If it proves successful he builds another Zion City. DEATH OF PRINSLOO. Capetown, Tuesday. General Prinsloo, who with his commando surrendered on July £50, 1303, at Brandwatcr Basin, in the Orange River Colony, is dead. THE WILY CASTRO. New York, Tuesday. Castro is playing the Powers against each other in trying to create dissensions. RETURNING THE SPOIL. Constantinople, Tuesday. The Italian sambuck and crew, which were captured by pirates, and in connection with which Italy used threaten- ' ing language, have been ransomed and released. A FEW WORDS OF TRUTH. New York, Tuesday. Cardinal Gibbons delivered a remarkable sermon in New York. He stated the divorce mills were slowly but surely grinding the domestic altars of the nation. Divorce was a social scourge more blighting and destructive than Mormonism. BABY FARMERS EXECUTED. London, Tuesday. Sach and Walters, the Islington baby farmers, executed in Holloway gaol, displayed remarkable fortitude, I TEMPERING THE WIND. London, Tuesday. In the course of a speech at the viceRegal levee to-day, the Earl of Dudley announced that Mr Wyndham's Irish Land Bill had been drafted, and it exceeded all former bills in generosity towards genuine tenants. Notable landlords had been consulted in drafting the measure. Summary jiirisdiction under the • Coercion Act has been revoked in the boroughs of Dublin, Limerick, Waterford, and ten rural districts. " A FOOLISH VIRGIN." London, Tuesday. Lord Onslow, speaking at Glasgow, and referring to South Africa, said a sum equal to the estimate to cover claims arising out of military receipts would be transferred from the military to the Civil Board, and the Transvaal revenues would bear any excess, probably a million. In discussing the question of Liberalism, Lord Onslow regarded Earl Rosebery as a " foolish virgin" for refusing to trim his lamp when the Liberal-Unionist Party started. He had been regretting it ever since. UNION OF CHURCHES. London, Tuesday. Seven thousand Wesleyans met at the Westminster Acquarium to celebrate the acquisition of their new Headquarters. Mr Perks, a Commoner, who presided,, expressed a hope that all sections of Methodists may be» federated early in the century. THE EUSSO-PERSIAN AGREE-" ' MENT. London, Tuesday. It transpires that the Russo-Persian commercial agreement, which becomes operative on the 14th inst., introduces specific instead of the ad valorein>duties levied under Turkamanchi Treaty. The latter has been in operation since February, 1828. The new agreement abolishes the majority of Persian export duties, tolls system, and establishes Persian Customs stations. Persia is arranging with .Russia the details of payment of Customs storage and free storage for a period of twelve months being granted. The Standard, commenting on the | new Russo-Persian commercial agreement, says Great Britain's claim to anycommercial advantages secured with Russia were at least as strong in the Persian Gulf as Russia in the TransCaspian, and while the Quetta-Mushki railway is no menace, it indicates the appreciation and need of preventing the absorption of Southern Persia by another Power. The Standard adds the security of India demands vigilance in Baluchistan. ACCIDENTS IN A CIRCUS. Adelaide, Wednesday. At a performance of Wirths' circus, a portion of the staging fell, precipitating four hundred people to the ground. The ' performance was resumed. In another portion hundreds of spectators, fell and many received nasty bruises and abrasions, but none were seriously injured,