SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 12 August 1910, Page 1

SUMMARY.

Dr. Agatnanoff, presumably a betrayer of the Rtusian revol ut ionary party, was followed to Tiilis, and there murdered. A lieutenant oi" the British Royal Artillery has been court-mart ialled for n pamphlet criticising irregularities in the Army. As Chinese activity in Thibet is decreasing, the British troops may not have to cross the Indian, frontier. The New South Wales coal strike, agitators, who were recently released Horn prison, had a lukewarm reception at Newcastle. The Sydney slaughtermen's strikeis likely"to be .-ettled on the .basis of A higher rate for piece-work. Dr. Jameson, explaining his 1595 raid, said that his object had been to make Lucas Meyer the President of the Dutch Republic. It has been decided that on the time, allowance the Culwulla is entitled to the Sayonara Yachting Cup. Sixtv German students are making an educational tour of England, and Knirlish students will reciprocate in Germany next year. A hurricane at Pcreslav, Southern Russia, razed 13 windmills, while lightning de-troyed houses and took five lives. Carlists, arrested during the recent clerical excitement at San Sebastian, Spain, have 'been released. •Uy a powder explosion at Spithead ( Kng.). an art iilery sergeant was hilled, and three other men were injured. Captain Scott's Antarctic exploration ship Terranova is 12 days over : due at Capetown, and some anxiety is felt. An aeronaut at Augsburg (Germany) leapt from a burning balloon to a girls' school roof, which col-lnp-ed, but he was miraculously uninjured. A Bill in the New South Wales Parliament seeks to create a tribune to fix the minimum wage for clerks. Sir George Held pictures a Pacific ci the future dominated by Australia, and the United States, closely allied I>V mutual interests. General French-, in his report on Canadian defence, says the militia should bo ready to take the field at any time, and that the present training is wholly inadequate. On e of the causes of Samoa'* present prosperity is the compulsory periodical planting of new eoeounut trees. The new system of old age pensions in Australia".start in December. They are to be paid a fortnight in advance, instead of in arrear.

A labourer named Moses Chambers fell off a tramcar at Riccarton yesterday, and was killed. The Chief Justice of Samoa says that prosperity reigns there, especially s'nee rubber-growing was instituted. Genera! French's report on the Canadian defence system admits good material, but says that the otlicers arc ineflieient. Owing to the general prosperity, the sttendnnce at the Canadian militia esmps has fallen off 10,000 thi s ye n r. By a motor car and tran collision in New Jersey (C.S.A.). Fritz Mergenthale*, inventor of the linotype, his wife, and three others were killed. The London " Chronicle J » says that the injunctions against the use of union funds in politics are threatening the whole fabric of labour's parliainen ia ry retire• en tat ion. Liberal and Labourite parliamentarians in Knglatt' 1 . are not unanimous on the question of payment of members. The Australian Senate has passed the Naval Loan Repeal Bill clearing the way for the new system of naval defence. A German fell 2-10 feet from a •biplane; but though severely injured, he wa s not killed.

Tli ( . 'Min eis T Inf <• ni;lit ion a 1 Con gross at Berlin demands a minimum wage based on the cost of living. Up (o ye-teniav £3.707 hail liven raised tmv:in, s 11 »■«» Children \s Hospital 1:1 Wellington. Last year the I'.riiish and Foreign liible Society distributed o,(i'2() 02-t jiilili-s and parts, including 1,500,000 in China. The steamer Maralai experienced fierce weather j u the Southern Oeoan, j-evei;;l of the crew being injured. At tin- Sydney hor 30 sales Government veterin:.ry cert ificat.es were used for the first time, and proved of.value. A branch line to relieve railway congestion at Sydney ha--been authorised, at a cost of i*SOO/)00. Trish potato bliffhl lias been discovered in eleven differe-.it parts of Victoria. M the Victorian railway disaster inquiry, it transpired that' the colliding trains had [he iW detonator signals, but could not see the home signals. Til,- Commonwealth Sena;,. | ); , -. decided f'i abu!i-l] the monetary -JepoTit reqiiintl from I'arliamentarv c \ndfdates. Tiie Common wealth driver mien t will take action if t }■/.-, /-uitraliau States <lo „ot bring their 'Weights and Measure* Acts int,, conformity with the Board of Trade start larl.