SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 1

SUMMARY.

The British Immigration. League 0. is urging- the Commonwealth. Government to exj>edite the 'completion of the 'defences of Australia. • '■:■.', . Some of the London newspapers are. urging delay in the ratification of the Declaration of London, owing to the complex issues involved. The "Cape Times" recommends a protest the ratification of the Declaration of London, as bullion is "'conditional contraband of war. The South African cricketers have cancelled their proposed New Zealand tour. ..'•-'■ ■'"'.',•' Before We wreck? .of the Aotea, arid the removal of the dynamite ■ a fire broke out, andxlasteU 90 minutes. As Mr Foster Eraser would not accept Sir George,Eeid's amendatioris to his book on Australia, the latter would nave nothing to do with it. : r <The Duke of Cohnaught ■will; act as Eegent 'during.; th-e, King's absence in India to be crowned WEmpefpr. ' In the Indian Imperial ceremony che King- and Queen will crown, themselves, to avoid ecclesiastical "offence to natives. .'?. It is considered that the Duke \ of : .Gcnnaiight•'b_ appointmen tas Viceroy/of Canada is impossible in vieW of his coming regency.;.-'■.': The Australian-traihipig" ship Afei-isey, which was overdue, has;arrived at Sydney, having, been delayed by rough. weather. . ■'■ .-'"/'-. ■. V---. The British Chancellor of the ? Exche- > quer is- consideringthe ihHusibrij? of consumptives in the invalidity, insurance' scheme. ■,-'-'. / '.?/■"-.': •;-." P':?:'-/// , Native riots;-have occurred at Hankow, bluejackets and volunteers being needed to quell them. - ; : ;-;.;'; The cause 6 fthe Hankow riots' was a belief that the British police had killed a Chinese coolie. - - ; .-/"' ?\? ; '\.V/ ; '.'fc;-??' Floods have occurred in France apd a portion of the? Nantes Quay has collapsed. , -.'■??': /:■'-?' •"?';/ ?-??;?:,?.:?',;V-???'. The Turkish Foreign Minister, has',an-no-unioed that interests will hot suffer in the international iporirparlers , Tegardnng 'Persia:..'?,- ''-?;''.■ '" ,-? : '??>:. : :';'' v -?:v,:.'-/' '■.'■/■.'.'No military contingent will be senfc!:to represent -New'':/'Z(^lan^>!'at : i.tKe^'''C^rx}na•'. :.%ioni?/ ' : _- ?■ ■';' -':? : '.' '■/•'■■"k- /;,? ' / f '''V^^:'P?l?,. ■ *'.-'■' Mr .\ J. \D:. Henry, a- Britdsh petroleum / experifc", is: investigating the 'i'aratiaki oil? wells.'-. .;• ":V* -..-:., .-,./; -v?--'?;/; - ; -/'. ;,'..//;■"?? : t'-^i' •In 1910 the'NbrthernHemispherei produced i;036,000,000cw.t. of Wneatr ryei 824,00d,O0Qowt:y 'bar-lev^?'ss6,OoO,Ooo6Vfc:; x>afcs>•;■ I,187;ob0,000cw£,: r iaaize, 1i962,«»,000cwt.' j v S>??; : ?■;'? v ?;.-'?'/;?, fj'f'^ ;^p- ; <■.''- ?T^ ; -south, of 'the tewt.;- as:■■■'coni|pa^.e4. y \wtn^^l33,■6(X)ioßoclVti , .•• ;in 1909; .:? >? ;,..^ : /?;. '\\ '/;?,??'?? : -V/:H", ; ? ]lJv^ The Ijbndon :■??/" <F'm aricial'; y . -'■? sidogises Victorian public arid; vate finance as sound. ? ; ' ; ? ;J.?y-?-?viY'/\ ; A terrible -railway ? «olli.sion?>;;;i;ij"er' Yfcween 'passenger arid, 'coal :trains■ *t iiEhondda ValleyJ Wales, has / cavisied raueh ? ios& of -life: '. ?v? r ?'/?.?'/■• ■' !-■?■>'■'' ■ '■"■ Amongthose killed ih;the Rhondda Valley* railway collision'' three members of the -Miriefs'-".' "executive;/-?,..'?:'-?//'.;'.!' ■ /■■•/': '?,'-/;V??^''/^;';; : ''?',;v I A runaway coal truck train ?iiear :'; Newcastle,? (N..5.W.) rah ? stationery ;?. locomotive and • -??ws»? '. shiashed up. , ?-.,-'■ .'"■■; /'??-';' -; ; : -/v/,.v' r Gerieral declares thait/ ? tiie, 1 single 'Northern railway .in .;? New a puth Wriles without ah, altefnative line is a strategical ■weakness. / .\r; Complaints are beingf made in Melbourne: with regard" to ? overcH'argin,g junder , the? telephdne ? td.ll ? system?;:/'' ; ,.': "..'■■ -?-:--.?.'?-..,..: ...;?■ -/,";'; •Pritz arid Fogel, 'the London iariarchists killed in: the Sidhey ? 'street siege, 'have? been buried in unconso-. v cratedi ground without ceremony. ?.?.'? At the iHoundsditch :murder inauest evidence, was .given : thaJtivtne prisoners lvafl been seen? before;/the murders. with. Peter, fcritz; > arid ".-ilorountzeff.-/ ■ ; -'■'■■? ■'■;-; ii?? -'-''^ : Mahoined . Farid, an? : [ Egyptian ; Natdonalistt has been -sent .'to prison for six months for a seditionary preface. -:.^'.? An uncpnifirmed report at. 'JBuelioa 'Ay res, Argentina, saye 'that? the whole of the Teodolina wheat : disti'ict is afire. '':.■-■' '' \~\'" ;"?--?/; New/Y-ork Greeks want President Taft'tio intervene to prevent the oppression of Cretans by >the Turks. 1 .Greeks in the United States' pre-i diet a Cretan revolt whvch. cost' Turkey millions. -■'.■•? ':? Tile bodies of the steamer ifiremißri who were drowned, at th*e wha>'f were found locked together. A iFr.ench press view is that? persistance in the fortification, of Flushih'ff by Holland will drive the Triple Entente from tho Hague Tribunal.:' • The N.S. Wales Minister for? Lartrta iu ;a p<>licv speech. declare<L that railways and roads would be constructed tc- pave th'e way for settlement. : ; ■ ,'■ : ; : An instalment of the cost of resuminop freehold lond in N.S. Wales for closer settlement .. w v ill be £5,000,000. The Frenah Juds;e of \\xe New Hebrides Con-Dominium Court says the Court would be more effective/if it had better travelling- facilities. Westport ratepayers -have sanctioned a loan of £lo,€oo fOr water supply improvement. ' - . ■ ~