GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 12 July 1912, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

(Press Association —Coprright.) THE QUEENSLAND LOAN. LONDON, July 11. The Queensland loan of two millions at 3f per cent is being issued at 96. A HEAVY FINE. (Received July 12, 1.30 p.m.) 'LONDON, July 11. Youmr, the proprietor of the Conduitstreet Gaming House, was fined £SOO. SHOT HIMSELF IN A TAXI-CAB,. (Received Julv 12. 12.20 p.m.) LONDON. July 11. A verdict of temporary -insanity was returned at the inquest on Dundasslatef,' the dismissed manager of the Coliseum,; who ordered a taxi-cab to "drive to' Charing Cross Hospital, and shot himself with a revolver en route. GERMAN EMPRESS TO VISIT ENGLAND. (Received Julv 12, 12.20 p.m.) "BERLIN, July 11. The Empress is going to England fox her health in the autumn. RUMOURED ROYAL ENGAGEMENT DENIED. (Received Julv 12, 8.45 a.m.) OTTAWA, July 11. The Duke of Coimaught deques a report of a-pending engagement between Prince Arthur-and Princess Alexandrcona of Russia. SASKATCHEWAN ELECTIONS. (Received July 12. 8.45 a.m.) •OTTAWA, July 11. The Saskatchewan election campaign is proceeding, and there is much excitement. The fight centres about the reciprocity question. i CANADIAN CADETS FOR AUSTRALIA. (Received Julv 12, 8.45 a.m.) •OTTAWA, July 111 The High School cadets have left Van-, -couver in the steamer Zealandia for an Australian tour. COLD WEATHER IN MELBOURNE. (Received 10.10 a.Tn.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Early on' Wednesday the thermometer was 26.3, the lowest reading for four years. FEDERAL CENSURE DEBATE. MELBOURNE, July 11. The censure debate is proceeding in the Federal House of Representatvies. UNIVERSITIES CONGBES. An early meeting of the Universities Congress in Australia is not likely, in ' view of the British Association's visit in 1914. NEW RESIDENCE ON FIRE. AUCKLAND, July 1L A new house in Croy,do"n-street,( owned by T. West, and occupied by A. N. I Jordan, was partially destroyed by fire to-day. The house was insured for £450 in the National office, and the damage is estimated at £250. The occupant only moved in a few days ago, and his furnitnre, which was not insured, was fortunately not all in. His loss in this direci tion amounted to about £SO. SUICIDE AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, July 11. A man named John Hancock, 34 years of age, committed suicide to-day by cutting his throat with, a razor. Deceased recently arrived from England. He was a single man, with no relatives in the Dominion. He was out of work, and consequently depressed. TAIERI RIVER IN FLOOD.

DUNEDIN, This Day. The Hood in the Taieri Eiver was 10 feet below the record flood of 1908. . Railway communication is uninterrupted. Though the low-lying ground is submerged, the rails at the lowest point are still a couple of feet above the. water. North Taieri is under water in parts, and a considerable stretch of country is inundated in the Otakia. and Henley districts.