CABLES.

North Otago Times, 1 November 1906, Page 1

CABLES.

i home and /foreign, ]«' ; ' , 'By Electrlo Telegraph.—Copy right.)' i (Per Press Association.), Received October 31, at 7.2 a.m., London, October 30. ■ I King Edward has subscribed a hundred guineas to the \\'ingate 'colliery

disaster fund. The subscription was accompanied by a message ;of keen sympathy. With reference to Mr Keir Hardie's criticism of militarism, Mr Augustine Birrell, Minister of Education, con fessed that lie disliked school rifle shooting, iiut permission haying been givon in one case as an experiment for tire year, had been given to four other schools through a misunderstanding Hereafter there would be no , further extensions. St. Petersburg, October 30. A UKase issued to day, wliiph is the anniversary of the granting'of tlie Russian.Oonstitutipn, removes all i restrictions from the Old Believers, who number fifteen million. M. Stolypin has decided to .recognise the party of peaceful regeneration. Received October 31, at 7.51 a.m. St. Petersburg, October 30. Three officials entrusted with money captured in the St. Petersburg raid have been arrested on a charge of connivance! They jumped from the carriage directly the bomb was thrown and lied without attempting to save the treasure. Ten masked revolutionaries entered a gambling clab at Chita and seized stakes amounting to 12,000 roubles. Another band, overpowering the escort, robbed a Treasury wagon in the wood at Kazan on October 26th of 26,000 roubles.

London, Oclober 30. Mr Rundown stated that no general Anglo-Russian agreement had been concluded respecting Persia. The two Governments were seeking to avoid a' conflict of interests, and were acting together when possible to preserve the status quo. Mr Burns declared that he will willingly confer upon the Ramsay Urban Council the power to hire land compulsorily for allotments in order to assist the eight hundred allotment holders dispossessed by Lord Ramsay. Received October 31, at 8.9 a.m. Constantinople, October 30. . Serious disturbances have occurred at Erzeroum. The Governor was wounded and his house pillaged. The troops refused to fire on the mob. New York, October 30. "Buffalo Bill' (Captain Cody), with a party of titled sportsmen for. whom he was act'ng as guide, is lost in a blizzard on the Bighorn Mountains. A relief party has been sent. London, October 30. The Peninsular and Oriental Company intend to buiid five steamers of the Mooltan type, but faster, in readiness for competition for the Australian trade. . ■fH'eCo'mmission appointed to deal with the question of the Irish poor law. reform advises the abolition of the present workhouse system since poverty can only be relieved by the development of Ireland's resources. The Times says by the wreck of the Haversham Grange there will prolably tional value of the cargo, / Received October 31, at 10.14 a.m. Morocco, October 30. The Spanish warship at Am'la has been reinforced, and a French warship will join the Spanish. An Algerian Arab has been murdered by the Kaid Myongons at Marrakeesh. London, October 30, Arrived—Karamea, from Timaru.