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North Otago Times, 30 May 1908, Page 1

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l'er Press Association, HOME AND" HJREIfIN. (By Electric Telegraph.—CopyrigLt.J Received May 29, at 8.10. Capetown, May .23. The ]nlernal||oitnl Conferonce at Capgtown ngtecd, to. leave tin; art'iinge,mciit of tlw Customs nnd liaifyvny Departments practically (unaltered pelleting (ho conclusion of closor union. Jicmc, May 28. De la Grange, in llio presence of King Emmanuel, at Home, fiew bis aeroplane five times round the Pin/?iv Dnnvcs. e.iu«] to tin kilometres, in nine minutes. J London, May 28. Mr Lloyd-Gcorgo has instituted a Government fuivl for affording alily to foreign visitors. Referring- to the speculations of tho French newspapers, the Times 'remarks that the proposal of the K'ing mid Queeu to visit Hu*ia has helped to tester the illusion that President Enlllcres 1 visit to London is likely '.o bo followed by some great development in internalbnal nfl'nirs. The Times says that such,speculations are wholly, out of place. While it believes thai Britain "ill adhere to the spirit and letter of the uitcntn unflinchingly, the Times fa : ls to fee any grounds of s6:nul ■ policy for wtovoving at prosent to gi v c it a wider scope or a more formal diameter. Surh efforts, it considers, would defeat their own obioct and cause misconstruction.

Rwivod'Mnv 20, at 8.15 a.m. London, May 28. The Daily News says it would ve«ar<l n spooific nllianm with Trance «■<■ o dftistn" for European r« ,arfl f ftven if the Eepnhlic proved nibrc necommoda-' ting than Le Temps, and did Hot insist on f'ritahi subs'tituling couscriplion for her voluntary army sytflcm. The Telegraph considers thai whatever the future may bring forth, for (ho present the entente will suffice.. The Horning Post soys the . ijucslion of whether friendship should culminate in partnership must not 1;C lightly or hurriedly treatd. The Daily Chronicle says, the' cordial understanding tuny licomo an- alliance, but. (here- is no occasion to force the pace, or anticipate the future • Karl Jlinto, Viceroy o( India, ■ btt» forwarded to Viscount Morley, Seexetary cf State for India, n stringent Kxplsivc Bil, base:! on the English Act. The highest Indian opinion holds that the seriousness of the crisis is iupe.'fcctly appreciated, in England, and urges that the Viceroy ought to | ; e given a fi'M hand in vegardi \o; noeessnr\: measures. M. i'ichon, French Minister of Forrion Affair*, had a long interview with Sir Edward Grey, and a complete agreement was established on all questions. Received Mav. 25, at 8.27 a.m. 2?. Twelve Wines: 1 , consigned from Texas in order to evado payment of iavea and poll tax, died during transit owinjr to lael; of ventilation. Roland Prcntvs, formerly of Melbourne, won ' ll» American Pistol f hnmnionship Cup fo«i 20 yards d.s-

lf> nc ''• ■ ' '• ; , , .ii ii ' iVs-hnnnrr Fame follicWl with the nril'ml, steamer Boston in the Bny oi Fnn.lv, nn:l the former wn» sunk, 1« of those r.n board being drowned. Paris, Nay .2b. Two men nnmo.l Wongorsky and il)oIwwsky wore sentenced to imprisonment for life nml 20 years rwpcctivcy for raiding the Bank of lrar.ee a Mont-'Bongo, in September last, and shooting :two officers. "^ . , London, Moy. 2*."""' 'hihollouwsofQjmmon^-Mr'GW-. stone's Prevention of.ft mo. M ««* read a fust time." The. Bill proposes the establishment! oi n permanent Borstal institution > relorm young -offenders, also ilmindeterminate «c----tcniioii of habitual- criminals. ' Received May 21, at 9 aim ■. London, May 28. •U the Old Bailey, Margaret Humil('o„ «ut sentenced to .eighteen, months' 'imprisonmenton a charge of perjury in connection vith the Bruce ease. . ■ .'. ' ' y One hundred mid. thirty pastors .r ; oi all owls, including' 15 Cntbobes, were wolesmed in London and en "i----taincd at luncheon at the Mansion house; The Archbishop oi Canter-l.urv'expressed&.liopQfovtheoo-ordi-. mists in ciTpits. Tl.e Tlov. Guihnoss Bodg;er fl dwarfed the Archlishop of -Canterbury's noblc\and fraternal. utterance, as worthy,of himself the.Church and tho nation. : - ; . Advices from Allahabad state: that, IhVpublishcr of. a newspaper, called the -Ynga'utur has been sentenced to U

months' imprisonment, and rupees foi* publishing 'scdiljojii ai'tiS The Archbishop of Cniilcrlniryssi§| ter referred to the, ty's.forthcoming exhibition Ju to which he wished God-spccdoH &M The.directors of the Orient ■..Blot] ■Navigation' Company anii()U»cn:'j|®l they will shortly ask the. to increase; the capital,- r 'il-'-^yMi