CABLES

North Otago Times, 22 March 1910, Page 2

CABLES

*• — ' HOME AND FOREIGN,

Ry Electrio Telegt«ph.-Copyr%ht. Per Prem Aiaooiation. Received March 21, at 9.30 p.m. . , Cairo, March Mr Roosevelt visited the Temples of Phaeace and the Assouan dam. Speaking to a deputation of .native ollicors of tne Egyptian army, .Mr Roosevelt warned - thenv' against combining soldiery and politics. Ho arrivo's at Naples on April 2nd, thence proceeds to Paris, and Vienna, reach- : ing Berlin on May 10th, London on the isth and America in June. . Paris, March 21. Two hundred strikers in a paper factory at Clicho, "France, infuriated by the refusal of fifty comrades, chiefly women and girls, to, cease work, lay in', wait until dark, and ftrec- a vollo v . of revolver shots at tho nonstrikers, who took .refuge -in" a cafe, which.,the strikers bombarded . ; wjth revolver shots and stones until the police- arrived.- Several women;, and two.policemen, were .wounded. : The . assailants W oxtingarishedv-■ '.T'tho. street tamps; escaped.-iWonien wc^e;chipfly for ;and,itrcateclithe';' 'npivstrnceraV \ with :■ -. !mi^erou??a{t^s^^

Sfrik6rs in various provincial districts during \ the: week. - ■'.-'', -y-. '■';'..''';;'; ■':■■}. : Received March 21,; at 10.55 -.'tym.;

■.;.'; London,'Mavch. v l2l.. Mr , Patrick . Murphy, v of.. Kewj'y, willed £20,000' ■to - charitable' ' mstitutions, and the residue of hi? estate bL '.£t1)3;45fl to 'tiuv. urban council oi Newiv to ..pay ibo municipal""dpbl. '/■ Tho London police are,.searching for Jio man seen in Nesbit's compartment. tli'b colliei'v company lias oll'ered i?l00 reward for the discovery of the criminal. ■

The Times' .Washington correspondent . says the old Republican organisation in - '"■ Congress, has suddenly crumbled, Cannon was virtually a Domocrat, anil, intended to make. Cannonism the great issue in the congressional crlmpaien. He bilundered badly, helping the Republicans to rid themselves of the incubus of ism.Writing to Mr Morel, sec-rotary to the Congo Reform Association, Mr Private denies that ho is satisfied with the presont position in. the Congo. He is-not merely disappointed, but is rendered profoundly unoasy by Sir E. Oroy's speech in the Itouso of Commons, and adds that it is impossible to share the ..Foreign Office's gentlo optimism and chivalrous consideration for the difficulties, of the new sovereign, as it docs not relieve us of the,responsibility. New York, March 21, The tariff negotiations 'at Albany proved conclusionloss. Tho speeches o! Earl Grey and Mr Taft were cordial. Sir Tq.ft declared that. the people of the United States were slow to. realise what a potentiality Canada is. We.must be as close friends as.possible.

• AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Electric- Telegraph-Copyright. Per press Association. Receivod March 21, at 10.55 p.m. . Sydnoy, March 21. Bobrikoft has been scratched for the Dbncaster Handicap,

For the High Weight' Handicap Flnviuius with list is top weight, Gold Thread 10.3, Achillean 16. The Inter-State steamship companies from to-day return to the normal pre-striko freights. ■ > ' Melbourne, March 21. Arrivcd-Whaknnia, from London, liecoived March 22, at 12.30' a.m. Sydnoy, March 21. The trial of Dr Carlo Fiaschi and Kurse Young on a charge of the manslaughter of the girl Nightingale-at l.ithgow on January 10th opened, The doctor, who had previously stated that there was no indication of an operation for hemorrhoids, and that an important' organ was missing, gavo evidence that the supposed missing organ was to-day found in the pretence of a number of medical oxporta, attached to another organ. There were also indications of an operation for hemorrhoids/ Under the circumstances ho therefore reversed his ■previous evidence, which arose through the abnormal condition of the organs. Earl Dudley entertained the Japanese Admiral and officers at dinner. Large, parties of sailors were entertained at social functions. There were crowds of visitors to the Japanese warships.

Newcastle, March '2l. Arrivcd-John Lockctt, from port Chalmers.

Brisbane, Mareh 21. . The Fitzroy River at'Eockhamptpu is in high flood. Sixteen inches 6l rain have fallen during 'tho present! month. The Tow-lying parts of the town are inundated, and the residents are removing. The wharves aro covorod with water, and much damage., has been done to the goods. Tho. Hoods have caused great destruction in the surrounding districts, Several mining dams were swept away. The train services are disorganised by washaways, The river Warrara is a mile wide, aud is still rising, and the township is largoly under water. At Mackay over'one hundred inches of raiu have fallen since the beginning of the year.

Port Darwin, March 21. •A Chinese burglar entered a room of Disver Hughes, in the Club Hotel. Hughes attempted to capture the intruder, who used a knife, and inflicted a slight wound, and escaped, A eonstable saw the Chinaman running away, and fired three shots. Tho dead body of tho Chinaman was found at daylight in the bush, two shots 'having taken effect. ;