CABLES.

North Otago Times, 1 December 1910, Page 2

CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN. fly Electric' Telegraph-Copyright. Per Press Association. Received Nov. 30, at 9.5 p.m. London, Nov, 30. The polling takes ptace\ in 55 electorates on Saturday, including the various Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Salford, • Camberwell, Sh(»i-editch, and 1 iWcstern Divisions, ■ also Grimsby, Darlington and Newington.

Sir E, Grey, in his address to the electors, says 'the Lords are not the rulv dang® to the House of Commons. Without .the large measure of devolution the House of Commons cannot attend to Imperial affairs and matters ' concerning the whole country. If local powers resembling those of the Canadian provinces are given to parts of the United Kingdom it will not endamger 'but secure the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament. A reformed! second, chamber is a necessity, foul) with machinery ensuring considered opinionr the substantial majority in the House of Commons will' prevail. Mr Harcourt is confined to his 'bed, and his wife is conducting his electioneering campaign in the Rossendale .division. Liberals contest all "the London seats eicept the city. Mr H. C.i Woods, late .of the Grenadier Guards, has been appoint' ed vice- consul at Adana. Shanghai, Nov, 30. Three million are suffering from famine in the northern parts o1 Anhui province. The famine extends over a wider area than that of 1907, but is less severe. Athens, Nov. 30. An oflicer in the Greek navy has invented a machine for renewing the air in submarines without rising to the .surface, und satisfactary trials •have been made. Moscow, Nov. DO, Count Tolstoi's will is 'dated July sth, and leaves all the rights in connection with his • bcoks to his daughter Alexandra, Received Nov, 30, at 9.50 p.m. Paris, Nov. 30. The Government propose that strikers in connection with what is known as the Sabotage conspiracy be punishable by terms ofi imprisonment ranging from 2 to 5 years, with fines ranging from 50i to 200 francs, while railway men who refused work will be lia/ble to fnota six months' to two years', imprisonment. For railway employees, to strike is forbidden. Local conciliation committees v will be cieated, .tfflth a central committee and arbitration tribunal composed of representatives of the employers and men, also three; aSditiotnal arbitrators, whereof 'the Chamber of Deputies will elect two-thirds, and t'be Serato one-third. London, Nov, 30<, Tho Times' engineering corres-.. pondc-nt says the ocean deptiw between Scotland and Inland and Labrador do nob represent abnormal CGT.ditions for cable laying. The polar dee drifts in the Wester.>i Atlantic to Chesapeake Hay will , be' without 'detriment to cable ship operations. The peril, if any, is in shallow water, where icebergs occasionally met. The modern rock type ought to suflice when' the precaution is taken to lay the cable in duplicate along, the different routes. Assuming that the same type of core is used a signalling distance _of 70 miles should be carried on eight or nine times more rapidly than over 2000 miles/ 'Berne, Nov. HO. Madame Remonda has been acquitted on a cnai'ge of killing her husband. .

Received Nov. 30, at 11.25 p.m. London,, Nov, 30. At/ a great Unionist demonstration in the Albert Hall eleven thousand/' were present, Mr W..H, Long read Ulter's message, which read: ''lf an Irish' 1 Parliament'is established Ulster will neither obey its decrees 'nor. pay-taxes." Mr Halfoilr, after warning the Government . that' they were playing with' revolution, discussed the question of the referendum,- and declared that the Radicals were horribly embarrassed. All their lives they had talked of Government by the people for the people. Thel, dissolution would he expensive and disturbing, while a referendum did not involve a change of Government, arid they could secure a clearer verdict without personal biternm It .was inseparable where there were two candidates in the field that one should he a fantastic dealer in figures. As to the. estimated cost of the referendum as two millions, in reality the cost would not exceed two hundred thousand. The -Radicals sought to hut the Unionists in ff hole "by as'sto? them whether they ■ would refer the vital Questions whereon the lords and commons agreed, particularly tariff reform; <to a referendum. The Radicals were mistaken. They could not put me. in a hole. The protect.' which was only three days' old, obviously " involves/ practical difficulties, the l magnitude - of which I cannot ignore, nevertheless I frankly say 1 - that -tariff reform would,involve-ai pfreatfchangld and I admit -- that this . election, •perhaps any election,• cannot -Ire de-

scrlbeiL as an election .on tariff. rclorm alone. 1 have not the least objection!' to submittingthe prlnei- ] pies of'tariff reform to -a referendum/ The announcement cawed ■ an. extraoqdinary ■ demonstilaition, ' the. audiuuc jumping to / their' feet •. and, cheering. Mr Balfour continued that tariff reform was nota cdass but a national. and Imperial matter. He was perfectly willing,tosubmit it to the judgment of his fellow countrymen; He challenged the Lib' erals to give a similar promises re, garding Home Rule. Mr : Asiqjuith'si argemfint/ that the. referendum would destroy Parliamentary, responsibility; was,equivalent to Baying/ "You destroy the people's representatives if you give the people too much power. He concluded, ''Don't trust Radical puppets or Irish showmen, who are . - pulling the strings. Don't trust the. American paymaster, wliq is calling, time. Trust the solid sense and judgment of . the people alone."

Received December I,'at 12.10 a.m. . New York, Nov. ;«0, Lieut: Feary' declares that his work on the arctic regions is finished.- He believes the South Pole ; will .'be j . attempted by an American expedition. He favors a scientific expedition to the north polar regions, and suggests 1 allowing the slip ,to be caught in the ice and drift across the pole. • Mexico City, Nov. 30. The Maderoists assert that hundreds of volunteers are flocking to their standard. The revolt in Southern Mexico is fermenting, and an outbreak is feared. The telegraph lines to Matamoros have'ten cut. Ottawa, Nov. 30. ; There was a scene in Parliament. A Conservative, was speaking, when the Liberals trooped out noisily, The Speaker's demand for order failed to stop them. Cries of '■' Cowards, Liars," came from the UjiDositiou tenches. The Speaker or-' dered an apology from the Conservative v. Lorn he . Ward shout "Cowls, 11 The latter, apologised, thereupon the Conservatives loiidly insisted that, a Liberal, member apologise for an .insulting remark unheard ly the Speaker, made some days ago, Tl.e uproar contiiniod to grow, and the Speaker finally torn' pellei the Liberal also to apologise. The naval debate is unfinished.

Received December 1, at 12.20 a.m. London, Nov, 30. Mr Asquith, in bis election ad* 1 dress, says the appeal to the country has been narrowed to a single issue, "Are the people.'througti their freely chosen representatives, to ■ control finance, administration and lawmaking?" The' Lords' schemes are i proposed for the purpose of disguising the real issue, and would result in the 'creation of a second chamber capable of imposing even- a more formidable veto than the present.

Mr addressed eight thousand in the railway sheds at Heading. He objected to the eubatit ition of a casual and sporadic use of judgment by the plebiscite on an issue imperfectly defined, regarding wbicn large sections of the electorate had only the most languid interest, for the judgment of the people's chosen representatives. It would degrade the House of Commons to the level of a debating society. He asked will the Unionists sutjmit tariff reform to a referendum,

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph-Copyright. Pet Press Association. Receiveh Nov. 30, at 9.50 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 30. The Aherdare Miners' Lodge adopted a resolution protesting against the extension of Mr Peter' Bowling's j,furlough on full pay, and recommending that the salary be deducted while he is absent in New Zealand; Sailed (2 p.m.)—Maheno. Melbourne, Nov. 30, Sailed-Moeraki. An outbreak of pleuro has occurred at Younat'ha. The aliected areas are strictly quarantined. ; Perth, Nov. 30. The seismograph at the qbservatory recorded a severe earth tremor on Sunday morning. . The oTlicial report is that in the Broome cyclone fi7 pearling boats were blown ashore, 28 sunk at their moorings and ten are still missing, sis'of them being known to have sunk, and, there is no hope for the others. Eleven bodies of colored men have teen recovered,, and 40 more are known to have perished, while three whites are known ' to have 'been drowned. The estimated damage to pearling vessels is from £14,000 to £20,000, Received December 1, at 12.30 a.m. Sydney, Nov. 30.

The State revenue for the five months is £5,781,560, an increase of £i'2iy]oft. ' In the Assembly Mr M'Gowen stated that the Government would carry out its election pledge to provide sll necessary school books and requisites, and so make education at State schools absolutely free. . ' Newcastle, Nov. M.

Arrived —Bnnerdale, from Dunedin, Sailed —Volador, for Kaipara. Received December 1, at 12.50 a.m. . Sydney, Nov. 30. In the AfwmWy Mr Wade gave notice of motion of his intention to move that the Foderal proposals far an alteration in the constitution are rnnecossary and unfair to the. State, and should he resisted. Brisbane, Nov. SO. The" Soutli Africans commencod a watch at- Toowoomba against the Toowoomi?a district. The locals in their first innings ... scored S3. Barbour (12), Jones (39), and Manney (not out, 11) were the chief scorers. Soutli Africa has two wickets down for lflrt—Zulch -36 and Snooke (not out) 43. The report is incomplete.