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North Otago Times, 2 December 1910, Page 1

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—f__ HOME AND FOREIGN. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. East, London, Nov, 30. Messrs Fisher and Fowlds were entertained at luncheon <by the Mayor and Mayoress, and were guests at a river picnic, being banpetted in tho evening, Johannesburg, Nov. 30. i This was the Duke of OonnaugJit's heaviest day during the tour. He was welcomed by huge and enthusiastic crowds, and the decorations | were lavish, He received addresses in Market Square, laid the foundation stone of the new Town Hall, opened the Young. Women's Christian Association's building and an art gallery, In the afternoon he attended a garden party, and in the evening the Mayoral reception. Indians have written to the Duke regretting that, owing to the Union Parliament's non-compliance with their, demands, it was impossible to associate themselves with the presentation of addresses. Nevertheless deep loyalty to the Throne was tendered as well as a personal welcome. London, Nov. 30. The Times says that his opponents thought Mr Balfour lacked th a courage to submit the question of tariff reform to the judgment of the country, The leader never received a more enthusiastic and unanimous proof that he hnd his whole audience with him, The Daily Mail applauds the declaration, and says, it proves that the Unionists trust the people and enables freetraders to vote against the Government, < The Daily Express says Mr Balfour has rallied and inspired nil the forces of Unionism, I The Daily Chronicle says that if a i referendum does not involve a change of Government, good-bye to the whole system of party Govern- ' ment. \

The Daily News says the cancellation of Parliament's commission by repeated referenda is the antithesis of representative Government,

| London, Nov. 30. Truth says the Peers have suddenly changed front, but they aro wise in their generation to offer even half measure. It condemns Mr Lloyd-George's inflammatory appeals to class prejudices,

The Irish leaders have issued a manifesto stating that the defeat 'of the House of Lords will clear the path for Home Rule.

Mr ■Wyndham, speaking, at Manchester, said 43 in every 1000 unionists are unemployed to-day. Thirty years ago the proportion was 10. The want of employment is due to allowing imported goods to he sold below the cost |of production. Lord Joicey, in a letter to the electors of Newcastle, says the Socialists have captured ' the Cabinet ana trades unions, though they are in a minority in both bodies. Instead of the-.promotes of reforms like those of Gladstone, Bright, and Cobden, they are mere wreckers. Mr T, P, O'Connor, in an election address, said the people have at last) anj'opportunity of •riddinfelt'h«mselves further of servitude to a prejudiced and insolent aristocracy. The election appeals tq Irishmen mainly because the future liberty of Ireland depends on the extinction o! their lordships' absolute veto. Lord Brasseyi in forwarding £SBO to Mr O'Brien's "AU-for,-Ireland fund," sayd Ireland lias no worse enemies than the extremists who either preach 'hatred to England or the Orangemeil threatening bloodshed if the existiri* form of Government is not preserved. The Westminster Gazette sayg the Tories have uproariously welcomed a referendum as ■m device enabling them to escape the presumed unpopularity of tariff reform, while permitting them to capture votes on a i;lea ofj ardently favoring the taxing of the. foreigner. The referendum will enable them to remain in office though defeated on solitary, questions,

Lord Rosetfery, speaking at Manchester, expressed alarm at the) encroachment on personal liberty un'der the .present Government by means of bureaucratic inquisition. He emphasised the danger to, the State from Irish dictation subsidised by foreign gold, and asked whether this was not a greater, danger than the j single Chamber proposed, London, Nov. 30.

Mr Lloyd-George is busy campaigning in Wales. He attendedtwo meetings at Cardiff and addressed 5000 at each.

The Morning Post is doubtful about the wisdom of Mr Balfour's hasty pledge. The change, will have far-reaching consequences. Hitherto a general election had permitted a Government to carry its, policy, and it is now suggested that an additional mandate may be required. The Daily Telegraph declares that Mr Balfour struck dismay into the coalition. Tariff reform cannot rest on anything except the undoubted approval of a settled majority of the nation 1 .

Messrs Bonar Law and George Wyndham have applauded Mr Balfour's declaration. At Colchester yesterday, Mr Winston Churchill was pelted with rotten fish and mud; thej windows of the Liberal Committee-room were smashed, and the young Lib'eraltt' van destroyed. A largei force of police subsequently patrollad the streets fearing retaliation in the Unionist . quarters. London, Nov, 30. Obituary-Jem Mace, pugilist,, of senile decay. New York, Nov. 30. The National Mining Bank at Salt Lake City was. held up at noon and £25,000. taken. The robbers escaped. Dr Frederick Cook, in an article in Hampton's Magazine confesses that he does not know whether he reached the North.Pole or not. London, Nov. 30. Judge Warrington in Chancery favo judgment for the Amalgamated Railway-men in an action •wherein Osborne sought,a declaration th a t his -expulsion from and the dissolution of the Walthamstead ■p'ramoh were illei.al, ' The judgment held that the agreement the members entered into on joining the Society was. illegal'and in restraint of trade. The Rev, J. S. Lidgett, giving evidence before the Divorce Commission on'nebalfi of the Wesleyan Church, said any change 'in the existing law should achieve a strengthening of reverence for tha marriage contract. He favored the equality of the sexes, and said he had never known a> divorce among Wesleyans. Mr Frederick Harrison, before the Divorce Commission, said the Positivist Society was opposed to divorce and believed marriage was continued after death and was indissoluble, The Society preferred the ' law as at present. Lisbon, Nov. 30. Asiatic cholera has appeared at Funchal. , The city is rapidly approaching a state of anarchy. The most potent force is labor, which is dictating-to the Government and the employers. Strikes: are of daily occurrence, and the Government is powerless to intervene. . The recruiting,of Angola natives

for the) Sao Thome cocoa: plantations will henceforth be entrusted to the Government administration instead of to private ' agents. Macao, Nov, 30. ; A party of sailors landed from the Portuguese, 'gunboat here and,-joined by soldiers, marched to Government House and demanded an increase of Pay, the expulsion of religious orders, and the suppression of the local newspaper. The two latter petitions were complied with. .. . London, Nov. 30. The P. and 0, Company has paid, ai dividend on deferred stock 0 f 6£ j per cent, and a tonusl of 3 per, cent.