CABLES.

North Otago Times, 5 December 1910, Page 2

CABLES.

HOME .AND" FOREIGN,

By Electric Telegraph-Copyright

Per Press Association,

Received Dec. 4, at 5.5 p'.m,

Durban,' Dec, 3, , Tlis Dube and Duchess of, Con■niaught, at Maiitzburg on Thursday, received addresses, ami'were lunched in the Town' Hall, two hundred guests being present. The' Duke of Connaught laid the foundation stone of the Natal, University College and attended a mayoral garden party ini the afternoon. They arrived at Durban on Friday, and had a splendid welcome. 3500 as-' sembled in the Town Hall, The Duke paid a tribute ta municipal enterprise, also the; loyalty everywhere manifested. Later he reviewed the Durban Light Infantry, of which he is Colonel-ra-CMef. The royalties sailedi to-day in the Balmoral Castle homewardfl. ' • : Pfirt; Dev.-3, Messrs Fishei and Fowlds arrived at Grahamstown 0 n Thursday, and at Dm%n on Friday., They were entertained at, luncheon, by tb,e Mayor, and departed Tor Capetown. ■ Ottawa,, Dee. 3,' The'.Montreal Gazette fetes th,at Sir W. Lauricr will probably resign in the autumn subsequent to bis educational tour on the navy question in .Quebec, Ontario and the other provinces.' Jaopcs Faure, nephew of the French ex-President, died at Quebec, of tjPhoid. He suffered hardships in the St, Louis balloon race, landing at Wisconsin, New York, Dec, 3. President Diaz has appointed a Peace Commission to approach! the rebels at San Isidro. The'.commissioner was despatched by special train, hearing „ white flag, '< ' Hackenschmidt , won, two straight

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pt.dejuncts /■ /'/ ,';j': ; /.r.''/ occurred" in, the valley's ;> of■ i:ths Thames, iTreht-and other rivers. .'■.' ; :c Eighty''* : per centum ofVthe.Aiber;,darevsminers- are aniioiis/to return; ; but: the minority' (ttejyounger :So-. cialists) command:.the'situaHonand terrorise.'tho: coalfield..''" :'

Paris,-Dec. I

. M. Briand, in ;■ tho Senate, said the;. Government was determined to combat: M was: terrible,'; the' very life of \ the nation being at stake,' : ; :•:'': ■,: ; "<)■■'-. :.;;!: St, Petersburg,; Nov. X \ : In consequence of a violent gale; on the. Sea of; Azov the water, receded"

three miles and ::a number of ships were':.stranded. ;'The>crews were Unable to land and were '•fobdleW Matty fishing boats were wrecked'.and houses 'washed' away. ■'

.... London, Dec; ,3,/ /Replying: to i Chambers of Commerce comm'unications: regarding the declaration of London the Foreign Office invites attention to the improvements effected'and states that ; if the' declaration .'is ratified neutral vessels' will no. longer pe,sunk,-> : except .. under strin'g'elnt and carerullisi guarded conditions, and; foott,. Bup j plies willp' never ..again. be declared coiitrafbsand. if the rules were im-. improperty observed or harshly interpreted by the belligerents' in the prize courts an appeal wQiiid be al-. lowed to the Hague Tribunal, which can be trusted,to give. redress.. ••■ Paris;. Dec. 3. : Floods are menacing the .Villages near St. Btienne. There are 7000 workers, at Nantes, and hundreds of families are homeless. The railways are submerged around Orleans, ' The bursting of a dam at Mont St. Jean submerged the neighborhood to a depth'. of six feet. The Deputies voted ;; £6OOO sterling for relief.-

London,. Dec, 3. The verdict in the inpiry into the Whitehaven.disaster was that it was due to an explosion of gas and coaldust combined, and there was

insufficient evidence to show that it was due to a defective safety, lamp. The closing of the, pit w«3.

the right expedient,' as there was not meaiis of reaching! the entombed men,

Ottawa,- Dec, 3,- ; As the result Of: the navy debate* the contracts have; been! hastened for four ■ misers, of the Bristol class! and six torpedo boat destroyers'of the river class, with oil fuel for both. The completion of the programme costs two millions sterling. Mr Aylesworth, Minister of Jus-' tice, explained. the Hague fisheries award, and indicated that the result aided Canada to maintain her sovereign! rights in Hudson's-Bay, which ho hoped , would never foe questioned,

•New York, Dec, 3. The town of Copperhill, Tennessee is Ihurning. One street is already destroyed.; The loss to midnight is £20,000 sterling, N 0 lives,were lost,

By secret . advances to El,Paso, the' insurgents managed-to attack Chihuahua.

Received December 5, at 1.10 a.m. , N London, December.3. Gray beat Nelson by 3741. Gray madei a break, of ]fl24. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. 7 By Electric Telegraph—Copyright* Per Press Association. Received Dec. 4,' at 5.5 p.m. Newcastle, Dec, 3. Sailed—Daniel, for Kaipara. Sydney, Dec. 4, • Sailed (3 p.m. yesterday.)-Manuka ( Hill's innings created great interest. He went at the bowling freely, and hit fourteen fours, four consecutivety, off Scott, New South Wales is out for 195 Kelleway 2G. Wright bowled 5 for 75, and Chamberlain 2. for 18. South Australia has four wickets down for 209. Mayne (28), D011ing,,67), Hill (not out, 90) were the ohief scorers. Received December 5, at 1 a.m. . Sydney, December 4.

At the Warwick Farm Races, in 'the race for the -Welter Golden Slipper ran thirtf.

Arrived—Cruiser Gibraltar, with relief crews for the Australian station. The scarcity of farm laborers is causing cane farmers to restrict their area of planting. • Melbourne, Deceraljer i.

Cuguet, the aviator, rose at the Austral meeting, but the wind caught the monoplane and dashed it to the asphalted tennis court, • and completely smashed the machine. Ouguot was uninjured. Arrived—Marama,