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North Otago Times, 9 December 1910, Page 1

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HOME AND FOREIGN. By Electric Telegrapb.-Copynglit. Per Press Association. Received Dec, 8, at 8.10 a.m. New Vork, December, 7. Mr Taft's jnrcsage to Congress welcomes the icciprobity with Canada, stating .that closer trade with the Dominion will prove Iteneflclal to this United States. The necessity of establishing American banks in foreign, countries is emphasised, whilst the new tariff' law which ' enables tho HcpuWic to deal discriminably with the. tariffs ■ imposed by foreign countries is praised as favorable to, the country's commerce. The failure to forlily Panama Canal, it is declared, leaves the' jtepifolic powerless against a j desperate enemy. Commander Peary's Polar achievement is recommended to the recognition of Congress.

mi. „ ,i. . Paris . Dec. 7. The Sultans of Massalit and-Wadai, with very largji il 'ollowers, attacked the French in the Soudan, but were repulsed, many being slain. The dead included the Sultan Tadjedadin, while the Sultan of Wadai was wcunded. The French casualties were somewhat' heavy, Berlin, Dee. 7. The Reichstag, hy'l32. to 115 votes, decided to include the railwaymon in the Labor Conciliation Board's scheme, The Hague, Dec. 7. Herr Van Swinderen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the Second Chamber, said the Fortification Bill was inspired solely a s a national duty and as a defence against the eventual, menace to independence. He added that Britain knew that Holland's intentions; were, in nowise hostile,, and was permitted to hope that the heads d State from Britain and France would shortly visit flic Netherlands,

Brussels, Dec. 7. Apart from the £600,000 left to his daughters, the late King Leopold's estate U now appraised at three'millions six hundred thousand, which the Goveinment has seized, Princess Louise claims one-third of the total, and is also suing the Baroness Vaughan, the King's morganatic wife, regarding £1,200,000 worth of securities, the chateau of .Valincourt, and two villas at Ostend. Princess Stephanie is willing to compromise, but continues to decline thq £160,000 offered in settlement. Both her action and Princess Louise's will be heard shortly. St. Petersburg, Dec, 7, The Government has refused the Duma's recommendation to spend a minimum of one rpijlton sterjin/g tg make universal education praoticajble, Leo Andrew Tolstoi has appealed to M. Stolypin to annul his father a will. The rest of the family are anxious to carry out blwi will in its ei.tirety. The INovoe Vremya says the Government is countenancing, Krupp's scheme to equip ironworks at Mariapol with armour-making plant, despite the fact.that a million sterling has been voted to equip national armour works at Mora. The paper compli-lris that jt js imppljtic to give the Germans a footing, in the Black Sea. Berlin, Dec. 7. Professoi Eeicheuhcim's spectra investigations suggest that the) solar pj'f-ffijnerices are anode rays streaming from a positively- electrified nucleus of the sun as anode. Received Dec. 8, at 9.15 a-m. London, Dec. 7. The High Court refused Lionel Monckton an injunction restraining the (iramaphone Co, from reproducing his comic ppera songs.

The census of the Methodist Church throLghout the world gives 01,2(15 ministers, 100,160 reoogmisoa preachers, IQO.JgS churches, 8,855,052 members, 7,402.465 Sunday gdiooj scholars, and S3S,l'i4 teachers. A meteorite at Hull 'demolished a stable shattered hv» roofs. John Feeney 'has given Birmingham £50,000 tp complete the lHcture gallery and to hold ,a concert at the Festival .of the Empire? Ottawa, Dec. 7. New Zealand butter, is arriving at Vancouver via j3an Francisco and obtaining favor, New York, flee. 7.

Five hundred spectators witnessed the -"Marathon" waltz at New York, in which the victor won a bride. The -garage at the residence o! tlie Italian Uonsul at Seattle was blown up by 'dynamite, Domingo Jfawafo, president of jjlie Sealers' Union at San Francisco, Was shot dead; by Augustine Areville, a disaffected member. Received Dec, 8, at 10.30-a.m. Londpn, Dec, 7, The National Bank of; New Zealand has declared a dividend oi 12 per cent. The American visible wheat supply Is 7'1,81i,000 -bushels, ■ I The imports 'h-ave - increased £2,575,!.'01 for the past month, exports £3,515,970, and re-exports £7OG,7IC>. In connection with 'the deferred cables scheme it has. been practically deiided that the delay pn the messages shall not exceed 24 hours. Lisbon, Dec. 7. The Duke of OfliTto has notified his creditors of his intention to pay Ms debts, amounting to Sixty thousand sterling, It Is understood that .the King of Italy has advanced the money. AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Dy EUctrio Teiegr ft ph—Copyright. Per Freai Association.

Received Dec, 8, at 8,10 a,m, Sydney, Dec. B.' The' police, report that methylated spirit drinking on Sundays, when no other liquor is oHainable, is becoming very prevalent. . Brisbane, Dec. S. The Bi-itish-India Steam Naviga j tion Company 'has issued a writ against the . Government claiming £IOO,OOO damages in connection I with the steamer Waipara striking a rock in Moreton Bay while being taken to sea. The steamer was badly' damaged. . ,- -

Jjecefyd Dec. B r -at 9'a.m. '-■ ' ■ : .'.■-:■ Sydney, Dec. 8. The report.of. the Water- Bpard shows that ; Sydney"; and .suburbs consume nearly • twenty-seven million gallons of water-daily, ah average of 47J gallons per head of the popular tion. ' - " ; .

I The discovery of gold is rcportel i near Nairandera, and a larg'3 area bas been pegged out. Melbourne, Bee. 8. The ComiMtsion appointed to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the purchisc of land in the Cahuna district by the Closer Settlement Boaid examined Mr Elwood Mead, chairman of the Water Supply Commission. Mr Mead said he recommended ihe, Government to purchase tho land at Cohuna. Prior to this and before anything was (lord by tlia Government, towards securing land in the district, he consulted with Mr Anderson, engineer in the employ of the Water ■ Commission, and a farmer named Kempt. He, suggested that they buy the block, and then left on: a trip to isnrope-,, tellhift tho others if tbey did buy tho block he would like a farm out of it. He made no secret .of the m a tter. He wanted parij of the land for two friends in America, and wanted', the rest himself in' order to demonstrate, the value of Irrigation., He admitted that it was not desirable that an. officer of the State should traffio in land, Hei advised Anderson to purchase the land because he wished to get farmers antagonistic to irrigation out of the district. He! was unaware then that Anderson was connected with the sale of the land to the Government.

Mr Brown, Attorney-Gereral, examined, stated that as the result of -inquiries, he found that Anderson hart bought the land as an investment, but that it wus not- proposed to extend irrigation to the djstojet. He did not Know that Mead wasi interested in tho lend. A 'letter from Mead to Anderson, dated March last, was read, informing him that the Settlement Board had decided to make a call for lands in Oohuna which the Board previously declined, and* (advising Anderson to offer his land to the Boar-d.' Received Dec, 8, at 10,30 a.m." Sydney, Dec. 8, Private advices from the Gilbert Islands state that the,natives are suffering severely from (lrougM. No, rain has fallen fop mgnth's and food supplies are exhausted, The GgveVn/ nictot is affording relief. Fremautle, Dec, 8, The Indralema, from New York, brings SO American racehorses and trotters .for Melbourne.

Melbourne, Dec, 8. §ol. Green is advised that the mare Salamina, jp foal -to Isinglass, has, 'been purc-hasad in England on- his hehalf (or .920 gilneasr A'delaide, Dec, 8. • Blrtles, the overland cyclist, has arrived en rcute to Sydney. Sydney, Dec. 8. Thore was nobody in the Killingworth mine, /but a man working at the pit mouth had a narrow escape. He was Mown off his feet and scrambled .out of danger. An -immense quantity of - machinery and hauling ropes were driven. r(gh| up and practi«aljy 'blocked the shaft! The adjoining pit jb damaged, - The Killingwbrth mine has bear idle for 'eight weeks, but daily examinations of the workings' have been made and the fans kept gifting. The last examination was an hour and a half 'before the explosion, when everything was apparently right! It is presumed the' accident was caused by a f-all in the roof in the hricked-ofl portion of the workings. The sealing of the pit is being proceeded wjth. Several men engaged at the work were slightly afeted by after.damp. It will be impossible to aseer; tain the. full extent of the dnmagacr if the colliery, is afire till it is reopened,

Newcastle, ilec. 8. ArrivefeVermont. from BiinMln. 'Eofeart, Dec. 8. The Rotorua resumed her voyage to New Zealand yesternight. Melbourne, Deo. 8, In view of the Increased cost of supplies and the result of the Arbitration Court award 3„ and seamen seeking increased wages the- steamship companies contemplate a revision of the inter-State rate's.