CABLES.

North Otago Times, 5 June 1913, Page 2

CABLES.

HOME AND FOREIGN By Eloctric Telegraph—Copyright.. Ver Press Association. deceived June .4, at 10.20 p. London, June 4. By _ pressing a button at Buckingham Mace the Queen opened the doors of the kmy'D 'Hospital tor consumptive children in Weston, Ontario, and within fifteen seconds the signal was acknowledged. The House of Commons red a second time the Mental Deficiency Bill. Hundreds of Boats, were destroyed at Fred Bough's boatshed, of a value of £3OllO, Two airships and twelve aeroplanes, each attended by a of' mechanics, led the march past-at. Alldeivhnt. connection with the King's birthday.,! i " Biida Pesth, June 4. A sensational political trial, in which Opposition Deputy l);esy figures for libelling li. But-acs, wholn he described as the greatest corruptions in Europe, is taking piace. He accused the l'remien of corruptly using large sums, advanced bv banking and other institutions, for the Government electoral campaign. The trial ended in an acquital. The judgment stated lliat M. Butacs accepted £125,000 sterling from the bank of Hungary for party purposes. TheCfibinet has resigned,' St. Betersbury, June 4. High financial ' authorities consider the Chinese loans aro ( a perturbing factor in the world's monev market, as its attractiveness has lowered all international securities. Greater stringency will be felt when the Balkan crisis has ended, as the- belligerents ■ will require one hundred million sterling to make good the wear and tear of war. Washington, June 4. ill the House of .Representatives Mr Steenerson introduced a Bill enabling foreign vessels to participate in American coastwise ■ trade through tne Panama Canal. President Wilson has declared in favor of- free meat (cattle, sheep and hogs) ; and wheat and 1 oatSj ■ i .

As President Wilson has iiwimjr thcL House rf Rem.scntativeS to agree to tree wool and siigfv it is (...iisideral likely lie will be able to influence the Senate similarly. The Senate Committee declared in favor of reporting frccWncat, and! the State Department is to be advised.

The Mexican, rebels have captured Matamoras, but the fate of the garrison is unknown. It is statod that railway bridges are burning and robbery and murder are rife throughout northern Mexico. Reoeivcd June <l-, at> 11.<6 p.m. New York, Juno 4. Doust and Rice in the douMes comjMely Rmotkral Wrsm'i ami Learned. Botii the former •tro national ckmroions, the Americans' only score being taken in the lirst j set. fi—l. The -Australians smaslipi spiritedly in tlleir sallies nnd won their three crames. dec's vely. l"x----■•wts are of; o|iiniorf t!:H tbr Americans will have a hanl task to' tiifunr tlie Auptrvliariß fo» tho Davis Cnn in the 'doubles. Jones npearotf in the courts sliowini; the result ot Wn illness, a.ml it is doubtful -if 'lis "will be able to piny.

Vancouver, June Tb9 Australians !&,V« 7 wicWs down for ill", nnl tleoltireel. Edmonton made 7G. The 'Australians won |,y 21 runs. Received June 5, a.t .12.20 a.m. London, June 4. The tampered firms' commitflents are -estimated nt tlirueqiiartiers of a million. Monday's slump is considered to he -due to the hasty acceptance of foiindationlr'ss stories, aided bv nervousness and heavily lata mirierwritinp operations.

The Caniulian >Pnfific -stocks ami the Continental 'bourses nro recovering, There is much discussion over th Post liaureateshio. Some newsnapers suggest' its abolition. Tte claims of Messrs Bridges, Watson, Ncwbolt, Noyes nm! Maseflekl are discussed. Tim majority favor Kipling. Bombardier/ 'Wpliri Ims challenge!! Carpentier for a thousand aside.

Berlin, June 4. The Davis O"" tie betwenn Fnance am! Germany -has 'begun at /'Wiesbaden. K rc-sw-r beat Cobert, I—fi,1 —fi, fi—4. R—2, f.-3. Dr Rohsnfcach, an authority on the N«nr Eastern questions, asserts that Hftklii Pasha recently concluded mi agreement with Britain, securing Britain's support in the Pence neeotiat.ionF/ respecting the A&wan Islands ami tii-e 'Albanian suKfainity, wherefore Turkey sat's Britain's wifhra carrtal out regarding tte Basdnd'railway,, the Persian Gulf, Koweit n»d Persian' uounilaryquestions. Turkey grants fecial privi-lep-es in Southern Aralbia.

nr OHn Solmiilt .Ims olaime.l Hfore the Cologne Medical Society that I''9 has discovered the cancer and a curnjtive sprum. He '•B-.uestfd tl» Society to appoint a commission to investigate. Vienna, June 4. As the outcome 0 f the Rldl ipcj. ileivt twenty, supposni Russian shiE3 were secretly arrestel. London, June 4. Spi»o newsnaners demanded tlir. Master nf Elibank's examination be lore the Marconi 1 '"PllD'tte?. TJifV roillt out that lie resigned the 011 tho date that the Marconi debate opened, and it is rumni'od )in sneculato:! heavier than his colleagues. Madrid, June 4. Fi r e l'ridTfa were destroyed mkl many hniires d'nio'ished by a waterbnout in Bn'lian V«lley, .which it, devastate!, Po"r were killed. Capetown. .Tune 4. Mr Smuts, in th? AFSem-hlv, said )><> w a .< lint s:iii(ritiin<) ith.it, anything would he done in the iinmoiiate future W'tii rcimrd to a nav*i contribution, Tip Assembly oWvtelnFnslv rejected a Labor motion to remit the ,'iiyl,«r ground hour's in mines to ei;'!it from bank to bank.