CABLES.

North Otago Times, 25 June 1913, Page 2

CABLES.

HOUR AND FOREIGN Oy Electric Telegrapu-Oopyr^lit. I'm Press Association. iiejeei'ved ■■'". London, June 24. ■ Several::seamen antl stokers on tiie ■ batitlesliip Australia were fined at Portsmouth for drunkjeniiGss. aitda violent attack on the police.,

Ottawa; July 24,'. .A" Calgary ; jury acquited raky on' the charge of mansialighter'of M'Uartry^"' _ Chief. Justice 1 Haiivey has decided that any; encounter, with lists, oven privatelyl arranged constituted a prize fi-gjit, Such' a decision practically prohibits, boxing in Canada if the antliori tics c hoose to in terfere. The jury held that/ Pelky's blow hadn'ot killed M'Carty. Thd Judge declared that'if the jury had: found JPelky guilty lie would not have inflicted any sentence, as the case was rjjb'VioiisJy. one fought in order t'q deiijno the law go\wning) prize .figMjs, n , London; June 24. I'airbaira was testing a 350 horse-power aluminium aeroplane, devised foil trans-At-lantic "flight, having the body pf the Machine enclosed, ft is provided with a conning tow and glapa sides.,' It/few from Brooklauds to Shoebiiryncssa tooiisajid feet above Iho sea, when the, aeroplano dip/pod-amd fell, A friend; saw the accident,: lajnd sailwl to the sp'ot and attempted to lift the conning tower, but the aei'oplahe sank, b'efort) he got lilajrbairn ou,t. , - The King and Queen celebrated the Priuce of Wales' birthday by a special performance at the Opera House, with Ma dame Melba and Si&iior Caruso. in.'-'La 'Bioheme.p Replying to Lord ■ Sydenham regarding the unrestricted entrance of time expired soldiers into Australia and New Zealand Lon:l ' Emmotti said . the Government was not preoared to make representations to the colonial Governments' on the subject,

While the l:jarc|Jio Glenimark was in mid-Atlantic her'Hallast shifted, and she threatened to kill lov-ei-J. Tho iwptaSn and his daii(ghter were for '(wo .darys in momentarily expectation ' of bein.tr washed away by the high' seas, Tho steamer Darliolmc then saw the signals of dish-ess, and lier boats throughout the day atHemptal to reacii the vessel. Finally ali were rescued by. a life line, lllhe cobjtaih/n dauplithrough the water, and roster was ' dragged half a mile cued much exhausted. Received June 24, at 10.3 p.m. London, .Juno'2'l,. Mr Chamberlain's amendment was negatived by 202 tp 294. Mr ' Asquith resolution for the an'plieatihii of the closure was carried,

Mr Uhurchill sakl Ihc O'ppo-xitav'sidea-of lil.trly was the power to impose a permanent vote on iiireral measures regmtlmg ' the so-cnilcci degradation. He asked whether the Liberal* were not degraded in Wllii when all tlvir Kills wero I thrown out,

Mr Sim 111 on betoilf of the I Opposition, Mijwmnrai that he would take )io ' part in the suggestion stasres of the three bills.

Received j ul i a 25, at -12.30 a.m.

'London. Jllll3 'JI. Wftneraes described the Australia artiay us o ne of the worst i:nown in ths tow.. When n rrest«l a tinker shouted-: "Come nn Australians." an I a free figh-l commenced. Tl|. o i{l drew their truiickdns and a crowd ol two thousand assembled. Tin Australians chafed, again and again. Tto Bench let off the men W.U.I tn-':s, remarking that whilst everyUdy was pleased at tha colours sending crews to" England, they expected than to uhav-e ttemselvcs Sir Le.ind-er Jamceon has succeeded the Duke ol Abercorn in the pmifleiicy vl |. the- Cfcarter;-.! Company of South Africa. Mrs Sanders has been released. Oiiituary-sir Jonathan Hutchison, surgeon.

'flu Mexican Eagle Oil Company is "Kini-ft a. million and a half at fi Per cent, with a minimum of %\- Two hundred casc3 of Captain Scf.tt's have reached the Natural H story Muscuin. Particular interest is tatcn ?u the: boj ~( fossils found on -a slftlne, which Captain Scott marked '-'pole.'' knowiiie: it would besoms l,i;i,| e ,| j U the sne-w, Extensive preparations a<-e l,eir\j mads to welcome M.M.. Poineare ami Pichon. The streets ars decorated. Mr Rudyanl Kipl-.'njr lias puhlished a rosm entitled "France," -happily summarising tha French characteristics. Pari?, June 2-t. _ A salute of a hundred •grms were Sr«l .(rem „ fort en- route. -During Oi: fiiini tis-ht were wountl-i;! hy an explcs'-mi, -«hKr.l four are «■ reited it, d|, The fcntenant ro'ii-mandin-i (he firing party admits thai the 1 artriilfnrs were lefh • near the i»iin contrary to the rfgulnlinns, When the triction tul« wns WWn I back it fell amidst the reserve cnrtridnes, and ther-s was a friplitiiul explosion. -Amon-* the group 0 f ;; ,ln ' iiei-8 th> hj of on man w-is Mown out oi tte fort and fell hundreds 0; feet telow; Two mm ra:a'n:d conscioUEllt.?3 and rsce:v:i:t a'J:olutVH before th-sy died, Jun; l\ T-iie Sultan to cenhrmed the flr-ath RMitcncus. .Tun?. 21 Ttero was perious fuditin" nt Tc■l,llml on P'riluy, The Irilifßrncn 'h iite:l rijtt ire) to tlo mouths 0! t> -nn?.' T'lk Knan-v-irfe, moßt.lv l n'lewrd nrfi.it kravrjrv, Ths lofi-.-R on Wli rides ftr-s iioivy. A _n-r -■-a ,- i-.n-".--ivt eUt-o tlat Tetu a n is w th RT)nm' r n vm-nhi. Tk buttle is still uwleolded.