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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6177, 8 April 1907, Page 1

SUMMARY

A boiler tube on the battleship Dread* nought burst, badly scalding three stokers. Queen Alexandra has left London to join King Edward at Toulon. It is reported that the Univeisily Bill has been abandoned by the British Gov* eminent. Lord Elgin will preside over the Im-* porial Conference, which is expected to last ten days. The Navigation Conference hold a long discussion on the questions of'the manning of ehips and the accommodation of crews. Sir William Lync contended that it was necessary to reserve the absolute right of Australasian Governments to make a survey of a vessel if they think it necessary. At the annual meeting in London of the Karine Engineers'’ Institute-, badge*? of the New Zealand lus tit uo were presented to Lord Pirrie «nd Mr Archibald Denny. The British Navy League proposes to memorialise the colonial Premiers, asking for co-operation in the suggested establishment of a naval militia. This should be composed of men employed in the colonial mercantile marine. Naval reserve ships should lie etalionod at colonial polls lor drill purposes. The London “ .Spectator '' declare* that the granting of preference to British goods will not afreet the principles l of colonial fiscal systems. Britain, however, cannot give preference without destroying the principle of a free market. Unionist papers accuse tho British Government of trving to shelve the Australian British Preference Bill unttt after the Imperial Conference. Government newspapers arc irritated hr various cHicisms raid assertions by Sir William Lync. Enthusiastic meetings against Dome Rule and devolution wove held in Bob* fast. France and Germany have settled the difficulty regarding the transmission of cthergrnms in Morocco. Thirty-five thousand cartridges, packed in a case marked “ Mechanical Toys/* wore discovered in Sunderland. They arc believed to have been intended for Russian revolutionists. The Russian newspaper "Grumya” urges the. people tc rise up and sweep the Premier, his Ministers, and tlur Metropolitan of St. Petersburg away. A Madrid copper mining company last year made a profit of .£2,000,000, and de< clarcd a dividend of 110 per cent. It is reported that President Roosevelt considers "that the Harriman affair is tho beginning of a campaign to prejudice intended legislation to check over-capitalL salion of railways and to assure preponderance of financial magnates at the next National Convention. Reuter's Agency says it is stated at the White House that the Hearet-Harriman-Rockefeller combination has raised five million dollars for a campaign against Mr Roosevelt. Mr E. 11. Hnrriman’fi late stenographer has been arrested on a charge of selling to the New York "World” that gentleman's letter regarding the contributions by magnates to the Republican party** funds. In twenty years 1,200,000 decrees of di» vorce were granted in the United States. The situation at San LTancisco, from a workman's point of view, is said to bo deplorable. The labour unions are limiting the supply of labour and forcing up wages. The expenses of Jiving are extremely high. It is stated that Europeans in British East Africa have protested against tho sentences on Captain Grogan and others for flogging natives. Lord Elgin upholds the sentences on, the ground that the floggings were illegal assaults. Cannibalism is reported to be rampant in the Sir Charles Hardy group of islands, north-west of the Solomon archipelago. ' Sir William Lyne warmly'defends the Commonwealth Commerce and Anti-Trust Acts. Five bodies of victims of the collision on the Tamar river, Tasmania, hay©been, recovered. The Huddart-Parker steamer Easby struck a reef off the Victoria coast yesterday morning, and was seriously damaged. The vessel was subsequently beached*. Woollen mills are to be established 1b Sydney. A peculiar position has arisen in con> nection with the wreck of tho Mildtira. A man who boarded the ship after tho crew left claims possession. Lloyd's surveyor and the Adelaide managerof tha A.U.S.N. Company have also claimed pooe?i9=ion. Both parties, in order to substantiate their claims, are living on the vessel amidst the decomposing cattle. At Auckland on Saturday Mr Justice Cooper decided that "licensed premises” included hotel yards and all outbuildings* The Japanese training squadron left Wellington on Saturday morning. Two men were drowned in South Westland by the capsizing of an oil launch. The woman at Christchurch, whoso throat was cut by a man on Friday night, is in a precarious condition. The man is expected to recover. The New Zealand University Senate otj Saturday announced the honours list for the past year. It is probable that Webb, tho- Wanganui sculler, will go to Australia to row for tho world’s championship. The Auckland Racing Club's meeting was concluded on Saturday, The Autumn Handicap was won by Master Delaval.