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New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6270, 25 July 1907, Page 1

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An uproarious scene took place in the British House of Commons on Tuesday. -’Mr John Redmond charged Mr Moore (Uuoionist) with writing to one of the . Irish Estates Commissioners, threatening him with all sorts of punishment when the Unionists regained office. Mr Moore admitted that his letter was an imprudent .one. The Australian lawn tennif. repreeentatives in England won the International Davis Cup on Tuesday. A Manchurian railway loan of five millions, guaranteed by Japan, has been offered in London. Only half the amount was subscribed, scrip falling to discount. The chief underground railways, motor and horse omnibus companies of London have decided to form a Passenger Traffic Hoard to consider the question of payable fares. It is alleged by the Street Noiso Abate* L ment Committee that motor and traction engine traffic has depreciated London house property by six million pounds. Mr Winston Churchill intends to visit East Africa and Uganda to make a ' personal examination into native ques* ’ tious. Sir H. C. Bannorman induced the House of Commons to authorise the ap* • plication of the closure during the debate on the Evicted Tenants Bill. ' [ Mr Balfour said the late Government regarded the closure as a drug to be administered to sick patients, but the ■ present Government treated it els members' daily food. The London "Telegraph'* says ali.points in the 'Anglo-ltussian agreement !. have been settled. r: • Jabez Wolfit? has made another un* successful attempt to swim the English Channel. He says be will not try again. The British Prime Minister says the Government will legislate nest session to gh T o effect to the main provisions of the Select Committee's report on rural “housing. Unless the vivendi is renewed, American herring fishers threaten to take full crews to Newfoundland. This will throw eight hundred Newfoundlander* out of work.;,:. A resolution in favour of a South'African federation was carried unanimously iu tho Capo House of Assembly. 1 Viscount Hayashi says the Korean throne has nothing to fear from Japan. A German military balloon has carried out some successful evolutions. The new Belgian port of Zeebrngge, the terminus of the Bruges ship canal, has . been opened. Dr Haw, an American lawyer, has been sentenced to death at Karlsruhe for murdering his mother-in-law at Baden last . November. : i The murderer's wife has committed suicide. ■■■■'■.- Forces ore being despatched to operate against tho Moroccan brigand Eaisuli. Raisiili declines to negotiate for Sit Harry Mnclean's release except with the Power©. One hundred and forty-four survivors from the Columbia, which" was wrecked through colliding with the San Pedro off the coast of California, have landed safely. The loss of life is now estimated at t \ sixty-nine. An explosion has occurred in a colliery in Japan. Appalling loss of life Is reported. Tavshajian, tho wealthiest “ Armenian in America, was piurdercd in Now York on Tuesday. Tho murderer justifies the crime, on the ground that deceased had refused to subscribe money to assist his countrymen in their patriotic struggles. Albanians and Turks exterminated a band of sixty-five Servians near Salomon. . The New Zealand footballers defeated Queensland ait Brisbane yesterday by twenty-three points to three. • Mr Deakin is improving in health. He declines to take his doctor's advice and take a long sea voyage. The steamer Kakapo and the barque Eagle Crag collided on Sunday* ofi the New South Wales coast. Neither ves--1 .eel was seriously damaged. Manv tins of opium -Hero found floating near Sydney Heads yesterday. Two Chinese were in a boat in the vicinity, apparently intending to pick up the ■ opium. 1 Mr John Leahy has been elected Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In the voting the Government and the Opposition combined against tho Labour party. Charles Ericson, of Pongaroa, was yesterday fined A:SO for sly grog-selling. The scow Surprise, which was wrecked at Ohni on Sunday, was owned by Eobb Bros., of Gisborne. She was insured for -£650. 1 The Wellington Steeplechase was won yesterday by Haydn; dividend, £A. A meeting of persons interested in the boot and shoe trade was held in Wellington yesterday to discuss the tariff. A resolution was passed expressing the view that the old tariff was satisfactory, and protesting against increases in duties. ■ The debate on the Financial Statement was concluded in tho House of Eepresentatives last night. . The Premier intends to secure an independent report concerning the condition of the Christchurch Municipal : Abattoirs.