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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6488, 7 April 1908, Page 1

SUMMARY.

Sir Honry Campbell-Bannerman, the British Prime Minister, has resigned, t»wing to ill-health. King Edward haa accepted the resignation with regret, and expressed his esteem for Sir Henry. Itis Majesty has summoned Mr Asquith. The news wae received in. London with more regret than surprise. Appreciative references to Sir 11. C. Bannorman’s statesmanship appear in the London newspapers. Thirty people wore overwhelmed hy the collapse of two old houses •adjoining Bcrmex’s Hotel in London. Rome were killed and others were terribly injured. Tho London "Standard” severely critioisofl the Colonial Office's policy, referring to it as one of mismanagement and negldot. It blame© Parliament and the electorates for being absorbed in party conflict*; and parochial cares. The reference is to a eerie© of articles published in Sydney on the British policy’ in the Pacific. It is rumoured that the British Government ie likely to issue regulations to prevent the use of preservatives in butTh© Victorian Agent-General has the Local Government Board to give reasonable notice to the colonies if this is to bo done. Sentence on "Miss” Robinson, of Bruce twice fame, has been postponed. Tho trial of Mrs Hamilton is proceeding. The . international Association football match, England v. Scotland, ended in a draw, each side scoring a goal. There was an enormous attendance, .several persons being injured in tho crush. . It is estimated that 130,000 were present. Roberta .beat Weiss, playing level, on a rectangular billiard-table at Home. Boxing will be included in, the Olympia blames in October, eo long as five countries enter. »’ Mr Alfred Vanderbilt is being sued, for divorce, the trial being taken in camera. It Ims been stated that ho agreed to pay his wife J 2300,000. Arbitration treaties between Great Britain, Norway, and the United States have boon signed. They follow on. the same lines as others leoontly negotiated. A lock-out affecting 50,000 has been declared by; employer* at Pane, following upon demands made by masons tor shorter hours and higher wages. Should other trades join in, 200,000 will bo rendered idle. The' Portuguese police fired on disorderly crowds in Lisbon during tho elections

Several persons were killed and others wore wounded. 'As tho result of appeals for botteV treatment, the members of the second Bnegian Duma are being segregated. Straw have already started for Siberia. A strike of telegraph operators in India •cilttsed the stoppage at Kangoon 0f, 2060 teieeranw and senous delay of cablegrams.from Enrope, via.Teheran. ■ The adtion was taken to show dissatisfnotion -with regulations introdiraed by an expogt from the British Poet Omoe. At the : election for tho Cane Assembly, tho ..Ministerialists gained seventeen Boats. ' " The steamer Bega oaipcdEed off the Bonth coast of New South Wales. It is, believed the cause of tho wreck is that the vessel's cargo shifted. During tho excitement one passenger collapsed and expired. Boats and a raft were lowered, and all tho other passengers and crow—between, seventy and eighty—landed on tho coast. In a eeoomd grade orioket match, at Melbourne, one wicket was lost for the big score of '413. Students at Melbourne University absented themselves from the annual ceremony because of certain decisions of tho University Council. Tho proceedings , were unusually decorous. A public horsewhipping was administered to a Westraihan rector by a man who believed .the former had jilted his sister. Subsequently it was found that tie engagement had been broken off by mutual consent. The flagship of tho Australian squadron transmitted a wireless message to Bydney when 218 miles away. A Kalgoorlie miner and his wife wore found dead in their homo, the indioattens being that tho man shot his wife and then himself. Tom Bnrrowoa has recaptured the Dlnteawingmg record. Bo boat Griffiths's record of 61 hours 44 minutes. A 'steerage passenger by the Mahcno ebtempted to commit suioide by cutting his threat while on the voyage to Hobart.

It w reported from Noumea that a Teaman, in a fit of insanity, shot her fchroo children dead. She .then shot herself and now lies in .» critical condition. A fire in the centre of Mataura yesterday morning destroyed several shops and nearly all their contents. The insurances total over JCISOO, The Wellington Ministers’ Association protests against the establishment of a proprietary racing olnb in the vicinity of the city. Mr Ernest Short is offering the Government his estate at Waituna, comprialng.s6oo acres. If the Government will not buy the estate Mr Short will sell it by anction. Tho Christchurch tramway returns for the year ended March 31st lust show a not surplus of -CIS3. The Canterbury Tanners and Fellmongers’ Union declares it has absolutely no faith in the Arbitration Act. Tho Union also states it has no con, fidehoe in ‘Mr Justice Sim, whose removal is urged upon the Minster of Labour. A beginning has been made on tho installation of a tramways system at Wanganui. Wanganui’s exports for tho quarter show an increase of -618,000 on tho same period last year. The Customs receipts, -682,000, also indicate a substantial rise. Members of tho Dannevirko and Woodvillo branches of the Amalgamated Society, of Kailway Servants regret tho removal of the "Kailway Review" from'tho control of Mr Hornsby, M.P.