SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6494, 14 April 1908, Page 1

SUMMARY.

Tli« ireirtHinnl of Mr A-qnilh'.s Cabinet is iumouiKx.il.

Mr AVin-ion < "liun-li i 11, la;- Cnd-r Sci' n■! ai v lor l In- ( V.lr.n i-s. I'l r<sl drat of I lie Hoard of Trade. and is sue uend-d l.v 1.0! <1 l.noas.

Karl Cretvo is Hi- new Colonial See rela r,v,

Mr Clmroliill, in a li-tit.in;.: lnanifr,.lo. «l-|K-ai«l io liis cim-lilii-nts for a rei.ev.Ml ol‘ i.lioii- confid-mT.

Ito roil-nd-d his adliereme to frootrade, prinolplis, mill declared tlial, the I lovKi-Miii-nt: was perl'eel l.v ready fo eont.iilor rtaiu. um-mlim-id.- to tl.o Kdu-n----lion Kill.

II- iistiii ill —cl that special lyj.es of schools ivcir n>-did l.y Cal liol.es and Juwh.

\ * ourl-lii.i rl ial was unable to account for the recent rolli.MOii between an armound crui.-er r.iiil :i (orp l myer

No blame wa« attached to anyone for tin* disaster.

L is proposed to lioltl a conference of lirii idi eiiuictumm. None.oui'oi m ist.s and Ilojiii.ii CalliolirH. a» adjust diherenew ami maintain religious teaching iu tho national ulucation sy.-l.ejn.

Owing to his d< Ic*r;nim<l opposition to tl.o National Labour Parlv. tiio Trades Council at Derby, Luglaml. repudiate Mr Diehard Doll, tin* representative of tho constU ,ieii< :y in Parliament.

Tho murderer of William Whifeley has again afl-emplul to commit suicide in prison.

A student at Vienna (<hot find killr<l Count, Potocki, tho Governor of GalielaLemberg, while ho was presenting a petition. I.Vsidants o£ Berlin are greatly annoyed by the iva leer's refusal to allow the erection of a statue to Professor Virchow. Germany iia.s launched the 15,000 ton cruiser Bleacher. Thirty firms have been struck off tho lisf of War Office contractors for supplying bad sausages to the r re noli army. A French aeroplanes! covered C.l miles in 0 minutes S seconds, the- lost 4A ini las without touching ground. Jay Gould defeated Eustace Allies for the “real” tennis championship of New Vork by three sets to one. The Now York Slate Republican Convent ij>n supports Pmdilent Roosevelt’s policies and favours an early revision of the luriif. ft has also adoptc<l Air Hughes for Uift Presidency. A six thousand ton Japanese steamer Tailed from China to San rrancisco with»ut a package of Chinese cargo, and nth only seventy-live par^ingers. The Canadian-Pacific Company's boat i few days before took 7Mi puascngeis. The Governor uf Galicia was shot dead by ,a student who, was presenting a petition. Several Newfoundland sealing vessels were crushed in icc-Uoca. One sank with thirteen thousand dollars’ worth of skins. The new German loans were slightly V v e r - s u b s c r i bl* tl. There is a possibility that Air Den kin may continue in office as Federal Prime Minister until the close of the session. it is nmlnr*tood lliat the Labour caucus is willing to support Sir William Lyue if given a majority of the portfolios. A man living n.t Ararat, Victoria, murdered his wile, ami also attempted to kill his father-in-law. A sharp earthquake has been esperimc.cd in South Australia. Professor Bragg, of Adelaide, has accepted the Cavendish Chair of Physics at the Leeds University. At the inquest concerning the deaths of the victims of the Invercargill tragedy, tho jury found that Baxter killed his wife and children and then committed suicide while suffering from impulsive insanity.. Eleven of tho bakers’ carters at Hastings have struck for better pay. They claim an increase of eight shillings per week and payment for overtime. The master bakers refuse to put on| men in place of the strikers, many of' whom aro married, and evince a desire to come to terms and resume work. Employers and bakehouse hands aro taking the delivery carts round and trade is uninterrupted. A petition is being promoted at Drury for the release of Mr W. Dixon, who is in prison for refusing to pay "back wages” to an employee who had worked below tho Arbitration Court award rate. A deputation is to interview the Afinister of Justice on Air Dixon's behalf. A batch of 126 immigrants from England arrived by the steamer Devon yesterday. A fire in tho Auckland "Star” office did damage estimated at between .11500 anti .£IOOO. . The publication of the paper was not seriously interfered with. The Conciliation Board sat at Wanganui yesterday in connection with the general labourers’ dispute. Tho liabilities in tho estate of K. J., Munro, of Wellington, amount to .£421; assets nil. A picture purchased at the Christchurch Exhibition lias been stolen from tho Wellington Art Gallery. Wholesale suppliers have increased tho price of meat to Wellington retail butchers. The Railway Superannuation Fund has now an accumulation of <£127,000. la the opinion of the Secretary for Education complaints about teachers* salaries based on attendance would be minimised if tho regulations were ' better understood. Tho enso of Donnelly and others v. Meincrt/.Uagea was before the Court of Appeal in Wellington yesterday. A discussion concerning the Golf Club’s lease of Jlutt Dark took place at the meeting of tho Hutt Borough Council last night. Tho Grey mouth Wharf Labourers’ Union has decided to continue monetary support to the Blackball minors. Mr Pritchard, a delegate from Blackball, left Wellington for Christchurch last night to confer with tho chairman of tho company’s directors.