SUMMARY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6495, 15 April 1908, Page 1

SUMMARY

Tin. reconstruction of I In. lii-itif.ii Cabinet has evoked 11 storm of pliM mlicism ■ null, a.ii'unliii" In Ilic "Dully M.nil." .\ii- .McKciiiid'n appointment, a.,-l-n.-,t Uii-il of il.ii. ..Admiralty it; unfortunate-. Mi- CliuinliiU'ri removal firm. tin. Pnlonia.l llilico pleases llio "Standard. ' which allege* tli.-it his action* v.-i-i-i- Cllloulutwl to alienate llio sympathies of colonial statesmen. 'l'll (I HlKllJl-l-. SIKM-l-ll ill UlO Iloiis.- of Commons "ill I*. delivered by .Mr i\M|iiit.h. Mr A. (J. Halt*, labour. lirifl' ;n-.<l iirmv rclormci-, un.l .Mr W. .li..vn -onllickrf, Unionist, "ill oppo:e Mr »m----uton Churchill in lln- com est. for .\orll>Wcst Manchester. Lord ('arrin-lon riin.iilns Hint, if Heal l.emplod I" '■l'''' l"'e.-enl liflu-NiliOU. Sir ll'-urv (.'amphcll-linnm-rman's liiiillh .-liov.-.i litllo t-htcic", Ihou-rli. tin pa s,rd. a rc-.-.-tl'iil day on fauinliiy and obuiined funio tdeerj. Mrs Pob.-rt WaLsou. widow of a former Clsiislehuvch resident, has biotioalhod it fund for illusions for i\ew y.cala.id clergymen. Sir l.'obcrt. (lili'cu presides over -Hie committee of inquiry into changes desiinblo in tin, form of Hoard of Trade roturns of Uril nor!*. The Powers have arrival at: an asrwomoiif rceai-diu;; Hi., ([Uestiou of reform* in Macedonia. M. Klnlvpiu has appealed to (he Duma, to vote money for development of the far Hast, ivlwro l.'ussia must, m,:it ruu^. Tin. Governor of (ialiciu. in Aiislna'Hunan.rv, huM been (esslussinatrd. the -riiiM. iM-iut; uitribuicd to political motives. Three Anarchists have been ni-rr.slrd .-il. Paris whilo tryinsj to smu-;.,'le a. iiuantily of dynamite info the eily. Tim Indian tcloi'fnnliistH' strike was occasioned by u demand that they r.houl,l work ciyht-hour continuous idiifls, a. l-ltrco-kour interval previously enjoyed for sleep being stopped. The, enforcement of the new regulation is favoured by tho Viceroy. A freutv i-e-riilatiii!,' the frontier of tho t'rcueh (''onpi) and the tlonuaii Camiroon.s hn-s been i-wiod. The ('atuufinu Premier f-tnt.es that ircufic* have been s, R ued c-oiicermns the loumlarifs between Canada and Hie Knifed States, and the fish-ories in the tireat Lakes. The lire in the lloston suburb of Chellea wlneh on Sundav nijrht destroyed a niu'are mile of I lie btlildinj," area, started in a iriKpieker's tdiop. four more deaths are reixjrfed, 10.0(10 persons are homeless, and the duimiKo ; s isscsned at .£l',I)(i!I.(iI)0. Pmrintr If>U7 aliens leaving the United .stales took away with them .£li(i,(iull,n(W. The \la«l:a» portion of Hie route for I-lie New York to Pari* motor race ha.s ioen abandoned, a thaw bavins rendered Uie roads impassable.

It is staled that- Mr Dentin only consented to retain oHiro as Federal Prime Minister lit the it-quest of his colleagues. To-dnv the Government will ask for a postponement of the motion for nppointliifiit nf a If ova 1 t'ommi.-sion on Post Office organisation until the tariff is dealt with. I If t.lio request is refused Mr Dentin will resign at once. The erection of the Federal smnllnrins factorv at Lithgow, at a.n estimated cost of .KTO.UW; is to bo commenced at once. The sKinifn's strifeo on coasla.l vessels nf Sydney has ended, the union agreeing that the companies shall have a month in which to dispose of norf-unionists. A strike of non-union son men has occurred at Newcastle, tho men demanding ■payment at casual instead of weekly rates Tasmanian hop-growers intend to ask that the import duty be increased, owing to an effort by buyers to "boar" prices of Australian 'hops. Burglars forced open a safe at. the Oocma. N.S.W., railway station by means of dynamite, and got. away with „El4!>. Commissioner McKic, head of tho Salvation Army in .Australia, hah been ordered to leave for Ilonio. rolonian, who murdered a constable at Ultinolg, Kont.lv Australia, a fortnight jigo, has been arrested. A Chinaman employed on the steamer Aldonham. which has arrived at Thursday Island from Hongkong, is suffering Iriini small-pax. Victorian stock returns show records in tho numbons .of horses, cattle, and :hheep in tho State. Drought in the north-west districts of Victoria is causing much concern to owners of stock. After a gallop with Ca«t.away yesterday morning at Uandwick tho New Zealand honso Elevation, who made a tine run, was found to be lame, and it us feared that disappointment awaits those who hoped to see a great race between tho visitor and Mountain King-. At. Adelaide vewtordnv the New Zealand bowlers woro defeated by South Australia by 120 points to 71. Tho captain of the Now Zealand professional football team, speaking at Sydney, considers the now League gamevil! he appreciated by tho colonial public quite as much as the amateur Rugby tamo. Tho ufcriko of bakers' drivers at Hastings has ended, only one of tho employers agreeing to the men's demands regarding hours and pay. A six-vcar-old bov died at Hope, near Nelson, "as tho result, it ia alleged, of Injuries caused by a kick received while ■playing football at school. The Dcjiniston Minors' Union has deluded to caiicel its registration under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. A great Maori demonstration of welcome, will form part of tho programme on tho occasion of tho United States fleet's visit to Auckland. A horso collided with a motor-car near Marton on Monday afternoon. Tho car was overturned and bady damaged, and the seven occupants more or >ess injured, two tsovorely. I'lio Wellington tramway employees Asked tho Tramways Committeo of tho Vity Council to reconsider tho decision to run trams on Good Friday. I The men asked that it be laid down »« a general principle that holidays Ik> observed on Go;>cl Friday- and Chr'sl- .»>:>* Day. Tho Tramways Committee decided to jwJhorp to the decicion to run trams on. ftcod Friday.