SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6622, 11 September 1908, Page 1

SUMMARY.

Tho KuohnneUo Congrw-a lias opened hi i. London.

Tim ili'jcgafi« include eight cardinals, fifteen an'lilu>ln/j«, (-evenly Inshoj*, ’hweuty-two üblti/K, ami many other digaitaa'ies Irom all parl.-i ol the vvmdil. During the four clay a of tho oonj?re«s 10,11(10 miiH-ee will he c-aul, and (.here will he olahorale music m U eetimiioter Cathedral.

Tapers upon various aspects of (ho history and development of the worshcii nf the Sacrament ol the ) , ,uehan.-.t will he read at the Horticultural. Caxloa, ami .liuekiagham Halls, and lac entire conIjrces relates to subjects connected with an Kuchantt.

The "Morning X’ort” and "Westminster nazette" consider f,he Act of Catholic. Kinaneinalion definitely forbids procisnions, and they see no reason way the law should not !><• observed. Bolli pa.poiti comlc-mn I in* promotert-;.

King Kdward has aekaouledgcd the Protestant petition against the procosBion.

It is stated that the Home Secretary sanctioned the procession, but the opinkm is expressed that «n official hint 1,0 tho promoters to abandon it would bo acted upon.

Mr John Redmond, speaking at Waterford, said that the Government must fulfil pledges regarding settlement of tho land question.

Referring to Home Rule, ho declared fthufc tho real obstacle to its attainment ■was dissension among tho Irish people. If internecine strife could not cease Alien ho felt he must retire from politics. Children in Glasgow under five years t>f age arc receiving three meals a day. Tho unemployed are well organised, and intend starting midnight marches in tho wealthy •suburbs. "The Times’' states that the South Australian loan will appear within a few days.

The salvors have righted the cruiser Gladiator, which collided with tho American liner St. X’uul, off Yarmouth, on April 25th last. Tho London General Omnibus Company carried 12,658,D0f) fewer passengers Li 1007 than in 1006. This was chiefly owing to tho completion of tho tube railways.

Five days’ continuous rain greatly damaged crops in Scotland, and ‘in tho Jaorth-wcsi of Ireland. Tartakove.r, of Sydney, won the Southern Counties quarter - mile swimming (championship in 6min. 15 2-s<s<m:, beating H. W. Haircloth, tho holder, by a foot. Major-General Luard, whoso wife wat> murdered recently near Sovonoaks, Kent, in a letter to tho press urges that roads and woods should bo cleared of unemployed.

Many of these, ho says, are in dire want, and may yield to temptation and Conimit serions criui cs.

At the Doncaster meeting the St. Xx>ger was won by Air J. B. Joel's Tour Atajwty. White Eagle second, and Santo .Btrato third..

During the past three years there has been a decrease of 70 per cent, in the .Humber,of applicants for Catholic ordination in France, owing, it is said, to tho precnriuuHness of the voluntary contributions for tho support of tho clergy. A supposed German spy was arrested while attempting to purchase parts of funs from tho magazine at Bourges, in ‘ranee.

Silvio Rictcr, supposed to have been Lconcerned in an attack on the Sultan, returned to Constantinople under the impression, that he was safe under tho recant amnesty. 110 was arrested. The Danish cx-ACinister for Justice has been arrested at Alberta, in Canada, on his own confession, for forgery and defrauding tho Zealand Peasants' Savings Bank, of which he was a director, of .£500,000.

Mr Bolmont and other American racehorse owners are transferring their mtables to Franco owing to tho antigambling law.

Mr Thomas Roseby, a Sydney banister, has been appointed British Judge of tho Joint. Court to be established in the Now Hebrides under tho FrancoBritish Convention.

While the stcamor Briez Izel was fill'.lng her water-tank.* at Sydney ono overflowed, and a quantity of cargo for Now Zealand was damaged*. In tho amateur boxing championships Jvt Brisbane Elliott, a New Zealander, was tho winner in tho featherweight division.

When the police came up with Major and other blackfcllows wanted for the murder of Fcttol and Davis at Turkey Creek, West Australia, there was a very determined fight.

Between 150 and 200 shots were exchanged before the murderers were killed. Major used three rifles and two xovolvorfl. his gin standing by his side leoading tho weapons.

Tho Machinery Inspection Bill and iminor measures were debated in the ‘House of Representatives yesterday. Af tho Supremo Court at Palmerston •yesterday t Mr Justice Chapman sentenced Arthur Henry Woods to seven .years* imprisonment for indecent assault u>n a child. Tho ladies’ hockey tournament was advanced a stage at Day’s Bay yesterday. Tho senior championship was won by the Hawke’s Bay representatives, who have not suffered a defeat.

Air A. E. L. Periling has been appointed keeper of tho Nowtown Zoo, at ci salary of £2OO per annum. Air Bortling brought to New Zealand the chamois presented by the Emperor of Austria, and has since boon gamekeeper for the Tourist Department at Rotorua. High winds around Christchurch caused a good deal of damage yesterday morning, tree.s. fences, and sheds being blown down ami tho telegraphic service disorganised.

Evidence in tho Wellington tailoring dispute* was heard by tho Arbitration Court yesterday. Tho Association football competitions for the Brown Shield were continued yesterday at Dunedin. Wellington defeated Taranaki by four goals to nil.

A conference of delegates in the oven.in# made various recommendations to the Kow Zealand Football Association in reference to future Brown Shield competitions. Three Dunedin boys have achieved remarkable success in experiments in vireiess telegraphy. Last evening they communicated by ''wireless” with Sir Joseph Ward in VMlington.