SUMMARY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6623, 12 September 1908, Page 1

SUMMARY

A joint conferencc of ma-ders and onfailed lo leach a -.l'UJemenl in m-;.'ard to the Lanea-hire rollon trouble.

At a Jai"c midnight tfathemip' of mit i m ployed in Glasgow inllammat/ny (‘•perches worn nirwlo.

The police di-ipvvMMj Die crowd, bni /TOO came io<o-l Iwr anain aJid elarted lo natch to liie Lord I’rovot’s bouse.

Wli'-n a quarter of a mile fiom Ilnur dcftt.j nation mount ed police Midden ly /jharp'ed the prece-.don and scaUetcd Ihe mob in all direct ions. A South Amd raldm loan of two mil* /.inaa has been issued at 97.1.

A joint conference in London adopted Kubjecl to a ballot be the men, a .settlement in regard to the mud h-ea.-d engineer.-/ dispute. The conference is hopeful that the eetllenienl will ho accepted

At tiff’ inanpurahnn of Ihe liin'hari‘ l ie, i. \ rail ! ii .imo I 'a aof -'Melbourne, ml mxl Ihe finaiina!s at liif liiyh altar. hik] S Iji■ IP-hop ul' A nek laud ami allu r colonial lii-imps were mrommodnU'd with places in llu! .-.ancillary. "The Times" deprecates ilui mistake of promoters of a i’uninn Catholic procession in disref-'ani of Ilia Statute, ami Miys if will not jirnma;a 1 1m success of tlm cause they have at heart. A Uuard of Trade inquiry res;aru,nfT I In* loss of (lie hr,; hi •! morn in June, hi thn half of Sura, while on the vnyIIg« to Svduey I'ouml Unit aha wno overladen when she 101 l I'ort Said, and that l.oi- st'ildlily iv:n niMiiaciont. IJaiTv and Towns liavo inailn (In’ final deposits of hi llh for tlm nine for tlm r.uyli'li seulliup cltnint>i*.-n=iup. Tim Af.C.C. Australian I cam mat nil Knp'lisli flavin ami niaynd a drawn came, in whiclm llrn Kut-lisiiimm Hindu Urn butter showim,'.

Mr ICiilstnn. J’rcin i('r of Qiiwnslnnil, |„t s...il■■(! t'l'.’in Kngliuul on Ins return t? ijiicensliuul. Itc complcU'tl an an-aiiKt-i.-icnt with (lie Xli il ish-lmUii Sli-umsliip Company. for n Ihirty-ftvu ilnyi.' steamer service via tin' IcniM -jlniiiis.

A steamer will run monthly. conimoncIni- in (/cUlicr. Uniform Irciglitu wi.l l, a charged from all Queensland ports.

Tlm Wripht nrollmrs’ aeroplane, trav tillin' for (« minutes continuously! uov rrfil Vf miles.

Tlif Sonato ut Hrns-mls, In- (if votes to £4, adoplfd a motion in lavour ot tlm iiiiiii-xatiou of tlm (,'onyo by beigium. Heavy niklitional taxation is forediadJ (ifimanv on nrliules ot peuera! consumption and pas and eteet rmity. with m\ extension of tlm legacy dimes. “Thu Times” states that Jluii ITofed 'm in a dilemma rei:nriiiu f { uaWnaa;. s riquesl to release Krmiki. ami has not pul replied to too request. mm n, lr,qf l J ! )0(> killed nnrl rvmindtHl in t !io rt'W‘iit fight I‘micn hmopo at Djorf, in North-east -Joro.ro. The now Premier of Japan, addressing nomy* Thin policy wan now fixed, f '; Count Katsura considered, idaim . worlir« t hopes for pracy on a emu foumlai ion.

Grout forest fn-os are sweeping »'< Western Ontario. ami the lowtl ol tort William is threatened with dostruction.

The Earl of 7.) ml ley was accorded an enthusiastic welcome on arrival in -Mell.ournn on Thursday.

"The Times,” dealing with the farewell to Lord Xorthcote. rotors to tho tribute paid to him and to his successor. the Earl of Dudley. Ttevovtiii" to the question of immigration. '"riuTTinios" urges that the States should forthwith make a virtue ot impending necessity, anil says that as the main power ot the purse will shortly devolve upon the. Commonwealth, the Ktales might save much overlapping. eltort, and expenditure.

The paper considers it more than time a lliuh Commissioner for Australia was appointed. The ‘'Westminster Gazette” says the success of n "whito” policy depends on whether sufficient numbers arc attracted t-. justify the exclusion.ot non-wlutes, Afr Justice Simpson, in tho Divorce 1 -*urt at Svdnov, raised the question whether proof of service upon a party to a divorce suit residing >n Now Zealand could be accepted by the Couit. it had, he said, been tho practice tm have petitions served unon people beyond 1 U i risdiction of tho Court, but the Line'*had come when they should decide whether that was tho correct practice. If the practice was not ifc he a bur to a cercat many divorces, and KA& that had been iV a „ .lefieit Which stood two years ago reduced to .£n7.00«. Sir Thomas »rnt Victociau Prenuer ; w.r'ot\ EnUsU' battleships to visit A ustn«Ha. . T . a -l„. Vtnitcd States battleship Eansns has sailed ’ "it .{LJS American nailers missing.

ola““'w«* defended by the and opposed by some uf the speakers. In the 1 Ion*? of aiStlfVXntinHo- tor purchase of the Mamiwalu railnaj, In the dismission wl,i* oH«M Bovernment .was congratulated on gniving U>e Imo. The f.abonr Bills Committee of the uf Representatives has reported Its proposed amendments in the Arbitnit&n Act An.endmc.nt Bill to the Uoi.se of Representatives. Tim eomniitteo recommends the excision of tlio needs and exertion wage.

The rnlepayers of I.o'vcr Hutt last night passed a resolution condemni n tho proposed action of tho Boio g Council in regard to gasworks.

Tho fine of -CIOO imposed upon tho Wellington Bakers’ Union for .striking was paid yesterday. The individual members of tho union, charged with striking, wore thou eon-nrt.-d hv the Arbitration Court, but not rtnml. '

further frames in the ladies' hookey tournament were nlayed at Day’s Bay *estcnJuy.