SUMMARY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6871, 15 July 1909, Page 1

SUMMARY

Several Workington (Cumberland) iron companies, and the Cumberland properties belonging to the Cammed Laird Iron Company, have amalgamated, with a capital of .£2,000.001}. The amalgamated companies employ 7000 men.

Sir J. S. Bandies, M.P., director of the Workington Iron Company, states that foreign competition has necessitated the amalgamation.

A "City of London Free Trade Committee” has been formed for propaganda purposes, irrespective of parly.

Sir John Dickson-Poynder, Conservative H.F., has withdrawn from the Budget 'League on tho ground tlrat tlio Govern* numt's amendments to the Finance Bill are only making the proposed land taxes more unworkable.

Several Ministerialists hold that Mr Lloyd-Cieorgo's promise to exclude small (holdings proves that the increment tax is no longer based upon principle.

The Australian cricketers in their first innings against Gloucestershire made i!5 for eight wickets, Bardsiey contributing

It is understood that Canadian underwriters secured 55 per cent, of the new Canadian 31 per cent, loan of ,£6,500,000.

Count Zeppelin is arranging for the enlargement of Gorman railway termini to shelter his airships, so as to avoid tho necessity of special balloon halls.

Arabindo Ghose. founder of the native newspaper “Bando Mataram" at Calcutta, is inciting tho Bengalis to assemble'in. tens of thousands on August 7th to celebrate tho anniversary of tho boycott.

Reuter’s Simla correspondent states that seditious printing by the native press has practically coasod in India, tut tho Indian Government has frequently called Lord Moricy's attention to “India House"—in London—whence dangerous pamphlets are issued.'

Tho Nationalist forces in Persia, which bad been steadily advancing on the capital during -the last few weeks, took up- a strong position west of Teheran.

The Shah endeavoured to open negotiations with the revolutionary leaders, but without success. The Nationalists entered Teberan, and fighting is proceeding in tho streets.

It is expected that the Shah will take refuge in one of the Foreign Legations.

The Nationalists have occupied the Parliament' buddings and the house of Said-od-Dowloh, Prime Minister. The populace. are encouraging them.

A private cablegram from Teheran states that Europeans in the capital are in no danger.

Frank Gobdale, * youthful aeronaut, starting from ' Mew .Jersey, sailed a dingib.e balloon over New York, thence to Manhattan, and returned to Now Jersey, against. the wind, manoeuvring his ; airship -splendidly.

The 1 American ; Pacific fleet will be dispatched to the Philippines at the end of the forthcoming naval -manoeuvres.

The Norwegian barauo Errol, bound from the wesc coast p<#ts of America, was wrecked on tho Middleton Iteef on J un© 18th.

The steamer Tofua, which arrived at Sydney yesterday ' from the Islands, brought five survivors, who wero found at the reef op the l«th instant, in the last' stages of exhaustion. •

The captain's wife and four childrendied four days prior to the Tofua'a arrival.

There Were fcwenty-two souls on board the Errol. Most of them perished from starvation.

Th© survivors were in a shockingly emaciated condition, but all that could bo done for them on board the Tofua in their weak state was done.

The censure motion in the New* South Wales Assembly was negatived by 46 to hU, and the Address-in-Keply was carried.

Dr Murray, Roman Catholic Bishop of, Maitland, did not possess .sixpence vrfien he died last week.

The Federal liner Dorset struck what is believed to bo an unohartered pinnacle of coral near Cape Capricorn. fc»he arrived at Brisbane leaking slightly.

Four hundred names of unemployed are on the Wellington Relief Committee's list. 7

The total amount of subscriptions from tho public up to yesterday is ,£717.

Fort}* men were employed yesterday on the wprk of .preparing Victoria College grounds for building purposes. It is intended by the Citizens* Committee to employ a number of men in the construction of a road from Constable street to the signal station on Mount A ictoria.

,Won< on. this undertaking will commence next Monday, about tnirty being put on to- begin with. •If funds are available, subsequently employment will b© provided, in making a .recreation ground at Kilbirnie. Two spectators who had used bad language at football matches have been warned oft grounds under the jurisdiction of the Wellington Kugoy Union. A charge of professionalism against a member of‘ the Tramways Football Club is to be investigated by the union. • •Fifteen employees of the Labour Department have been notified that their services will be no longer requird and are being paid their salary up to September 30th. ,

Four of those retrenched are in. the department in -Wellington," the remainder being in various places throughout tho Dominion. • •

It is understood that an inspector at Auckland and one at Dunedin are amongst those retrenched, the remainder belonging to'the clerical stall in various places. . ■

Tho non. G. Fowlds gave a sympathetic reply to an Auckland deputation which urged the removal of tariff duties on s serums and vaccines used for the euro of diseases.

It was never intended, said the Minister, to raise revenue from material imported for the treatment of disease. Mr Fowlds promised that the. matter would be put right at the first opportunity which offered.