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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9270, 24 May 1906, Page 3

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[Br Electric Telegraph.—CorTßionT.] (Pkr Press Association'.) lteeeived May 24. at 9 a.m. London. May 23. In the House of Lords Lord Reay's Juvcnilo Smoking Dili, based on the Physical Deterioration Committee's report, to provent tho salo nf tobacco to persons under the age of sixteen, was read a second time and referred to u Select Committee. The Government has determined to omit the Committee's amendment regarding the load line for incoming ships from tho Shipping Hill. Foreign Powers have already approached the (.iovoriuneut- on tho subject. The newspaper Sportsman says with reference to the cricket imbroglio, that there is a growing feeling that tho colonials ought to bo left to pay the penalty of their bickerings by the postponement of tho proposed tour to Australasia. Ixivcll and Christmas, large butter importers in London, have arranged to amalgamate all the companies in Liverpool and Manchester, with a capital of about a million. Received May 24, at 8.44 a.m. Pictermaritzburg, May 23. The Xatal (loverninent Ins declined the offer of Mr Abe ISailey, the Kami millionaire, to raise 500 mounted ritles in the Transvaal. London. May 24. liefore the War Stores Commission of Inquiry Colonel U. H. -Hamnet, of the Army Service Corps, admitted' receiving £2OO from .lames Morgan, an army contractor. Ho explained that he "was temporarily demoralised hv South African life. It is understood tliat- the bondholders rejected the terms ottered by M'Craeken'.s ItrcwoTy, Melbourne, owing to the provision made for overdue interest. A receiver will probably be appointed. Tho steamer City of York was badly damaged by lire at Tilbury Docks. The cargo', consisting of 10,000 tons of jute, was destroyed.

A shipping combination, including the Fairfield SliipbuikKng ami iNißinucriujs Company, John iirow.ii and Co., ami Camcll, "j'aird, and Co., have purchased a larye site at Ulassow to erect ordnance works and a duck to accommodate the largest battleship. An Abyssinian chief slew Mariam, the Tobher leader, and released forty prisoner* which Mariam had captured during his raids ill the Soudan. New York, .May 23. The Senators of Xow York indignantly deny .Ml' Uouldeu's allegations. They declare that they only receive? a tialary of three hundred 'sterling and a railway pass. Kuhelik's 107 concerts in America realised ii-10,000 sterling. I'ieiermaritzbur;;, May 23. The Mehloka Zulus and other Tebels have concentrated at Sla/.aba/.i Mill, 12 Hides from Isaiidhlwana. whence they are raiding the loyalists in Lihindi Valley. Ca|>ctowii, .May 23. There are twelve Chinese applicants for re pa trial ion.