HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXV, Issue 10007, 25 November 1908, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Ki.ErrnK' Tki.kokai i h.--Coi'yi«qii t ,] (Pun l'nr.ss AssoiuaruiN.) Received November 25, at 8.3 a.m. London, -November 24. Mr Birrell was an hour and a-ludt'j,, introducing his complex Isand i'ltrchag© Bill!, lie slat'od that the sales, completed totalled 25 millions, the p cll( j. i:ug represented. 52 nu.l.lions',. and itist«d(l of the £100,000,000 that it was conk-m----plated in 1903 would Suffice to effect the purchases £180,000,000 would be needed Amid Nationalist cheers he aniuuiiieoti that'it was intended to relieve the Iviali ratepayers for'.prospective .losses to (,| w extent of half a, million yearly on issues of stock. It was intended to issue thiy B per cents', to increase the .iiutendiug ants' annual interest on advances, reduce the, bonus'to three per cent., increase tho present limit to 12 millions, and give'„ ■graduated Ixuiiis .in ord»er to assist poorer -landlords to sell. He- <coinmunlei| on the Dudley Commission, and remarked that- possiession. of untenanted or gra»» lands must be obtained. They must de. eide- which were the better, cattle or people. The Governmeait- asked for com. pulsory powers in this regard, lie ex. plained that the congested districts bonrd would consist of 18 inemlwrs, whereof nine would bo chosen, by tho local authorities of each congested district, the comity adding thi.', remainder. Kinariee would li controlled by an administrative commit, tee of non-elected members, lie assured the Nationalists that if any measures wore carried over to another session this one could not be included in the list.-, (Nationa 1 ist cheers.) Received November 25, at 8.10 a.m. London, November 24, ilr A. -.11. Lee, .enquiring- into the two. Power standard, asked whether the Go. vermnent meant those Powers to he the two next strongest Powers, whichever and wherever. Mr Asquith replied; "Under' all existing and foreseeable conditions 1 think that .is so.—(Cheers.) Oitr dominating consideration :i« to maintain our superiority and the two-Power standard lis a workable formula to tlint end."—-(Cheers.)

Lord Talbot baa intimated, that a« re. presenting Catholic opinion it is his in. tent ion to give Mr Kunuiinarii's Education Bill most determined and. resolute opponition. Mr A. C. Edwards, cons-id'ering the Bill reactionary, has intimated! Mint ho, will move "its rejection. V. Wootton rode four winners yestw. day at Birmingham. Victoria, 8.C., November 24.

Professor Tojn, Singh delivered n wdi. linns spivch to the I'imljiiiih nt Vancouver, lie- said tlic Sikhs were opening their eyes and .-ill India was demanding jus. t ice. London, Nowmlwr 23. The Daily Mail's New York con-espon-dent, states that Monticlioro Myers, a fashionably dressed Jew from Australia, giving a London place of residence, was arrested nt. Pittsburg for grand larceny. He pretended that he represented tno Rothschilds and intended to invent. 40 millions. He was introduced into the best circles. Myers, who is charged with stealing lumber bonds and a'lso fuilied to pay a deposit on an oil option, describes tlio charges as based on perjury. Received November 25, at 8,49 a.m. London, November 24. Dr Hoskyns, Bishop of Southwell, luis declined the Archbishopric of Capetown, A. powerful non-political eonimittee of Moderates, leading churchmen', Nonconformists, and education authorities nro (supporting the proposed education compromise.

, Montefiore Myers was for two months the honored guest of a Pittsburg magnate. He was feted at civic banquets, and many familiar _ letters and portraits from princes and eminent women wore found in his possession. Seventy prominent oarsmen and sportsmen entertained Towns at dinner at Putney. Mr \V. 11. Eyre, who presided, eulogised Towns an -a, genuine sportsman of whom nil should bo. proud. Sir F. W. Borden, Minister of Defence for Canada, isi 'Coming to consult the War Office on the question of arranging for an exchange of officers. It is announced from Stockholm, that Mr Ernest Rutherford, formerly of New Zealand, has been Awarded tile JColml prize for chemistry. Belgrade, November 21. The Servian National Bank at BelgriA has transfered seventeen our louds «f treasure to Nisch. Received November 25, at 9 a.m. -San Francisco, November 24, District Attorney Heniey is recovering from tho wound inflicted by Hjins and i> eager to resume the prosecution of tho gra ft era. Calcutta, November 24. Another plot to murder Sir A. Friwor has been discovered, and throe Bcnguloso have been arrested for complicity. Rongal, November 24. The Chamber of Commerce and other powerful associations are urging tho Hurl of Minto to create a special tribunal with out. a jury to toy those- guilty of conspiracy and intriguing to overthrow British authority. Mont-real, November 24. Lord and Lady Northcoto while at Montreal wero entertained, Many festivities were arranged, including a bnnquot given by Karl Grey.

London), Novcmbor 24. Madame Clementine whiki performing tlio William Toll trick at the Middlesex Music Hall fn.tfl.lly shot with a bullet Leo, her Assistant. Madame Olcmentine wm arrested'. Britain has refused to allow the shipni'dit of cattle from Now York or Philadelphia, though transported! from tinim .footed districts in scaled trucks. Arrived—lonic, from tho Bluff.