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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10106, 25 March 1909, Page 3

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£s* Electric -msoaArH.— Coi-xmoht.j (Per Press Association-.) Revived March 24, at 11.55 V- m - London, March 24. I the House of Commons, Colonel •Jjv replying to a question respecting h«w tirminal tax on cablegrams from Jhe Omunnnwealth, said the subject ha<i referred to the Commonwealth 1.0squadron gave an enthufarewell to Admiral Lord Charles thousand two hundred and Tiinecv-tive natives of Ireland immigrat-ed daring I9oß> tfie f esvest for a ". v >' ear 6mee " Xevv York, March 24. "\lr Ro-isevelt and his son hacl a great »lf at Hoboken. They are aboard the steamer Hamburg en route to Ita'y. Received March 2~>, at S.'io a.m. London, March "-!. Kdward has appointed a commiwith the I'rimt- of Wales as to deal with British repre'eutatioti at the forthcoming exhibiin' Brussels ill 1910. anil Rome Mid Turin in i'-Hl- to ensure a comprehensive display of arts ami manufac'"ti: anonymous donor has given yfn.iiii) towards a national Shakespearean theatre. T!u r were deaths from innuenza ill 1..111 I'II tin ring the week. Th*' Oxford crew rowed the full nni-v,.r-,ir-. course in ISmtu 2ls;'e. The" F:oflv of a voting Russian, sup--01,,[ :o "he a traitorous spy, was form-1 ru a trunk in the garret of his house. He had apparently been {tf-'cvi'ved March 2->, at 'J a.m. London, March L't. The Swiss Government agreed to alloc the importation of frozen meat from Julv Ist under the same regulations as "fresh meat, and also promi ;cd to favorably consider the question of importation hefore July if any car ton desires it. Mr C'oghlan is now askim: Switzerland to assimilate the duties" on frozen and fresh meat. Frank Wooton, the ex-Australian Jockey, won two first prizes and on? second on the opening day of the Lincolnshire meeting. He rode Arranmore secoui! in the Lincolnshire Hanc* Calcutta* March 24. [t is reported that Satyendra I'rosamia Sinha. a barrister, wilt succeed Jlr II- Richards as a member of the Karl of Minto's Council. The Times, commenting on the responsibility assumed bv Lord Morley in making the appointment, says it is the gravest act of State ever taken in Jndia, and expresses strong misgivings on making snch a departure nnless Sinha is given a Mahonunedan colleague. A meeting of Nationalist members of the Honse of Commons condemned the All-for-Ireland League as inimical :o the Nationalist cause. Received ilarch 2*3, at 9.00 a.m. London, March 24. The Exhibits Commission will include .all the Asents-General. Details show that the I'aris strikers virtually obtained everything except M. Sunvaa's dismissal. Peking, March 24. China has invited Japan to refer the 'dispute* in Manehnrian administration to the Ha'u-* tribunal. Berlin, March 24. the Customs officers have been appointed assistant- to the police of SchleswigHofetem t» protect the coasts against spies-