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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10444, 2 May 1910, Page 4

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[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association-.) CANADA'S NAVAL BILL. Received May 1. at 5 p.m. Ottawa, April 30. Tin- Canadian Senate passed the Naval Hill unamended. OCR NEW GOVERNOR. London, April 30. Tlie Loudon Gazette corrects Lord l'ovuder's title to "Baron Islington m the County of London." ROOSEVELT THE LION. Peceived May 1, at 5 p.m. : Hague, April 30. Mr Roosevelt's party are everywhere acclaimed by the' populace in the Netherlands. They lunched with Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry. PENNSYLVANIA COALMINERS. Received May 1, at 5 p.m. New York, April 30. The strike of 40,000 soft coalmmers in Pennsylvania has ended. The men received an increase in wages and other concessions.

AMERICAN CABLES. New York, April 30. The Ward Commercial Cable Company has appealed to the American Senate to reject the Cables- Bill. Several companies threaten to transfer their terminals to Newfoundland. Received May 2, at 1.20 p.m. New York, May 1. The Western Union is negotiating to land its transatlantic cables at Newfoundland.

AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS. Received May 2, at 9.10 a.m. _London, May 1. The newspapers commend Bertram M'Kennal's nude study, '-'Mother and Girl." Mr M'Kennal is the Australian sculptor who has been commissioned to execute the national statue of Thomas Gainsborough. Mr Lambert's equestrian group, "Holiday in Essex, also comes in for much commendation.

SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS. Bloemfontein, May 1. Wolff Esrlich, writing to a friend, intimates that a newspaper in Bloemfontein has stated that the South African National party is forming under Mr Botha's leadership.

MAY DAY. Received May 2, at. 1.20 P-m. London, May 1. Owin"- to an overwhelming military displav°in Paris, it was decided by the Confederation or Trades Unions not to hold a May Day parade. About 40,000 London Socialists madea demonstration in Hyde Park. Rome, Berlin, and Madrid remained tranquil during the day.