HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10488, 22 June 1910, Page 4

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) BOARD OF GUARDIANS SCANDAL. Received June 21, at 9.45 p.m. London, June 21. Mr John Burns has ordered a preliminary investigation into the alleged Board of Guardians scandal at Bermondsey. AUSTRALIAN DESIGNS BRITISH COINAGE. London, June 21. .Mr..Bertram Mackennall, an Australian, has been commissioned to design and model a Coronation medal "and coinage for the new reign. He is the first oversea Briton called to design English coinage.

BLOCKING CORRUPTION. New York, June 21. On the eve of tho New York Legislature's special session Mr Hughes vetoed appropriations of a total sum of £940,000. The items vetoed were largely intended to benefit members of the Legislature, whose votes were wanted by the bosses against the Governor's primary election measure. It is now expected that a satisfactory measure will follow. THE SITUATION IN CRETE. Berlin, June 21. Germany has informed Russia of her entire approval of M. Isvolsky's Cretan proposal: THE KAISER'S HEALTH!. Berlin, June 21. The Kaiser is convalescent, and will attend the Kiel regatta on the 23rd.

ADDING STATES TO THE UNION. New York, Jitne 21. President Taft has signed tho Bill giving the standing of Statehood to Arizona and New Mexico. ARNST IN AFRICA. Capetown, June 21. Arnst has arrived. He starts for the Zambesi to-day. VOTES FOR WOMEN. Received June 22, at 9.10 a.m. London, June 21. The Women's Freedom League has organised a woman's athletic society to provide ju-jitsu experts to eject rowdies at the suffragette meetings. Many have joined. BRITISH DEFERENCE TO MOHAMMEDANISM. London, June 21. A report has been presented by Lord Balfour of Burleigh's Commission to the Missionary Conference protesting against the restrictions placed by the Government on .missionary work in Egypt»and the Soudan and the deference paid to Mohammedans. The speakers stated that missionaries were forbidden to enter British Northern Nigerian cities without the Mohammedan Emir's permission.

CIVILISING THE NEGRO. New York, June 21

A negro murdered a white woman at Rusk, in Texas. He was tortured, and, after making confession, was burned to death.

FRENCH TRAIN CATASTROPHE. Paris, June 21. Leduc, the driver of the express, states that the water-feed tube of the express was choking and there was danger of an explosion unless it was cleared. While so engaged he missed the signal. M. Millerand, Minister of Public Works, admits that the State, which recently acquired the Western Railway, had found the materials very bad, hence the defects in the trains which were concerned in the Villepreux disaster. The Government have placed large orders with a view to remedying matters.

CANADIAN FISHERIES DISPUTE. Received June 22, at 9.40 a.m. London, June 21. Mr George Turner has opened the United States' case before the Arbitration Court sitting at the Hague on the Canadian Fisheries dispute.

THE SUBMERGED SUBMARINE. Received June 22, at 9.40 a.m. Paris, June 21. All the bodies have now lieen removed from the Phiviose. They are in a distressing condition ; some having apparently been wounded 'by the collision. The last entry in the log was timed 1.56, and was followed by a blank. All the watches aboard stopped at 2.10.

THE PORT OF LONDON. Received June 22, at 9.40 a.m. London, June 21. The Port of London Rates Bill was read a second time in the House oi Commons. Mr Buxton, President of the Board of Trade, stated that the Board accepted Lord St. Aldwyn's schedule providing a. minimum of £424,000 instead of the £750,000 originally suggested. ' Members for fishing, coaling, and Midland constituencies strongly opposed the Bill. , , Mr Jowett, member for Bradford, stated that an impost of one-sixth • n a ton of wool would bear hardly on the woollen trade of the West Riding, Yorkshire. Mr Bonar Law, member for Camberwell, heartily supported the Bill. It was necessary to secure funds to bring the port up to date.

HEAT IN LONDON,

London, June 21. The thermometer registered 81 degrees in the shade in London, a record since August 15 last.