HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10504, 12 July 1910, Page 4

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ] (Per Press Association.) A STEEL CONSOLIDATION. Ottawa, July 11. The consolidation of the five principal .steel-finishing plants in the Do"minion with the Iron and Steel Company of Canada is completed. EXCOMMUNICATED. London, July 11. The Chronicle reports that the Pope is excommunicating Professor Schmitzer, a modernist Bavarian priest. A GIGANTIC LOAN. London, July 11". Eighty-nine additional officers of high rank have signed a memorial in fwor or the navy loan of one hundred million. ' , RESTORING ARMS TO THE IRISH. London, July .11. The Irish Constabulary have been instructed to return to their owners the arms surrendered under the Peace Preservation Acts of 1881 and 1886. The Morning Post considers that a debate on this" matter is urgent. THE TURKISH DEFICIT. Constantinople, July 11. ■ The Ottoman Budget shows a deficit of 10i millions. A LIBEL DENIED. Rome, July 11. Vesuvius is not in eruption. The appearance of an outbreak was caused by electric storms and gales disturbing the old ashes. | CANADIAN POLITICS. Ottawa, July 11. Sir Wilfrid Laurier opened the political campaign at Port Arthur, Ontario, and then proceeded to Winnipeg. SUBMARINE TRIALS. New York, July 11. Tho submarine Salmon, with a crew of twenty, - made a successful voyage from Quincy- (Florida) to Bermuda, at a speed of eight knots. ALPINE DISASTER. Received July 12, at 9 a.m. . Berne, July 11. The avalanche which-caused the disaster at Scliiedegg was due to some hutkeepers many feet above shovelling snow away and starting a. great slide. HEAT WAVE IN AMERICA.

Received July 12, at 9.40 a.m. New York, July 11. Ten deaths from heat have occurred in New York, ten in Philadelphia, two in Boston, and one in Washington. Many people are sleeping in the parks and on the seashore. THE BROAD ARROW. London, July 11. The Home Office has directed that prisoners not sentenced to hard labor may wear their own clothes, have their own food, hooks, and other comforts, and shall not be compelled to bathe. THE IDLE CLASS. London,* July 11. Father Vaughan, preaching at Hythe, said the decline in the birtli-rate among the wealthy was appalling. The cradles were as empty as the Churches so far aa they were concerned. NEW' DREADNOUGHT DOCK. London, July 11. Plans are being prepared for n new dry dock at Glasgow to accommodate the largest Dreadnought. LEANING TOW 7 ER OF PISA. Rome, ' July 11. The Italian Royal Commission whoso duty it is to look after the safety of national monuments, reports that the famous leaning tower of Pisa is increasing its angle, and its complete collapse is likely unless preventive measures are at once undertaken. LAWLESS PERSIA. Teheran, July 11. Three hundred armed Kashkai tribesmen have occupied Ispahan unopposed. TRAIN FALLS OVER EMBANKMENT. St. Petersburg, July 11. A train fell over an embankment at Kizilarval, in Turkestan, 130 miles from the Caspian. Nineteen people were killed and. 31 injured.