HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10514, 23 July 1910, Page 4

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright j (Per Press Associates.) AX AMERICAN lOXTEXTE. Received July 22. at 5.5 p.m. London. July 22. Mr M'lvinnon Wood, in reply to Mr Hamilton' Benn, admitted that Brazil had given United States goods, including'watches, rubber manufactures, furniture, ■ flour, condensed milk, paints, and- varnishes a preference of 20 percenium over Britain, France, Germany, and Belgium. , STOCK DISEASE IN 'ENGLAND. London, July 22. In the House of Commons Lord Carrington, in reply to Mr Shuttleworth, said- eight aiiinials oil a farm at Kirkby Malzland, were suffering froth foot and mouth disease, and the movement of all animals over a wide area was prohibited. The local 'authorities! throfiglioiit Britain had been' warned that foot and mouth disease had reappbared in England. The Board of Agriculture and the Chief Veterinary Officer are proceeding to Yorkshire to advise on the steps to be taken. : A PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. . Received Julv 22, at 10.25 p.m. London, July 22. During the manoeuvres and while the fleet was off Dursey Head a fog suddenly lifted, revealing the land in close proximity and. enabling the flotilla of destroyers steaming, towards the rocks to reverse their engines and safely withdraw. THE IRISH IN AMERICA. ' London, July 22. ; According to Mr. T. P. O'Connor, Mr Roosevelt assured the leading British politicians that until, the Irish question was settled there would always be a certain element of soreness among the large masses of Americans, impeding better and closer relations. Mr O'Connor mentions rumors that if the veto conference leads to a compromise the- Irish question will form part of the settlement. PLAGUE EPIDEMIC IN RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, July 22. The city is declared infected with Asiatic cholera. CHINA EASILY SATISFIED. Pekin, July 22. China, in acknowledging the RussoJapanese agreement, expresses satisfaction at the adherence to the Portsmouth treaty and status quo in Manchuria, where China; in matters arising for the exercise of her will continue her efforts to maintain the open door.

AN INDIAN SEDITIONIST. London, July 22. Sir E. Grey, replying to a question, said he had been approached by Franco regarding Savarkar. The points involved were being considered.

MURDER, AN ACCIDENT. London, July 22. The Court of Appeal upheld the County Court's decision that the killing of Nesbit was an accident within the moaning of the Compensation Act, so that/ITis dependants are entitled to compensation from his emiiloyers. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST THE MASONS. Ottawa, July 22. A French Canadian Citizen, in a letter to the Montreal Municipality, charged the Masonic lodges wii'n conspiring to inveigle priests expected nc the Eucharistic Congress into houses f.f ill-repute on the pretence that they were respectable boarding-houses, and there photographing them with a view to' ruining their reputations. The Municipality appointed a committee to investigate INNOCENT MAN CONDEMNED. Received July 23, at 5.30 a.m. Paris,: July 22. Dnurrrau a rag picker at Tours, confessed that he murdered the five children of a farmer named Brierre, near Charters, in 1900. . Brierre was sentenced to death for the crime, but the sentence was commuted, and Brierre died recently protesting his innocence. BLACK AX!) WlflTE IN AMERICA. New York, July 22. Seven negroes with pitchforks attacked Deputy-Sheriff Cauley while he was arresting a negro at a farm at Elliott, Mississippi. Cauley, drawing his revolver, shot five of his assailants, .two being seriously injured.

' AUSTRALIAN'S SUDDEN DEATH. New York, July _ 22. Mv Frirnell, acting as inspector in the "manufacture of New South AVal&s rails at Pittsburg, died suddenly as the result of the heat from the melting steel. WHOLESALE GRAFT IN RUSSIA. Received July 23, at 9.30 a.m. St. Petersburg, July 22. Two hundred and eighty-seven officers, including five generals, have been arrested in South-west Russia in connection with scandals in the commissariat department. PRESIDENT OF THE ARGENTINE. Buenos Aires, July 22. Saenz Pena has been elected President of the Argentine. EFFECT OF RONTGEN RAYS. Berlin, July 22. Mr Robert Cedar, engaged in research work at Heidelberg, died from the effect of Rontgen rays. ' MORMONS OUSTED FROM GERMANY. Berlin, July 22. ' The Prussian Minister of the Interior iias ordered the expulsion of 21 Mormon missionaries, chiefly American and British. RESCUE STATIONS AT COLLIERIES New York, July 22. Rescue stations are being established •it many collieries in the United States. COLONIAL STUDENTS. [ Received July 23, at 9.45 a.m. London, July 22. John Drummond and F. G. Bell, New Zealanders, won medical scholarships at the final examination at .Edinburgh l T nivorsity. R. Marshall and Allan, of Onoensland. won travelling bursaries worth £-200!

IN SEARCH OF EMIGRANTS. London, July 22. The Victorian delegates are visiting the West of England and had good r meetings at Plymouth and Bristol,

where they found many desirable colonists, but there were poor attendances at Taunton and Exeter, the Canadians having cleared the district. Mr Mead is confident he will obtain the requisite number of emigrants.

i THE ACCESSION OATH. ; London, July 22. Many politicians are organising Scotland Against the Declaration Bill. PRIZE CATTLE AT SJMITHFIELD. London, July 22. One hundred and eighty cattle from Buenos Aires' Exhibition realised enormous prices for the Smithfield market.

| A GIFT TO THE SUFFRAGETTESI -New York, July 22. A wealthy sympathiser presented the stiffragettes .with a ■ mansion to be used as a club' house in the city., The building cost £IOO,OOO. EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE. Rome, July 22. Several hundredweight of dynamite exploded in a magazine at Cagliari, in Sardinl:i. Trees, were uprooted and buildings destroyed for 400 yards around, but there was. ho loss of life, as the people were warned in time. ATSTRALIAN RTFLKMEN AT HOME. Received Ji:!y 23. ::r iO.oO a.m. London, July 22. Lord Clieylesniore, Colonels Hopeton and Cowan, Major Richardson, and -Captain Lloyd were present at Sir G.

Reid's luncheon to the Australian rifle team at the British Empire Club. WHITE SLAVERY. London, July 22. Cellis and Berard have.been committed lor trial on a - charge of white slavery. WOOL. s Received July 23, at 10:50 a.m. '.- London, July 22." There was an animated sale of wool, all combing wools selling at the highest prices of this series, while faulty aiid seoureds show 5 per cent, below the opening.