HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10517, 27 July 1910, Page 4

HOME AND FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright ] (Per Press Association.) THE DEVELOPMENT OF IRELAND. Received July 27, at 0.20. i , v London, July 2(3. The.report of the Vice-Regal Commission by four to three, recommends for the purpose of developing Ireland's resources, the establishment of an elective Railway Board to purchase and administer all. the'railways, and suggests that the' interest 11 oh the purchased stock : should be guaranteed and charged primarily against the Board's net revenue, then by means of an annual Imperial grant," finally against the Irish rates. The minority report recommends the concentration of the lands in a single company, with State aid. JACK THE RIPPER'S IDENTITY. London, July 26. The man mentioned by George Kebbell was visited by Dr Winslow, and he will make a statement before the Bow Street Magistrates to-day that he was not connected with the Ripper murders. He ivill deny having mulitated a woman, for which he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. He will add that the authors of the outrage were hooligans, who attacked him. [A cable message received on April 18 stated: —"Mr "KebbelT, the lawyer who defended Jack the Ripper, the Whitecliapel murderer, in a letter to the Pall Mall Gazette, says that he believes that the murderer died of poison while undergoing ten years' penal servitude. He was au Irishman,' and was originally educated for the medical profession.]

SENSATION IN WHEAT. 'New York, July 26. There has been a sensational advance of 3J cents on the Chicago Corn Exchange, the result of reports of heavy damage by dry, hot winds in the NorthWest. The official predictions are that the heat will continue for a week. IN THE AIR, Berlin, July 26. Several newspapers predict the creation of a Ministry of Aviation. Received July 27j»at 9.15 a.m. Berlin, July 26. Zeppelin's Arctic expedition aboard the Mainztroms'oe has abandoned the voyage to Greenland owing to the prevalence of ice. AN ABSCONDING BANKER. New York, July 26. Erwin Wider, cashier of the RussoChinese Bank of New York has absconded. He robbed his employers ot £120,000 sterling, consisting of bonds and stocks, which he used as securities in Wall street speculations. Received July 27, at 9.40 a.m. New York, July 26. Latest reports show that Wider, the absconding cashier of the Russo-Cliinese Bank, appropriated £OO,OOO belonging to tho bank and half a million belonging to customers. London, July 26. The Kelvin Hotel, at Belfast, has been burned down. Three people were killed and live badly injured by jumping from windows. Reuter corrects Wide-r's defalcations to 500 bonds belonging to customers. A TRAIN DERAILED. Ottawa, July 26. A passenger train was derailed at Durham, Quebec, and five persons were injured. An inquiry into the accident is preceding. THE CHARLTON-PORTER CASE. New York, July 27. It is reported in Washington that Italy is withdrawing her demand for tho extradition of Charlton. ROYALTY IN THE CITY. London, July 26. King George and Queen Mary will pay the first visit of tho new " reign to the City on Saturday. They .will visit the Loudon Hospital. HEAT WAVE IN THE STATES. Received July 27, at 8.25 a.m. New York, July 20. Twenty-six deaths from heat'occurrcd in the United States yesterday, including 12 in New York. BIG LAND DEAL. Received July 27, at 8.25 a.m. Loudon, July 26. A Scotch syndicate has purchased 45,000 acres along the Midland Railway, Western Australia, at 21s an acre. STOCK DISEASE IN ENGLAND. Buenos Ayres, Julv 26. Tho importation of cattle and pigs from Britain is prohibited, on account of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease. DEATH IN THE PRIZE RING. Received July 27, at 10.20 a.m. London, July 26. At an inquest on the boxer Johnson the verdict was death from misadventure - 'Fka jury recommended padding the floors of boxing rings. ARMY OFFICER "FORGES A WILL. „ , , „ London, July 26. Colonel Frederick Pilcher, of the Engineers, has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment for uttering a forged will purporting to be that of his cousin, Mary Kerford, of Maidenhead, by which he benefited to the extent of £20,000. BRITISH MEDICAL CONGRESS. About 5000 doctors are attending the British Medical Congress in London. TRUE IMPERIALISM. -.r t,- „ London, July 26. Mr Birrell speaking at the Eighty Club, pleaded for greater self-govern-ment in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. The Federation might even ripen to admit the dominions. This was true imperialism and commonsense. DESTRUCTIVE STORMS IN EUROPE. Vienna, July 26. Storms m Transylvania have played havoc with houses and bridges. Thirty persons have been drowned. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL. Berlin, July 26. the Corporation of Marienbad is erecting a medallion in memory of King EdVard, who was a frequent visitor there. CHINESE PIRATES. mi r. . Hongkong, July 26. the Portuguese captured the leader of the pirates at Colowan. MAFIA RUN RIOT. _ • Rome, July 26. '■ The Mafia Society in Sicily has set up a reign of terror against landowners and wealthy merchants. At Alcamo a vine-grower was shot dead and a farmer clubbed to death. The ruffians then quarrelled over their booty, with the result that three were stabbed, their heads were cut off and their bodies "buried with the feet sticking out of the earth. GERMANY'S SATISFACTION. Constantinople, July 26. Seventeen persons have been arrested n connection with the murder of Herr Unger. the German expert at Haifa.