HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10542, 25 August 1910, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) FOREST FIRES. Received August 24, at 2.45 p.m. New York, August 23. The flames threaten Thompson! (Moritana). Six hundred soldiers who left Thompson Falls oil Saturday to fight the fire are missing, and also 300 .morein the white pine forests of northern Idaho. , DISCOVERY OF A VOLCANO. Received August 24, at 11.15 p.m. London, August 24. . .. Captain Amundsen, aboard the Fram, discovered' a volcano and hot springs on Woodbay beach, covered with lava. TO THE POLES. London, August 24. ' Mr Wyatt, manager of Captain Scott's expedition, has sailed for the colonies. The Zeppelin expedition has taken possession of a tract of land in King's Bay, naming it Zeppelin Ahafcn. The steamer Kongherald, bringing the above news, was recently within ten degrees of the Pole. Capetown, August 24. -The Union Government has contributed £SOO to Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition. Viscount Gladstone gave £SO to the fund which the. Mayor of Pretoria is collecting for the same purpose. i ANNEXATION OF KOREA. London, August 24. The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent reports that Japan has informed Russia of the impending annexation of Korea, adding that the Korean Government has entered into a treaty providing for the annexation. PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS. New York, August 24. F-reiieliy West, alias Thomas, and his companion George, deserted from the warship Pensacola, and embarked on the steamer Buckman at Seattle. They planned to rob and beach the vessel. The passengers describe it as an amazing scene of piracy and murder. There was a lively exchange of shots after the captain's death, between Brennan, the first mate, and West, who, when Quarter-master Wilson joined in the shooting, was unable to load fast enough, and jumped overboard. THE- BRITISH NAVY. London, August 24. The Admiralty will shortly be experimenting with a marine gas engine for the propulsion of destroyers or small cruisers. There is a widespread report that the Admiralty is constructing a motordriven battleship, fitted with internal combustion engines, but this is denied A BREACH OF AGREEMENT. Received August 24, at 11.1-5 p.m. St." Petersburg, August_ 24. There was a' storm of indignation in the Press after the Duma's secret sitting. The Duma granted the Artillery Department two and a-linlf millions sterling for artillery, ori the understanding that the guns and material were to be made in Russia, and the order has now been given to Ivrupps. It is rumored that the Grand Duke Scrgius, Inspector-General of Ordnance, is responsible for this.

A GOOD SIGN. Received August 25, at 8.5 a.m. London, August 24. The Board of Agriculture has removed the foot and mouth disease restrictions in several of the Yorkshire districts. THE ENGLISH SPY'S COMPANION. Berlin, August 24. A man named French, Brandon's friend, was also arrested at Emden, after his previous release at Barkum, where liis papers were searched. MORE IMMIGRANTS. Received August 25, at 9.50 a.m. London, August 24. There being insufficient accommodation oil the regular liners, Mr R. C. Hare, of the West Australian Government- Agency, has arranged that the steamer Geelong shall take 150 agriculturists in time for the harvest. The Rimutaka will take 600 domestics, and by other steamers 2250 emigrants will be sent before the New Year. FRAUD ON THE RU&STAN RAILWAYS. St. Petersburg, August 2-1. Count Medem, an Imperial Councillor, is carrying out reforms on the West Siberian railways. He states that four stations, including Omsk and Krasnoiarsk, have defrauded the Government of three millions sterling. The commander of one station has committed suicide. MOTOR MANIACS. ' New York, August 24. A motor ear collided with a train at a. level crossing on Long Island, and three persons were killed and two seriously injured. WOMEN TO THE RESCUE. New York, August 24. Two . hundred women fought the flames at Elk City for 24 hours, and succeeded in saving their homes. A MURDER TRIAL. Received August 25, at 9.45 a.m. London, August 24. .Nicholas has been committed for trial for the. murder of his father. Major Nicholas.