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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10562, 17 September 1910, Page 4

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[Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) GETTING THEMSELVES DISLIKED, t Received September 16, at 10 p.m. . J Mukden, September 16. In connection with the annexation of j Korea, the inhabitants of the province of Kiriu, Manchuria, resolved to boycott Japanese goods, also Russian and Japanese currency, and to send repre- j sentatives to Pekin to request the opening of a Parliament at the earliest date, j TO THE ANTARCTIC. Received September 17, at 0.40 a.m. < London, September 16. Mr Pouting, Captain Scott's artist photographer, is a passenger in the Macedonia, en route for New Zealand • to join the Terra Nova. CHANGE OF COLOR. Boston, September 16. Congressman Watson, an ex-Repub-lican Whip, admits that at next Con- . gress he will be a Democratic candidate. REFORMING SAN FRANCISCO. San Francisco, September 16. The police force is a hot-bed of graft, and the Mayor orders a reorganisation. Dance halls must be closed. A VALUABLE PROPERTY. Berlin, September 16. The Kaiser wishes to sell Wilhelmsliall Castle, near Nassed, but has refused three million marks. A SOCIALIST VICTORY. Berlin, September 16. A Socialist defeated a National Liberal for Frank furt-on-the-Oder. NEW FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Received September 17, at 8.5 a.m. London, September 16. The Telegraph states that, acting on the Austrian Cabinet's hints, the Vienna Chamber of Commerce is sending experts to England to investigate freights, prices, and other conditions of frozen meat. INDIAN SEDITION. Tho Advocate-General described Savarkar. the extradited Indian student, as the ringleader of a conspiracy. He despatched 20 Browning pistols from England, and his agent was arrested at Bombay in possession of a manual relating to bombs besides seditious literature. Savarkar's brother is undergoing sentence for sedition. THE IRISH LEAGUE. Dublin, September 16. The directory of the United States Irish League at Dublin endorsed the Nationalist party's policy of tho subordination of all other issues to the modification or the abolition of the House of Lords or the veto of their power. The meeting acknowledged the immense services of Patrick Ford, of tho New York Herald, to Ireland. ENGLISH SPIES IN GERMANY. Berlin, September 16. Several Germans have been arrested at Borkum for aiding Brandon and French. MILKING THEIR CUSTOMERS. ' Received September 17, at 9.30 a.m. London, September 16. Three milkmen have been sentenced ■ for terrorising South London with a series of burglaries lasting over two months. Theso were the result of the men's knowledge that the families were holiday-making. Property relating to ■ fifteen burglaries has been discovered . in their possession. MONEY IN "WHISKY. London, September 16. ' The estate of It. G. Dunville, distiller, has been sworn at £917,200 ; that of Sir " William Abdv at £266,120, and the ; Hon. C. S. Rolls' at £30,925. SPANISH NOVELIST ELECTROCUTED. : Madrid, September 16. '-. Casanova, tho eminent Spanish nove- \ list, was electrocuted on the Madrid tramway, his body being completely carbonised. ; FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA. '■ Received September 17, at 0.45 p.m. New York, September 16. Fifteen thousand acres were swept by forest fires in Montana and Idaho. At ' Bellingham a female teacher saved • her pupils from the fire by leading them into tho surf. A movement is on foot " to present her with a medal. 1 ' AGED PUPIL. New York, September 16. Mrs AYinship, an old woman of SO, 5 lias enrolled herself as a student at I Columbus (Ohio) University. 1 EGYPT FOR THE EGYPTIANS. Paris, September 16. i Tho Eche do Paris states that the. t French Government has prohibited the - meeting of the Egyptian Nationalists in s Paris in September. - AMERICAN SHADY FINANCE 2 New York, September 16. New York bankers have definitely rer fused to accede to the demand of the International Conference of Bankers that they should guarantee American bills of lading for cotton consignments. ROOSEVELT TI-.IE REVOLUTIONARY. 1 Recei-.ed September 17. at 9.15 a.m. ; Washington, September 16. \ By way of reply to his political ad- • versa rios. Mr Roosevelt declares that ; his political opinions are not rovolu- ' tionary. neither do they appeal to mob ; rule. NEW PERIL FOR MOTORISTS. ; Washington. September 17. M. -, fkc<l robber." held up two motor parti-s near Portland (Oregon) and secured :: la r lie haul of moncv and ' jewel!-:-;.-. CANADA AND TIIK STATES. _ Ottawa. Ser.te-iiber 16. The Can;.!'-- (',■•■.'"■ . ■ i ut is ready to re-open tarii'i i: , .tiaiinns with the United States. RUSSIAN ACTRESS' TRAGEDY. Paris, September 16. Mdlle. Claudia Jancowacapa, a wellknown Russian actress, has been found shot in her hotel in Paris, where she was alone with a son of a St. Petersburg banker, who declares she committed suicide. COLONIAL VOLUNTEERS AT HOME. London, September 16. Lord Roberts and Mr Haldano inspected the Canadians at Chelsea. The company afterwards marched to the Guildhall and received a hearty welcome in passing through the streets. The Lord Mayor entertained them at luncheon. GERMAN SPY IN ENGLAND. London, Sepetmber 16. At the hearing of the case against Helm, evidence was given that he went to Portsmouth to visit an English girl who was intimate with several naval (fiieer.s. It was her conversation with them that led to his arrest.