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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10587, 17 October 1910, Page 4

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BRITISH ARMY CRITIC. Received OctolScr p..m. > Berlin/ October 15. Colonel Gadke, writing on the recent manoeuvreSj expressed his conviction in the Berliner Tageblaxt that the British array cannot compare with the French, German, Austrian, or Japanese in its present training, s'and' thatl it§- is not fit for a connict"'with # Continental army. Britain could not be, placed among the first-class military powers; but the raw material was lt 'emmently good, and need yield to no other in the world. The commanders - had, no -idea 6i! handhng troops in masses, and the .generals pursued unsound tactics.

! - HOW" TO. BUILD CITIES. London, October 15. Lord Kitchener,;- .presiding at the Town Planning Conference,-referred'to the wonderful reconstruction-,of .Kharr toum. Much as he had heard -ofVAiis'tralia's Federal capital, he had-ivisited the splendid cities of Sydney and "Melbourne, and rather regretted that it was necessary to find another abodo for the Commonwealth Parliament capital. It would start with great advantages, and he hoped would afford an example of the prmciples the conference vas advocating. _Mr Sulman, of Sydney, sent a paper on Australia's capital.

TAMMANY MILLIONS. New York, October 15. Mr' Roosevelt, at-.Elmira,'- denounced the alliance of Wall' Street and Tammany, winch made the corruptest business'men and the corruptest,.political bosses since the notorious,:Twped. ' '

A ROYAL PATIENT. ' London, October 16: Prince Francis of Teck has undergone a second operation for quinsy, and is progressing as well as can be expected. His temperature is almost, normal. Prince Francis' -had .recovered and travelled to London on Fridaj, but then had a rclapso which necessitated his going to a nursing home and undergoing an operation for acute-, pleurisy. His throat had been opcriited on before he was taken ill at Balmoral. '__

THE FISHERIES DISPUTE. ! Ottawa, October 16. Mr Aylcsworth, the Minister of Justice, lias declared that tho result of tho Hague arbitration fisheries question will not "fail fo" increase Canada's devotion to the Motherland. _ CHAMPION PRIZE-FIGHTER SHOT. New York, October . 16. Ketcbell, .the ,miadlewciglit' champion, was fatally shot by a ranch 'hand at Conway, Missouri, the result'of a quarrel. An operation to remove the bullet from the back failed. ' PLAGUE ON BRITISH" SHIPS: Received October 16, at 5.5 p.m. Paris, Octocbr 15. The. Himalaya, from Lon-dbii to Marseilles, had three lascar kitchen men ill with plague. Two of the cases were fatal. -Three-fresh cases broke out while at Marseilles. London, October 15. - The steamer Oceana, from Bombay landed at Denton, on the Thames, a lascar suffering from plague. THE GISBORNE LOAN. Received October 17, at 0.50 a.m. London. October 16. The Borough of Gisbomc is issuing a -1 per centum loan of £175,000 i:t 'par. ALASKAN COMPANY FRAUDS. Now York, October 16. Three prominent Seattle business men have been arrested' charged with frauds in connection with the Alaskan coal lands, involving forty million pounds. Warrants' have been' issued against three others, one an Englishman resident at .Vancouver, named. Strachcy. The method of fraud was fictitious claims. f "THE PROPHET BAXTER." ' •"-, ~ London, October 16. The estate of the Rev. Baxter, editor of the Christian Herald, known as "The Prophet ißaxter," has. been sworn at £62,234 exclusive of property in the United States. NEW ZEALAND'S DIPLOMAS. Buenos Ayres, October 15. Grand diplomas of honor were awarded to Kirkpatrick and Co. for preserved vegetables. and tomato sauces; Mr Jacques for pears, and; the Frimley Company for fruits. ' " THE SHIPPING STRIKE. London, October 15. The Hull boilermakers have rejected the agreements \ * l;,: -"',' •-'

•NO REFUGE IN SPAIN. "J«*> ■ O r '* ' *t i ' t. . *-", -Vs r-Madrid, October 15. . Only Spanish monks and nuns from Portugal - are ; v allowed to settle in > Spain.*, t pthers are.'-.permitted ; to' sojourn "for a limited' period until they have arrangccl, to" .-migrate. COLONIAL MEAT FOR AUSTRIA. Vienna, Pctober 16. Mr Robinson;* Agent-General 'for Queensland, Mr Coghlan, and Sir W. Hall-Jones interviewed, tho Minister of Commerce regarding Australian and : New Zealand meat. They also saw tho Burgomaster and received a very sympathetic hearing. < . They interviewed the Minister of Commerce or Hungary, who undertook to consider the feasibility of opening Trieste for chilled meat. . -..-, -'■.'" It lias been arranged,,to„send a trial shipment of ' beef , and mutton to Vienna. '' - " , "" BRIGANDS -OF/' SICILY. Received Octbber' f l7, at'B.3o a.m. Rome, October 16. . Brigands in Sicily kidnapped a child and then murdered it because the lansom offered was notrsufficicnt. FERMENT IN SPAIN. 'Mad-id, 1 October'l6. The Premier, speaking in the Chamber of Deputies, denounced tho antipatriotic propaganda wliich was being carried on in tho military, barracks. PLETHORA OF SCHOOL TEACHERS. London, October 16. The London County Council has reversed its decision not to order a J eduction in the number of pupils to each class. NICARAGUA IN CJ LAOS? . Now York, Qctober 16. ~ . ' The disorders .renew ed m Nicaragua, and ,rib.ts/liavp'occurred at Managua. '."'}'- *j* ' "- JAPANESE NAVAL CRUISE. Qctober 1 (>. The Japanese squadron lus left Tokio for San Francisco. ADMIRALTY CHANGES. Received Octb'FeTT.7^'at 8.15 a.m. London, Rear-Admiral Jellico'e "ha^v.been 5 appointed to the command of the, Atlantic fleet in succession to-Prince Louis of Battenburg. Rear-Admiral, Briggs will succeed Admiral Jellicoe as I Lord of tlie i Admiralty and Controller of the Navy. I MR ROOSEVELT IN PJDLITICS.New York, October 16. The President requests the Cabinet and its officers to assist Mr' Roosevelt's campaign in New York, i He states that he does not believe the story that Mr Roosevelt will again be ,a candidate for the Presidency- . . BIG EARTHQUAKE. New York, October 16. A gigantic seismic disturbance" was registered at the Santa Clara Observatory. California, but tho actual site has not been located. THE IMPERIAL PIONEERS. , London, October 16. The Imperial pioneers, including Sir Win. Russell and Mr Win. Templer, of New Zealand, and Captain Pounds. have held ten well-attended meetingi in Yorkshire. Campaigns have been ar- '

ranged in North Wales, the West of Scotland, Lancashire, ..Middlesex, and London.

DEATH OF AMERICAN SENATOR! New York. October IG. 'Senator Dolliver.dicd at his residence of heart disease just .is the doctor was examining him i\ itli .i stethoscope.