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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10593, 24 October 1910, Page 4

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TILE AUSTRALIAN NAVY

Received October 23, at 5.5 p.m

London, October 22. At the Navy League/dinner to the Agents-General, the President (Captain Collins) stated tenders had been accepted for the two [Australian cruisers. SUMMING UP TI-IE KAISER. Received October 24, at 0.30 a.m. Brussels, October 22. In view of the Kaiser's visit : the Labor Federation has placarded the-city with the following:—"This is the mau who is the most obstinate adversary of. the establishment ot the parliamentary regime in Germany. Trie has most of the personal responsibility of the: opr 1-ressive militarv expenses, which} fall: on the working classes. With liim all is vanity, even in his most- terrible menaces." j The police are take most extraordinary precautions. '■ -"* r NOBEL PRIZE. _ Stockholm,-October 22. _ The Nobel Prize for medicine has been awarded to' Professor. Kassel, of Heidelberg.- yj--... : '

GREEK POLITICS. -Athens, October 23. ' Owing to' the absence of a quorum th'-ough MM. llalh's and Mavromichaelis- supporters : quitting the Chamber when M. Venezelos demanded a vote of confidence, M. Venezelos threatens to resign v- -Venezelo," in -the - Assembly, - said :tlie principal duty of the Government would be to bring a satisfactory conclusion-to a revision of the non-fundamental articles of the Constitution. The -.Govern-, went- would develop, its programme, j At the • next , elections the constituencies .would decide whether they would invest the-Chamber-with a mandate for its fulfilment, •- meanwhile - they . would restore military ; discipline and employ a force against the reactionary movement and any-apolitical group whatever. ;

- OUR NAVAL RIVAL. Loudon, October 22. : Lord Curzoiij ~at Hanley, said tlicy saiv. a "country , not content with being the greatest military power on the CIOII---aspiring'.to become the greatest naval ;p.ower. Britain did not desire to quarrel>with Germany, and lie believed the English had a sincere regard for Germans, but-nations_ on the: inarch to greatness were' apt ; to find war the inevitable stepping-stone to higher things. All political cries had dwindled to "insignificance compared with that; of national safety. ■ \ The naval correspondent of the Daily News states that Germany has not begun her 1910 Dreadnoughts owing to Britain commencing 13! inch guns while Germany had just' begun 12-mch. TJie discovery lias .blocked Germany shipbuilding. Similarly, after the first British Dreadnought, the correspondent adds, u lien Germany secured the plans ot the Dreadnought she laid down eight with the British onginal detects, Inch were not corrected, lience Britain was always ahead. Mr GeofFrej Drage presided <it the national conference on sea training convened bv the Navy League, with the object of pi eventing tlie gradual dis-appearance-of British seamen from British ships. A resolution urged the .training-:in steamship navigation of' boys from the elementary schools. .AMERICAN POLITICS.

New York, October 22. Mr- Roosevelt, speaking at Boston, denied that-there was-a difference of amongst the Republicans-as to the basic principles -of protection. The partv was solid- oil - the tariff commission plan. - ' ' CHURCn UNION. New. York, October: 23.. ' . ■ Mr J. P. Morgan gives £20,000-to-the fund for the world'i confoicncc on Church union.

LOSS OF MEMORY. Brussels, October 22. Mr Venning, the Canadian fishery expert, who was missing at The Hague, ■ hasi boon discovered! in a Brussels hotel, suffering .-from; amnesia.. (loss of memory). - He is returning to Ottawa shortly.

3[EAT FOR AUSTRT V. Vienna, October 22. Tlio•• farst.. consignment -ot Argentine moat found a reaflv sale. .Complaints ■ were made thatr 'after-tiie ireight, penal and municipal dues hadbfon paid it was almost as dear as the home article. V.- : Received October 23,: jit 5.35 a.m. ■■ Vienna, October 23. Argentine nvulton is selling at 7}d per lb. / r - INHUMAN MONSTER. Bucharest, October 22. A baker quarrelled with his ■wife,- and thrust her into his baked her alive. , V . TEAF ALG-AR. DAY. -Received October 23, at 5.5 p.m. London, October 22. Sir G. H. Roid was principal guest at the lloyabNavv Club Tralalgar Day banquet: Admiral -ltawson presidejl. COUNTERFEIT NOTES. Received October 23; at 8.5 a.m. New York. October 23. The secret service at Chicago has seized counterfeit Nicnragusui notes valued at £60,000 sterling. The punter and engraver .and the men engaged l.in their manufacture have been arrested ' SENATOR ALDRICH. New York, October 23. Senator Aldncl. was unhurt. He was involved.m a slight street car accident knocked - down. HOT BLOODED CUBANS. ■ -. 1 ■ ' Havana, October 23." . MajorrGeneral Pino Guerra, commander of :the: Cuban army, narrowly caped assassination when" leaving the Presidential palaco -- at Havana. He: ■yras seripuslv shot in the leg and a sentry... woilnded :Ins assailant who was-cap-' .turedi-and proved'to- be■ » member : of thu. secret

INCENDIARISM IN LONDON. Received October 24,' at 8.35 <i in. ~ London, October-23, An luceivdwrj fiieTfolloumg on anonymous threats,'" took place at Ed'uin Lewis' draporv.-.einponiim in- Stoclcweil Road, but fol tuiiatfely 'it w .ist not"se nous. ~ ' - f ' .

> A SORDIP TitAGRDY O'tobei 24 ~ "Win Bioome, itli the murder of his AVilsou by suffocating lici," 5 lias-been sentenced to de'atli.' - _ t » >-/ ' r ' <■- PENSION OFFICERS OYER- - - A meeting ."of^iexcise''official? of the ; .pld'-afte pension as injurious to r tlj'r and-clotn-mental-to" the -public Tra ARTKD •~ u ~ ;T;o)i< , o'iT,^o )j H)l)ei 23 , (if,"^^K>J.l's *cl'.ithe been''diSallon ell* by CouiL of ' ' ' ~ \ r'-MT^^pucM T T?arFT _' T _ *" "" Pctobf}!, 23 An "-'nnoiij mous/, lias been inacle tal - 1 - Sfa^^M ,3 PB'f)SJ- , ER I,TY - i "• ' ® liOiiddii,'o,ctobor 23 L Theca, liipfpr.cats' jimpm ted into' Eiiglantl^iirjgauTe^mCintlis' 4 ' , THE REPUBIJIC "R ECOGNISED"" t 23'b f Itvas-semiTofficially^llatedvthn . ' land's instance-*lfranCe I " v axfi "f |haveragtied*^lv.rbc^Wi^':SlKftifßi'tWcniess >: ■ fGoreViTmeirt as <de facto "and to "recog- } nise y iwhen,, i - sti tut ion al*,""Sarfct ioJi " V'< ' -i' i ' SPAIN IN ilORO^OQ?: ' Paiis-, Qctober- 1 Theje i§ j - m Fringe gyergjDaiijV

rumored demand for an indemnity of £-s,4oo,sterling from Morocco, with a view tb establishing a financial obligation over that country which will enable Spain to secure favorable treatment when economic pud industrial concessions arc in question. Morocco's proposal that the Customs service at Riff shall defray the cost of the indemnity is not regarded by the Spanish Government with favor.

CHINESE PARLIAMENT. Pekfn, October 23. The Chinese Assembly has petitioned the throne to open Parliament at an early date.

A STOLEN REMBRANDT,

Warsaw, October 23. Rembrandt's "Old Man's Head," valued at\£4ooo has fyeen stolen from Count Xavier Brumckc's palace. .

'THE FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE, x Pans, October 22. The L>ons-Medit«rj;anean_ .Railway Company ■ has allocated £IOO,OOO as a rewaicl to those faithful 'du-ririg the strike. N - explosion took place on the balcony .of the Quai d'Orsay, and windows were broken. r . ' A bomb was' discovered on rthe railway near Charleville. , A truck of English" coal at Pdfctiers,-: sent via Bordeaux, was.found'to conta'iii a box ot six cartridges charged with i compressed; gunpowder; all united by a I single fuse. It is stated that, ! bears Eughsli marks. ;i;' .. .. i , Paris, October-23. - Dynamite cartridges have been fouud on a railway near Marseilles. . SHIPYARDS STRIKE. ~ Lpndon, October 23. - Hundreds of families at Blyth are suffering hom the lock out The workmen's,; clubs" are gunning soup kitchens, and.tlie Education-Com-mittee is giving free meals and distributing books and clothing. ~ FRAUDULENT- GERMAN. Berlin, October 23. Otto Cyriacus. a partner in an old-i established 'booksellers'? firm, committed suicide;,following -the discovery of. his systematic frauds for years, : which, amounted . to,; £SO, ,Cyriacus . had been f t A HUGE CORPORATION. ■ ■ Berlin, October 23. On July 1 Krupps' employees numbered 08,726