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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10594, 25 October 1910, Page 4

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[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) CASTE FANATICS. Received October 25/ at 9 a.m. London, October 24. Mail advices state that three men named Oulma, Homad, and Dustea are being tried at Tatta, ■ India, for. mur—i dering Mrs Dost Mahomed, who was a West Australian. .. There were seventeen wounds inflicted .on the body; RADICAL-PROGRAMME, i , ' ;-London,.Optqber 24. The Scottish -.Liberal has urged: the Government -to . uphold; the Osborne decision and legislate for paylrfent of members: and returning officers' expenses. , -It, favored adult -suffrage and 'facilities for Shacklefon's-Women's, Suffrage Bill. 4 ' ' THE TURKISH LOAN. ' < Paris,- October 24. The loan negotiations have collapsed, ■Turkey not . agreeing, jto the; appoints ment of Frenchmen to the offices ofj Director of- the Public Accounts Department and President of the Court of Accounts. . Received October 25, at 10.50 a.m. *■ . - ' 'Berlin, Octoebr 24. A German syndicate is prepared to arrange Turkey's'loan and advance the money by instalments of a million. * THE SWISS PARLIAMENT. • Berne, October 24. "A referendum of the whole Confederation,- by 262.066 to 238,928, rejected the proposed system of proportional representation dn coiineciioif with the elections to the National Council. BRITISH POLITICS. 'London, October-24. The Social Democrats urge the -electors of' Waltha'nistow to vote against Mr Simon; • ; - GOOD HOPS. Buenos Ayres, October 24; The /grand prize- was -awarded to the i Government'of New Zealand for hops. I CATCHING ,IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA. v" >.: '..v. New .York, October 24; The tour of the? Victorian agricultural delegates has ' attracted keen interest; The/-irrigated * States expect to secure a considerable:--number of experienced irrigationists with capital for: Victoria. GREEK . The' .'King.. assured twenty thousand: demonstrators 1 ; 1 who favor the Cabinet and reforms, that lie desired Venezelos to remain. • CHINA'S PARLIAMENT. London, October 24. The Times' Pelting correspondent states' that-all the Viceroys except those ■of Tientsin and -Nanking support • the i petition,demanding a full Parliament. The success-of the provincal assemblies was emphasised. The Assembly unanimously and enthusiastically cliceered China arid the constitution was passed in five minutds." : >

■ It was agreed that tho official classes were,unable to remedy .the country's grave situation, and national representatives were urgently needed to control tho finances.

5 A CURIOUS CHARGE. - t London, October 24. : I Mr Keir Hardie at Bristol suggested that Mr Balfour's demand for an m- £ crease in the navy was advanced as lie . believed, was the.case with the- naval f scare "in 1908, by pre-arrangement with the .Government. Cries, of-, ''Oh, no." _ Those; crying "No" had not been m poli- . tics as long as he had. The scare in . 1908 was ignored until Sir E. Grov, Mr L M'Kenna and -Mr Asquitli gave it color \ and countenance. . !/' DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF TECK. London, October 24. Many messages of condolence- and public tributes have been- received in ! reference to Prmco Francis Teck.' It - is announced during the next four ; lveeks tlic present court mourning will J be also for. the' Prince of Teck. A CONVALESCENT PRINCE. • Belgrade, October 24; The, Crown Prince lias passed the | cnticnl v stage,- and is now progressing; I I ! FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE. ' | Poicticrs, October 24. y . It.,is- surmised the coal wherein the •{ cartridges .> were found was part of a it. consignment: which the British Ad-, > miiiilty refused, suspecting the presence i of /blasting powder, .through carelessness or otherwise: -Marseilles, October 24.; ,i The carters and dockers have struck--MATCHMAKERS"SHOT OUT. .. ~ Geneva, October 1 24. ; Thirty-two..thousand match makers m i - Westenv Switzerland will be locked out; until, the . sth . November over. a wages I ' l question. CRITICS OF THE ARMY, deceived October 25, at 8 a.m.' - ' ■ ; London, October 24 ; Lieut: Suttoi; .lias been ordered- to- ; barracks and deprived of his sword. LORD KITCHENER. London, October 24 The.. Daily Mail-states that Lord Kitchener wjll .viSit, Egypt and the Soudan in the winter. MISS STEAD ON THE STAGE. • London, October 25. Mr W. T. Stead's daughtei Estella ""'h make her debut-nr "The' Merchant : °f.Y.siiice ,> fincl "Macbeth" m a Loudon theatre to-morrow. . , CHOLERA RIOTS. Rome, October 24. At Bisieglia the populace entered the cathedral and trampled on the doctors and Red Cross-nurses engaged in dis- ■ ..infecting the place.' A- fidrce.fight fol--lowed with revolvers' and daggers Nine ipohce- were . wounded. and a citizen tilled. The. crowd- held the cathedral; for the whole of the night until tlio military ejected -them.;

RANK LIABILITIES. Received October 25, at 9.10 a.m. ~ . Loiidon, October 24. "lie Official-Receiver the CJiiu-iug Cross,;Bahk's haljilitiesu-buiili-ly at £2,500,000, and the assets at'. ;,t360,00U..

LEWIS WALLER FOR AUSTRALIA. London, October 21 Lewis -Waller and full company ,wilL<'appear m- Australia under Mossiis .Clarke and „Mey.ncll's iuana:.remeiil in 1912.' . '

THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE Received Octobei 25; at 8 55 a m

Yjenna. Ocl obej 21 Hie Zeitung states lliat dtalv js coni sidermg thevplaiis"v-<ot- foTir :-2t,000-ton < Xheadnqughts onabhng-her ~10 cotnmisi .Mon eight in ,1915 v jGonnnejitmg' oti Italy's compqi<;d' Ajuth' Aus- _ fcbe' , i .-prompt development oh 'the lafctcr's I u.u " J ADRIFT FB CHURCH - tLjisboji, jDcitpbei 2t -.Decrees. oi.der; v thk..<t?,qciflansatiou. of» ::Stßfce-s«f)ported"'Sehpolsi:j-aud.theK.pro-;. secution of^anti-RepublLcan. l priests. - ; , - THE BiaHAT.'c^SE. Recevgd October-25, at *looo .7111. ; J Eibndon, October _24 i: In*the> action .brOjVglitFiank"" Gurzou r . lessee of the Prince 1 JVales Theatre, the ltidge decided he 1 jiad'agreed to pay the Danns for their |ervices. -bnt. dismissed the case 011 the ground that the agreement .to workup an advertisement in the manner already cabled, waa illegal and against public policy. ' A CLOUD BURST. ■ , Rome, October 24,. : A cloud burst occurred oil Mount. Vesuvius, causing torrents of water and mud to descend on Torre del Greco, a j town at its foot a short distance from ; Naples. Two families were huried, and fiv.e dead bodies have been recovered. Several places in the Solerno district

also suffered and the railway lines and telegraphs were broken.

TORPEDO NETS USELESS. Loudon, October 24. A torpedo invented bv Hazlehurst. ex-mayor of Birkenhead, pierces by means" of a powerful explosive, nets surrounding the battleships •to protect them.

MORPHIA SAPS MORALS. . . . London, October 24. >Captain Hugh Willyains, charged with forgery of a promissory note of the value of'£ll,ooo, has been - acquitted, and. his wife has been sentenced to; three years'. -She pleaded in defence-that she was addicted to the morphia habit.

THE GORSE-H4LIT MURDER. •- * London 5 , "'October 24." The trial of "Wilde for tl\e-murder of Storrs, at Gorse Hall has begun. SPAIN IN MOROCCO. > „ Madri'd,' Qctobei 24. The Government denies it is seeking concessons in 'Morocco, and states that the amount of the indemnity ia exaggerated. THE JAPANESE NAVY: Tokio ; Ootobcr's4 Tlio next budget <will-, appropriate seventy million j ens (2s) for a navy, spread over six years. HUMBLING ROME. Lisbon, October 24.Tlie Vatican's embassy to Portugal has been reduced to the status of a legation. ILL-ADVISED 'APPEAL. London, October 24. William Simpso'n-'a labourer who shot Frost, a pa'ssenger on the Metropolitan railway, and invito [throw him out of a carriage on "August 9,' was sentenced to 12 years'. Ho appealed on ■; the ground of the severity of the sentence and the court of appeal; increased - the sentence to 15 years. • ? ; > , IN THE AIR. .. ! New York; October 24. J. A. Drexel, the millionaire clubman,: of--Tittsburg, lias been declared win ner of - the,aviation speed contest. ■

FOREST FIRES. New York, October 24. The town of Warren, -.Minnesota, is' on fire, and the neighboring towns have been appealed to foV-lllep.