HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10605, 7 November 1910, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric TELr&R \pn—Copyright.] (Per Pptss Association.) PORTUGAL RESTORES HER FINANCES. Received November 6, at 5.5 p.m: Lisbon, November 5. v . The Government proposes to wipe out tho deficit of £G50,000 sterling by m-_ ci easing the taxation on landed estates and buildings by fiom 5 to 12 millions a tear On the civd list it will save £100:000, which will he "utilised m abolishing the town dues on meat and t egetables. It will entoice the payment of- arrears rfof taxes amounting to | 1 "£250,000. ' The advances to the royal famih and' Government "officials are estimated at £1,900,000, and after payment of tho rot al debt tho revenue from the ro^aU properties will be handed over to King Manuel. TTDAL WAVE IN BEHRING SEA. New York, November 5. Solomon, a small settlement east oi Nome, Alaska, has been wiped out bj a terrific surf, unaccompanied by wind oi ram. 'The flooding of Nomo is iriesulicable, as it is now announced there has been no storm thero duung the tide rush. It is-Jpiobable there was a volcanic disturbance Schooners tteie driven ashore as if the> weie icebeigs. and dashed against the buildings on the water-fiont stieets.

BATTLESHIP BUILDING. London, November 6. The Spectator, referring to the contiadictory statement of the delayed Geiman construction, states some delay was doubtless due to Laboi troubles, and tiusts the repoits will not lead to any more undignified piopusals to lednco aimamentf, liaigland should canv out her piogiamme lcsolutelv and candidly. , „ London, Notcmbei b The Nat> League's Beihn conesponspondent says that the iom capital ships of the 1910 progiamme aie under construction Moreover, Geimarij has completed 13 Mn guns

THE COLONIAL OFFICE. Loudon, November, 6 No present piospects ot changes in the Colonial Office aie piobable. Sir Fiancis Hopwood will lemain till the eonteience Reutei states tint no decision has tet been taken lespectiug the division of the Depaifmenl, though undoubtedly it is intended. * COMPULSORY SERVICE London, November 6. The Duke of Aigjll, at Inverness, urged compulsort mihtart tiainmg, should the countij he disappointed aftei another yeai's experience ol the temtoiial forces. He advocated iefonn of the House of Loids.

HOME RULE. London, November 6. The Unionist Reveille Committee manifested uncompromising hostility to Homo Rule, in any form and under any appellation. The people must not be left in doubt as to . the opinions of leading statesmen on such topics.

BANDIT PRINCE EXPELLED. London, November 6. The Daily Mail states that. Raisuli rallied his forces and attacked the Khlot tribes outside Alcazar, capturing their camp and taking many prisoners. The, tribe refused to pay the taxes.

A DEVOTED QUEEN. London, November 6. The' Queen spent two days in the Imperial Institute unpacking and sorting 15,200 garments contributed by her group of the London Needlework Guild The Princess Mary contiibutcd 700 garments.

BRITAIN AND PERSIA. London, No\ ember 6 It is officially stated that the cruiser Proserpine landed 60 men in the Peisian "Gulf. Command.ei M.ushall and Captain White were" slight lj wounded This is not connected with the Ligan landing, near Chatbar, .'hero tlieie is gun-running by the Afghans The Proserpine subsequently landed a Lngei force. A ■ DRINKING ■ NATION Received November 7, at 0 25 a m Brussels, Xo\ emboi 5 The consumption of p'cohol in Belgium has increased 54 per centum in 25 years. There is one publichouse to every 34 inhabitants. There are '200,000 cases of illness annually through excessive drinking, whereof 2000 are fatal. A NATURAL PHENOMENON Berlin, No\ ember 6 A discharge of natuul gjs neai Bergedorf was, fired, ard is burning like an enormous torch. : HUGE MOTOR SHOW Received November 7, at 8 35 a m. London, November G The. motor show at is the largest ever held. 'NcarH one million's worth of exhibits, are on \ icw.

RECRUITS FOR THE NAVY. London, November 6. Fifteen hoys from the training ship Exmouth, in the Thames,, have been selected' to join tho Canadian navy.

LORD KITCHENER. London, November 6. Lord Kitchener has started for Egypt.

CURTAILING RELIGIOUS' ORDERS

Madrid, NpvomberiG. The Senate, by/a large majority,, passed a Bill prohibiting for two years the establishment of further religious orders pending the passing of a law re the new association.

CYCLONE IN PORTUGALLisbone, November 6. A cyclone played havoc at tho Villa Real, in Algarve, and ten sailors were drowned. GIFTS TO EDUCATION. Capetown, November 6. .Mr Otto Beit has agreed to divert to the creation of a teaching university at Grooteschuur the £200,000 bequeathed by Mr Alfred Beit for the foundation of a university at Johannesburg. Mr Wehrner will also give £300,000.

THE WHEAT SUPPLY. London, November 6. The wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,575,000 quarters, and for the ContinenF 2,075,000. The Atlantic- shipments are 2140 quarters. Pacific 40,000 quarteis. The total shipments to Europe this v,'cek were 1,475,000 quarters, including 55,000 from the Argentine, 430,000 Russian, 350,000 Danubian, 106,000 Indian, 93,000 Australasia.

ROYAL TRAVELLERS. London, November 6. Queen Alexandra, Queen Maud, and Olaf, Crown Prince of Norway, and Princess Victoria have arrived in Lonjdon.• ' * I A SUCCESSFUL I)EBUT. " Vienna, November G. " .The Vienna newspapers give,favorable notices to Leila D_oublocl.iv, the Mcl--bournc -violinist, fcrdier, performance at the Slezato'concert".

MOTOR SCORCHING. . Received November 7, at 0.35 -a.m. - New York, November G_*_» Joe.Dawson, in a Maroon car vrpn tire 20j0 .miles; automobile race from At'.-iSj, ta to "Georgia m "two" hours 51 mfiiiues 12 seconds. Ralph Mulford,' in, a Cozier car, Was 3 hours' 1" 1-oth sees behind.. He lost his tires, and stopped. The contestant has to be twice the winner, jnd takes the Atlanta tronhy.. There weie eleven starters. . , Fifteen automobiles have staitcd for Los Angelos on a 450 rune across the desert of Phoenix, A" ; /ona. r Jhe roads are the most tlaiiEwrous ever attempted by motorists. The motors.will be ferried across the rivers en route.

LUNATIC ASYLUM DESTROYED. Vancouver, November 5. The Manitobian hmatic asylum was destroyed by fire. Sis hundred patients were released in :> snowstorm, and several are believed to be dejid. but the others are safe s The loss is £IOO,OOO.

"Women patients, playing with matches, caused the conflagration. ENGLISH RACING. London, November ;V ■\Vootton, the jockey, leads Maker by 7 points. "" - .. - - TARIFF NEGOTIATIONS, t' •";• '--■"■'. -New '.Vorfc, Novembers 6. i The, .reciprocity' conference- between the States . t has opened. ;"',The' pielim'inaVfes' were, discussed. " '.'.'.,- ' CANADIAN ELECTIONS." Ottawa, November 6. Tlie Toronto press admits-that the Athabasca defeat is'a crushing blow to ,Sir W. Lalirier, and declares that it is simply'. retributive justice; as; the Nationalists boTrowed_in former years. WHEN CZAR AND KAISER MEET. Berlin, November" -6. Potsdam is..not decorated for the meeting of- the Czar and Kaiser. , A military display was the chief icaturc. International— mostly French—detectives, have been studying the topography of the town. The police lemoved insulting placards calling for a demonstration to protest against, the Czar's visit.' "The sovereigns had a prolonged private interview. . Paris, November 6. The Matin's St. Petersburg correspondent, ' referring to tho meeting at Potsdam, states that the Czar believes that it is desirable to alleviate certain relations which are occasionally strained, especially to " remove the diincult points wherein friction arises.

THE VETO CONFERENCE. London, November 6. The twentieth meeting of the Veto Conference has hoen held. The Dublin Evening FJeiald states that the Veto, Conference has arranged r conioromi.se respecting the House ot Lords,' and the Conservative leaders have agieed to support the Government until a new scheme applicable to Ireland is submit Led to Parliament or a fresh conference is held.

FIRES AT BRUSSELS EXHIBITION. Received November 7,-at 5.5 a.m. Brussels, November G. Further fires in the- exhibition have befell" extinguished. There are evidences that "they were the result of incendiarism. ' ■ , ■' Received November 7, at 8.35 a.m. London, November 6. Mr Hal'dane, speaking at Oxford, said whether/ the conference failed or not, its influence was for good. It was" desirable that the great parties should approach each other and come closer together "on certain subjects. These approaches were .always tentative and might not succeed, but they were never made without some result. What was obscure became to some extent translucent.

THE CRIPPEN TRIAL. London, November 6. Crippen has appealed, contending that the identity of the corpse has not been established, and the Crown's rebutting evidence was wrongly admitted. Mr Tobin explained that the return of his brief was a mistake through a misunderstanding. After counsel had spoken four hours and a half the appeal was dismissed in ten minutes.

. A STAGE WEDDING. London, November 6. Frank Jav Gould was quietly married to Miss "Edie Kelly,, a gaiety chorus girl at Edinburgh. Gould rented Sir .Walter Scott's Abbotsford. He was divorced from his first wife last year.