HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10608, 10 November 1910, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By^Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) SOCIALISTS OBNOXIOUS. Received November 9, at 9.45 p.m. Brussels, November 0. When the King and Queen were opening Parliament the Socialists, after an altercation with members of the Right, greeted tho Rovalties with a shout of "Dissolution! Vive universal suffrage." They flung papers in the Chamber similarly inscribed. THE KAISER AND THE CZAR. Berlin, November 9. .- The Czar invited-"the Kaiser' to. St'. Petersburg in 'Ajoril: \ ' '

BRITAIN IN PERSIA. London, November 9..' * The- Foreiga-'Ofnce Estimates provide - for the" 'appointment" "of a. -professional Consul at'-Bushire." * " * " """*'' , Received' November 10, at 12.25 p,.mr-- / i •r i ■''-"■ 9! •" The British Force has withdrawn from Lingah, the danger .being-past. i s * REBELLION IN BURMAH." ~ >■■- Rangoon. November"9. ; One hundred and fifty police dispersed" 1000 rebels at Myinmu. , DINIZULTJ SETTLES DOWN. ', ' Pretoria, November 9. Dihizulu's wives and attendants are at l Middlcburg, and aie settling,in the I vicinity. TEACHERS' SUPERANNUATION IN - . LONDON. London, November 9 ; . The London County Council, unani--mously adopted teachers' superannuation.' Tho contributions vary from 4]d to-IOJd per cent. It involves an ultimate annual expenditure ot £45,000.

BATTLESHIP BUILDING. -, , Berlin, November 9. The Budget of 1911 provides lor the first instalment of building. This wdl cpnsist of three battleships, one large and .two small cruiseis, and a torpedo flotilla. Fifteen million marks are again devoted to submarines. , -

MR CHAMBERLAIN AND THE TARIFF, Received November 9, at 11 p.m. London, November 9. Mr Joseph Chamberlain, writing ■to the ' annual conference of the Tariff League, states that attempts had been made to ; prove tariff reform dead. On the contrary, tariff reform was never so strong witli the masses, and never sq urgently required. The treaties made by Canada would-affect their policy, and make it more difficult than in the past. Unless the present opportunity was taken they might find the electors less easy to'persuade in future than in the past. Advantage should be taken of the. Colonial Conference before it was too late. HOME POLITICS.. Received November 10, "at,8.10 a.m. London,. November 10. It is understood that the Cabinet Council is averse to tho Unionists' suggestion of a referendum or a general election in the case of. a deadlock on any grave change such as Home Rule.

PREVENTION OF STRIKES. Paris, November 9. M.'Briand's programme for the prevention of strikes in the public and allied services was coldly received-.in the Chamber, in the absence of details as to'methods. THE GOLD FEVER. Received November 10, at 9.10 a.m. London, November 10. The East Bullfinch Proprietary has beeii formed to work . the Bullfinch East .and Blackbird Blocks, with "a capital of £120,000,. There will be.no. public issue "of shares."

DR CHAPPLE REFUTED. London, November 10. In further refutation of Dr Chappie's charges, the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company point out that a large percentage of the meat arriving 'in London belongs to Loudon owners who are unlikely to allow their property to be handled as T)r Chappie described. LORD MAYOR'S SHOW. London, November 10. The Lord Mayor's show was favored by Jmo -.leather, and the usual crouds lined the streets. The principal feature was lour Shakespearean tableaux. GIFT TO SCIENCE. London, November 10. Mr Welimcr given £IO,OOO to .the "'National Physical Laboratory's Department of Metallurgy. THE CANADIAN; MAIL: Received NovemberlO, at 10.45, a.m. Vancouver, November 9. Details of the Union Company's tender for the Pacific mail service will not bo published pending the agreement of Australia to one alternative route proposed. Canada wishes the inclusion of New Zealand in the route. „

MINE DISASTER. New York, November 9. Fifty men were entombed in the Victor American Fuel Company's mine-at Delagua, Colorado, by an explosion. Fifty others escaped unharmed. Rescuers are confident of saving the entombed men.

THE CRIPPEN CASE. ... New York, November 9. - Bruce Miller, \a friend of Mrs Crippen, does not believe the assertion that Belle Elmore (Mrs Crippen) is alive and m the United States.

DR. COOK'S CROOKED SCHEME. New York, November 9. Kiiud Rasmussen's first statement legaiding Dr Cook's North Pole claims is published in Chicago. It includes the testimony of Cook's Eskimos. The detailed evidence tends to" show that Cook concocted a plan to mislead the Eskimos. ! The latter assert that Cook, made the briefest journey to the northwest.

Received November 10, at 12.25 p.m. Copenhagen, November 9. ' Two Greenland missionaries'informed Rasmussen that two Eskimos who accompanied Peary confiim his - narrative of the discovery of the North Pole. From the same source Rasmussen learn—i cd that the Eskimos with Cook allege;' he was never nearer the Pole than 500 ] miles.

TRAIN COLLISION. Received November 10, at 12.25 p.m. Rome, November 9. . Two Jadies were killed, two fatally and eight ..seriously injured by a collision between an express and a goods train near Pavia, in Lombardy. HIGH TREASON IN JAPAN', i , Tokio, November 9. I Seventy-six Japanese were tried •> by Secret' Court and sentenced to death for a plot to assassinate the Emperor. - INDIAN SEDITION, j Calcutta, November , 9. Arabindo Ghose, whose arrest was otdered for a seditious article, has gone to Pondicherry," where he will reside permanently and retire from politics'until the decision of the Court is given.

WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP. ; ' London. November' 10.'" The Pieussen, wrecked off Dover, jjh'as been abandoned s The Kaiser tele-. giaphed to the admiration'oftheir gallantry. » t -_ .'" _' .',{'.V' FATHER OF THE JEWS. ''■}'■■ "\ London, November 10. Lord Rothschild, on the occasion, of his 70th birthday, was presented with an address from the Jews of the world.

STEAMER WRECKED. London, November 10. The survivors of the Kurdistan state that only one. boat with sis occupants was lowered. The others jammed in' the davits. The -steamer rolied right over and sank. A boat was picked "up

which had contained six of the crew, but four had been washed overboard. Others of those on board perished from I exposure. Waihi shares, 112s 6d to 115s. GERMAN FINANCE. Berliu, November 9? X loan of £4,887,396 will be required to cover the Government's deficit. ' \ - ' SHIPYARDS STRIKE. London, November , 10. The Times clainw that the boilermakers'- * silent and -determined- repudiation of collective bargaining and conciliation is even greater evidence of -the of trade unionism than tne .mad violence of the Welsh colliers.' .' '"'■ " _,