HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10629, 5 December 1910, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Ew.utiuc Telegraph--Coi-yhkjht.] (Per Press Association.) OBITUARY. Received December 4, at 0.0 p.m. ' Ottawa, December 3. Jacques. Faure, nephew of the French ex-President, died "at Quebec of typhoid. He suffered hardships in -the St. Louis balloon race,- in which his balloon landed- at Wisconsin.

WELSH CHURCH COMMISSION. -: London';-' December 3. ■ A feature of the Welsh Church Commission's report is the absence of unanimity amongst the members. The Times suggests- that a fresh commission examine the methods and test the statistics of the commission just defunct.

• REBELLIOUS MEXICO. New York, December 3. President Diaz has appointed a peace commission to approach the rebels at San Isidro. The commissioner "was despatched by special train, bearing a white flag." By secret advances to El Paso, the insurgents managed to attack Chihuahua. -. Received December 5, at S.oO a.m. New York, December 4. - Troops have been despatched from Chihuahua, to subdue the insurgents, who are taking refuge in the mountains. The "peace envoys'' aro believed to be carrying an ultimatum instead of an olivo branch. It has just been disclosed that the Government troops were defeated on , Tuesdav Inst at San Andres, when the , revolutionists, holding the village, drove i off tho Government forces.

THE MEXICAN OUTCAST. New York, December 4. Tho United States has refused haven to Francisco Madero, tho Mexican revolutionary leader.

DISASTROUS FLOODS. PariSj December 3. Floods are menacing the villages near St. Etienne. Seven thousand are workless at Nantes, and hundreds of families are homeless. The railways pre submerged' around Orleans. The bursting of a dam at Mont St. Jean submerged the neighborhood to a depth of six feet. The Deputies voted £6OOO for relief. London, December 6. Extensive and serious floods have.occurred in the valleys of the Thames, Trent, and other rivers.

TERRORISED BY A MINORITY. London, December 3. Eighty per centum of the Aberdare miners are anxious to return, but the minority (the younger Socialists) command the situation and terrorise the coalfield.

CANADIAN POLITICS. .. Ottawa, December 3. The Montreal Gazette states that 'Sir W. Laurier will probably resign in the autumn subsequent to his educational tour on the navy question in Quebec, Ontario, and the other provinces. As a result of the navy debate the contracts have been hastened for four cruisers of-the Bristol class and six tor-pedo-boat destroyers of the River class, with oil fuel for both. The completion of the programme will cost two millions. Mr Aylesworth, Minister for Justice, explained the Hague fisheries award, and indicated that the result aided Canada to maintain her sovereign rights in Hudson's Bay, which he hoped would never be questioned.

A VIOLENT GALE. St. Petersburg, November 3. In consequence of a violent gale on the Sea of Azov the water receded three miles and a number of ships were stranded. The crews were unable to laud and were foodless. Many fishing boats were wrecked and houses washed away. '

MERCHANT SERVICE IN WARTIME. Received December 4, at 5.5 p.m.

London, December 3. Replying tn Chambers of Commerce commivnieations regarding the declaration of London, the Foreign Office invites attention to the improvements effected and states that if the declaration is ratified neutral vessels will no longer be sunk, except under stringent and carefully guarded conditions, and food supplies will never again bo declared contraband. If the rules were improperly observed or harshly interpreted by the belligerents in the prize courts aii appeal would be allowed to the Hague Tribunal, which can be trusted to give redress.

THE WHITEHAVEN DISASTER. London, December 3 The verdict in. the inquiry into the Whitehaven disaster was that it was due to an explosion of gas and coaldust combined, and there was insufficient evidence to show that it was due to a. defective safety lamp. The closing of the pit was the right expedient, as there was no means of reaching the entombed men.

A BURNING .TOWN. New York, December 3. The town of Copperhill, Tennessee, is burning. One street is already destroyed. The loss to midnight is £2OJOOO sterling. No lives were lost.

TOLSTOY'S COMPLICATIONS. Received December 5, at 1.12 a.m. fit. Petersburg, December U. Measures are being taken to prevent Tchertkoff from acting as Tolstoy's literary executor, on the ground that he is unconnected with the family. DARK RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, December 2. One hundred and ninety-four students of both sexes wore sentenced from one to throe months' imprison- | ment at Moscow for demonstrating ~ against the death penalty. THE PROPHET OF PEACE. St. Petersburg, December 2. An Imperial rescript orders an experimental mobilisation of troops in the Kars district. THE REFERENDUM REVOLUTION. Vienna, December 2. The Fremdenblatt considers that the referendum implies the greatest constitutional .evolution in England since Magna Charta, but fears that it would expose the country to a perpetual party struggle and the cnfccblement of Parliament. RAILWAY EXPLOSION. Received December 5, at 8.5 a.m. \ New York, December 4. Ah engino blew up" on llio Denver to Rio' Grande railway line. Thrco persons wero- killed. RAILWAY ROBBERY WITH AS- ■ ■" ' SASSINATION. . , " New York, December 4. , Bandits held up the, railroad station at Devil's Slide, Utah, murdered the agent, robbed the safe, and escaped.

■ SOBER PRANCE. -Received December 4, at 5.5 p.m. Paris, December 3. M. Briand, in the Senate, said the Government was determined to combat alcoholism. The situation was terrible, the very life of the nation being at stake. Received December 5, at 8.5 a.m. Paris, December 4. M. Briand has promised Government measures dealing with the liquor question within a few days. 500 FARMERS' RESENT PROTECTION. Ottawa, December 4. Five~lHindred" prairie farmers, representing West Canada, are coming here on the sixteenth instant to urge the lowering of tariffs on agricultural imported necessities.

AGGRESSIVE "UNCLE SAM." Ottawa, December 4. • The Blue Book of ther North-West Mounted Police alludes to the recent establishment of the Canadian Whaling Company, and hopes that Canada will undersell the "United States, which Jias hitherto been monopolising the Arctic.

HANDS ACROSS T.IIK SKA. London, December •!. -Eight thousand American sailors were entertained at tho Guildhall. Replying to tho. Lord Mayor's welcome, Commander Ames said ho personally believed that if .the British Empire were seriously menaced by an external enemy Lho British people might count upon every man, every dollar, and every drop of blood from their kindred across the sea.

THE AERIAL TOLL. Rome, December 4. An engineer named Cammarohi, and Cantellanoe, a soldier, wero killed while biplaning at Ceutavalli. The machine was dashed to the ground owing to the collapse of the motor.

CELEBRATIONS IN AFRICA. Durban, December 3. The Duke and Duchess of Conhaught, at Maritzburg, on Thursday received addresses, and were entertained in the Town Hall, two hundred guests being present. The Duke of Connaught laid, the foundation stone of the Natal University College and attended a mayoral garden party in the afternoon. They arrived at Durban on Friday, and had a splendid welcome, 3500 people assembling in the Town Hall. The Dukepaid a tribute to municipal enterprise, also the loyalty everywhere manifested. Later he reviewed the Durban Light Infantry, of which he is Colonel-in-Chief. The royalties sailed to-day in the Balmoral Castle homewards. Port Elizabeth, December 3. Messrs Fisher and Fowlds arrived at Grahamstowu on Thursday, and at Durban on Friday. They were entertained at luncheon by thcMayor, and departed for Capetown. HONORS FOR AN AUSTRALIAN. I Lnodon, December 4. The Associated Board of the Royal College and Academy of Music, has granted Ivy Wigmore, violinist, of Perth, a second renewal of an exhibition for a year. COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. London, December 4. The. Chamber 'of British Manufacturers, similar to the Australian institution, is being organised in London. A BENZINE FIRE. Berlin, December 4. The benzine fire was extinguished I after burning for five days. RUSSIAN UNREST. St. Petersburg, December 4. Three convicts killed six warders at Kharkoff, but the three were shot when scaliug the wall in an effort to escape. THE GERMAN BOGY. Paris, December 4. The Figaro gives currency to a report that has long been prevalent that diplomatic circles in Germany have offered several millions sterling and military aid for the fortification and defence of Holland. AN INCIPIENT REBELLION. Rangoon, December 4. The leader of the recent rising has been captured with his principal followers. All are petty cultivators. THE REWARD OF COURAGE. Vienna, December 4. The. Emperor has bestowed a gold watch, with the Imperial initials iu diamonds, on Captain Matthews, of the steamer Lowther Grange, and binoculars, adorned with the Emperor's signature, on Captain Andrews, of the tug Dievan, while the first ollicer and six seamen of the Lowther Cirange have received monetary awards. The widow of the engineer who was killed was also awarded 10,000 kronen, and Admiral Slade and the Governor of Aden were specially thanked.