HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10645, 20 December 1910, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

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(Per Press Association.) CROWN PRINCE ABROAD. Received December If), at 9.15 p.m. f-laidaiab id (India) December 19 'lhe Gcini.in Crown Piince was velromed, and is staying at Faluknuma Castle. TROPICAL DISEASES. ' London, December 19. The University of liiverpool is the only university possessing a professorship of tropical 'entomology, and a school of tropical medicines, which was founded in memory of Mr Dutton, who 1 succumbed to Congo spenllum fever ALSACE-L.ORRAINE. ' - Berlin, December 19 The laws for Alsacer and Lorraine tome into force on Ist. 1912 'J'hcv emanate'* onl\ from the Kaiser, with the consent of the.two-cLambered -diet. Thus'-the Rcichstadt is unable to legislate for the-Reichsland, that estate iiot_ being-granted a place in the Imperial legislation, and the Government will send the 'decision on to the-Federal Council representatives who are entitled to speak but not to vote upon it. ft is argued that the granting of a vote in the Federal Council is undesuable and would raise the question of 'a lcdistnbution of power among the States The Upper House will consist of 36 merabers;-/one half ex-officib, and the Lower House of 60. CHOLERA SCOURGE. Lisbon, Deccmbei 19 The cholera at Madeira is decreasing. Of 864 cases26s 'wore fatal. Constantinople, December 19. Cholera is increasing, and is averaging 40 cases daily-. There have been 1036 cases since the outset, and 595 deaths. . IN THE AIR. . ' -London,. December 19. < Grahame White's concussion is slight, and;he is recovering. Sopwith's biplane, 'with a monoplane tail, is of British construction. -Received December 20, at 0.30 p.m. London, December 19. Mrs Harbord and party ballooned from London to. in''France, to compete for the Aero Club's challenge cup. ROYAL APPENDICITIS PATIENT. London, December .19. The Duchess- of; Orleans has been operated on for appendicitis at Wood Norton, and her condition is grave. REVOLUTION IN PALESTINE. Constantinople, December 19. Twelve thousand rebels were captured at the township- of Maan, in Palestine. THE CHINESE PARLIAMENT. Peking, .December. 19. An-edict rejects'tho memorial cabled on December'-.-Istj and 1 adds that the inauguration of the; Cabinet and tho appointment of -officials is the exclusiveprerogative of tho- throne. [The Assembly, after a secret session, memoralised the .throne, stating that a Grand Council had been formed during tho Cluinlang period, the poweis whereof were now answerable to tho people, and tho formation of a rctponsible Cabinet was essential. DEFENCE OV SOUTH AFRICA. Received December 20, at 1.5 a.m. Johannesburg, December 19. Lord'Methuon, at ; the Rand Pioneers' dinner, heartily thanked Mr Steyn, oxPresident of tho Orange FVee State, for his'speech at Vrecle, »> placing defence in the forefront ai:d advocating a burgher force, comprising all the ablebod r icd. Mr Steyn's speech urged that South Africa's motto should be, besides "One vote, one value," also "One vote, one rifle." OFFICIAL GRAFT .IN RUSSIA. Received December 20, at 9.15 a\m. St. Petersburg. December 19. In connection with the Senate's in'ltiiry into the artillery administration 1 sensational, arrest has been made of Colonel Meyer, head of the gun'department at the Government factory al Obhukoff. Several of Meyer's associates also, have been arrested.. A TRAIN CATASTROPHE. Lisbon, December 19. .An electric train full of workmen and 'going at full speed was derailed and all the carriages were Hung to the side at"' the line. The driver was killed and 22 passengers .seriously wounded. The rails had been weakened by the recent floods. SILVER AND GOLD. .London, December 19. The cr'.Me of Jluniy Silver, formerly 1 member ol Hie Punch staff, has been sworn at Ci .197,807. He lelt 1100,000 to tlie London hospitals. DESPERATE APACHES OF PARIS. Paris, December 19. Seven gendarmes were arresting an "Apache" at a <liinking shop, when the man fired .live shots before he was shot and captured. The same night three ''Apaches" wounded a gendarme, who used his revolver and seared them away. The .gendarme was afterwards discovered senseless. FATAL EXPLOSION. Heceivcd December 20, at 0.50 p.m. New York. Dpcember 19. Thirteen persons were killed and fifty Injured by an explosion ol gas tanks and dynamite in the six-storey power .station of the New York Central Railroad at New York.

"ANGLO-SAXON." > . New York, December 19.;.. ' The term .'.'Anglo-Saxon" was objected to by the Asiatic Exclusion League_ of 3an Francisco. One speaker said the word was an insult to the Irish and German people of. the United States.

DIPLOMAT'S SUDDEN DEATH. ■/.' New York, December 19. Senor: Anibal.. Crir/,, Chilian Minister to "Washington,, died suddenly.

PASSENGERS' LUGGAGE. Received December 20. at 9.15 -a.in

London, December 19

As the result of the fire aboard Lhe Monowai in 1908 it is expected that passengers' luggage will hereafter be included in general average .statements .is 'contributory interest. The newspapers Infer that passengers with effects : of any value would do well to arrange :n----suran.ee.

ENGLISH COAL FOR ITALY. - Rome, December 19. The Chamber is discussing the question of a subsidy to a«... Italian company for the transport of 7,i.100,000 tons of coal ■annually,, from.'South Wales. Hitherto Tour millions sterling in freight have gone to English shippers.

THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE. Received December 20; at 8.5 a.m.

London, December 20. Tho Times, in stTi article, on tho Conference, states that Australia properly, wishes to press the principle of uiteiuational arbitration and the terms of the Declaration of London. On both questions she will find Canada supporting her.-' These dominions indicate the im- ' mediate necessity ot devising a means whereby the opinion of the ovciseas colonies may assert itself in conducting the Imperial relations with foreign ' Powers. The. voice must be the. Empire's, not Britain's alone New Zealand urges the creation ol .in lmperi.il Council Kvciythiiig depencK on tho form, says the Times, but it doubts whether n council w lth purel> advisorv

poweis would pro\c in consonance with 'Australian and Canadian ideas The need is not foi dclibeiation by a central authority which .seems in some sense to impair- the- autonomy of the existing Cabinet,, but rather for machinery of a' thorough, rapid/ and personal exchange of -.view's. AN ISLAND SINKS. . Sau Salvador* December .19; Following upon an earthquake shock an island sank m the llppango Lagoon, close to this city. With the island 170 persons perished.>and no trace remains of the island. KING AND QUEENTO VISIT PARIS" ' Paris, December 19 The Figaro states that'the King and the Queen will" visit Par js after the J coronation.