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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10672, 23 January 1911, Page 4

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[Br. E/.'vv !;•:•- T,v ,-j--' :.:■;■* ip---k ;, j •' RECIPKOC! I': NEGOTIATION ttecoivvd Jam:.- :.. 2i, <t 2 p.m. ' : ' '■ \,v>v York, January 20. L ''Negotiation;-- ii..' reciprocal trade ar-rrtn-"Mi;ents b ...e-n Canada and the United Stat-i- '•;:><' h-xn adjourned for a'week. An is necessary, to-allow oi submission to the respective Government = of the outlines of ttje 'agreement reached. Thero will !io_ i?o ofßeral statement of the matter befop tho close.'of negotiations. •.... .-. i '—".:■ New York, January 21:; To-dav\= conference ends .the reijir prpcitv negotiations between Canada ancL'tVie United States. ..." ; i " The 'Washington.- Press ,announces tfiaV"an" aareement has lieen reachaa aria'there is to be a. .substantial reduction in the. duties on several natural arid' ihanulaotlired -products pT both countries. -It:- is understood Canada lowers'the .export duties on wood pulp and 'the Tinted States is to admit Canada's farm products.: ;' It is .r»norcd that there r, to be a withdrawal of the"'-wheat duties, but this-is not believed-by the Canadian millers and wheat growers.

■NEW BISHOP OF WINCHESTER. Received January 21, at 2.55 p.m. London, January 21. The Rev. -Mr Talbot, Bishop of Southward has been appointed Bishop ol Winchester.

u-a HELP FOR THE POOR. ~,;: ■■>■-' London, January ?21. It is stated that "under the Government's invalidity insurance •«&«»"*; a. worker receives 10s per week for-.the first' 26 weeks' illness, and 5s weekly for the remainder of his illness.

THE NATIONS HYPER-SENSITIVE.

: AT HIGH TENSION. . ;_ ■•• - Berlin, January 21.; •'■■' Admiral Kciin, ex-leader of the Nary LeacueV declares that I ranee> and ms- - attempting to .****<&£ Holland's s6 vc reignty, are. really aiming W'Gerinanv, and that the latter "th«4 organised and v well-la,d weak London the Stock Exchange are due „ _bndourumors 6? differences between France and 1 Germany concerning the Flushing fortification scheme wincja have affected the Bourse. Renter confinns'this weakness on the Boi.rse, and fiaysfii is partly due to unfavorable foreign advices. :' PLAGTOE AT PEKIN. v ■'-.:' Pekin, January IV. ' There has been a fatal case of plague 'ifc:_&Env-*' <i- ! A GREAT HIGH ROAD. '■'&■'- ?C'' Vancouver, January 21. principal .authorities throughout Canada are considenng the construction of a. national i»^ ? y joining the Atlantic and the Pacific. Br - has taken the preliminary 'steps to- construct its own sec- '' _____ 7 BOUNTY AND SHIP fei&f*-- ■'■.- SUBSIDY. ' ; ' New York, January 21. *3ie,.Ocean Mail Bounty Bill was Vft£rly assailed in the. United States Senate. The measure is intended, to buttress the falling American marine Critics contend that the measure is a wedge in making way for. a genera Ship Subsidy Bill, involving twenty Bullions sterling annually, limited to the United" States. ' ft- "NO- THOROUGHFARE FOR -; .-•■■■' .ALIENS. Amsterdam, January 21. of 350 Russians for B'anadav" via Rotterdam, were detained The newspapers are irand accuse the German auitf__* of obstruction, m the hope that- Hamburg and Bremen will be fenefitedv ',' : '- CARNEGIE'S MILLIONS: New York, January 21. Mr Andrew Carnegie has given two millions sterling to the Washington InSe of. Research, his tota Wfac-iggr-thereto being five millions. T^-_N'INVTTATION TO THE ■■&:■**?:& v KING. _ Siil'-Ji--? Vancouver. January IV. ;e __e" : Empire" Clubs throughout Ui-_aa§"-rre combining to present a petiParliament the Sbe hivited to visit the Dominion £mU, when the celebration of the Beared years peace between the Season, peoples takes place.

S -BRITISH POLITICS. .- hisb:-V "London. January 21"Smith, in an article in. Keywhich - P»SSies g x,nle f SKfcoahtonteat the Veto Bill S d>ere means for diverge,!, ends sSlafj sbbuia be nearer £3OO than £500:- ' , _____ liFi^-Sn^DS BANKI^ ?,:*B&'> January 21. Times' AHenna c°/ r^P°" d ?"* prooosal^plac^ne 2SS S* S at the national-banking. vi-'f BOLLAND'S DEFENCE . . :• n " MEASURES. -vA>" •--:.. The Hague, January 21. tefw_H^ SSding the low-lying countrj in war ;;", DISCOURAGING TRIAL. Revived January 22,, at 5.5 p.m. ' _ Stockholm, January 21i'torpedoer vessel started from propeller.

London, January 21. '• TKe Daily Mail, in- a leading article, fte Commonwealth uiits ProfSSnst the Declaration of London. fleeting of the Swansea Chamber of Commerce carried a resolution of We£fc against the Declaration of Lonof Shipping;' ntin£ rine-tenths of the Bntislrshvppu.g, 4^ tly iS y % C e°eraTinSu I mt£ S against, while S have approved -of the declaration.

& FOREIGN POLICY. '.M>- ; ' rrt Tbkio, January ! iCou#lSatsura, speaking in the Diet, s&b tneTapanese relations with the were* cordial, and the British Sice was gaining .strength with age Japan, expected to complete treaties with, alt the Powers without difficulty The expenditure on armaments would be restricted to the country's necessities-.

NO MORE "MUDDIED OAFS." '."■■ ■'.':'' . London, January 21. : Sir G. '' H. Reid, addressing a regimental, gathering of King Edward s Horse, said the men would find it better in everv way to train as Territorials than .make a ring of onlookers like at football matches. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DREAD- ' " NOUGHTS. Vienna, January 21. The newspaper Zoit states that the first ' Austro-Hung'ari.-.ii Dreadnought will be launched ill .Tunc next, and the second in "December. SALMON FOR NEW ZEALAND. London. January 21. I Sir W. Hall-Jones has shipped by the steamer Ruahino a million sajmou ova, I half "from Britain and the remainder

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TO" CDMBAF CHOLERA. -.,..!. ■"' .'•'-,Pa'fis,c'J{tnuary; : 2'i. . M. Briand, in tho-Chamber of'.-■De-puties,-! wiritiuaced'thsit' an"internatipnal Irygieriic conference was being'convened with" a -view to organising .measures against cholera.' -""•=

- TJNIiEST.!^ ; V !; New York,', January. 20Californiin carpenters, .are demanding increased wages and -; threaten... to .•strike if: their : demands rare not' accepted. Twenty unions ha-vc agreed to "a sympathetic strike at Los; Angeles, if ithe-carpenters'.claims aro not allowed.

THE : JAPANESE PH ANTASY-; ; -,-,-• !:!New! York, January 20., . a United States'j'represeniatfve,; speaking afc,JJeir6it,vsaid that Japan could, seize Seattle, Taconia, Portland, .the tfaris-coptiiiental railway rputesVand the.BreanYerto'n ua-yy/yards, and fortify the passes," .before the United States coiilddespatch'7o,ooo troops.to the Pacific"'coast, arid that tho United States navy v.-ouldbo help-loss,-because it-needed merchant vessels, and that.the army was too small for quick and adequate protection to be arranged-between Chicago and Rock Island.

THE PENALTY OF SPEED. New York, January 20. A train dashed into a cow at Fort Smith,. Arkansas, and was derailed. Four persons were killed and 30 injured.

MORE YANKEE ENTERPRISE. New' York, January 20. A "huge packing and exDorting plant is planned at Graham Island, British Columbia, by American capitalists. 30.000 sheen from the Oregon mountains are being introduced into the island.

SUDDEN DEATH OF UNITED STATES OFFIdAL. New York, January 20. The death occurred in the hallway of a New York Hotel, from cerebral hemorrhage, of Mr Paul" Morton, exSecretary of the., United States Navy.

DESTRUCTION OF MEXICAN :■ REBELS. ' . Vtexieo City, Jsvnwvry 20. Mexican train men have secured t.h'fc Southern Pacific railway lines, and traffic will be resumed.

A party of rebels barricaded themselves in "a church at Daquirichic, Chihuahua, and fought the Federal troops during four hours. A onantity of dynamite stored in the church exploded and wrecked the edifice. Many were killed and the insurgents fled.

NOT TO GET OFF. Berlin, January ■ 21. The Reichstag rejected the Conservatives' amendment to the Unearned Increment Tax Bill, exempting reigning princes, including the Kaiser.

FRANCE'S NAVAL REFORMS. Paris, January 21. Members of the Republican Left met to hear M. Delcasse's report on naval reforms. They approved o£ the remark that it was important to give France, by 1920, the instrument she needed for the conduct of her policy.

THE CROWN PRINCE'S TOUR. Calcutta, January 21. The tour of the Crown Prince has been modified owing to the prevalence of plauge in China. He avoids Manchuria, and on his return will probably visit South America, Hawaii, and Panama.

GREAT PANAMA WORLD'S FAIR. Received January 23, at 0.25 a.m. New York, January 21. The House of Representatives Committee favors New Orleans as the site cf the Great Panama World's Fair in 1915. San Francisco js spending two hundred' thousand sterling, hoping to get the exposition, but no decision lias yet been reached. FIRES IN VIRGINIA. New York, January 21. The Traders' Hall, a theatre "adjoining, and a number of business houses were destroyed at Chuksbury, West Virginia. Panic-stricken women were forcibly removed from the hotel. TROUBLE IN MAURITIUS. Port Louis, January 21. The mob wrecked several business places and newspaper unices. They were dispersed without recourse to arms. Two fatalities were reported. The excitement is decreasing. REPRESENTATION AT CORONATION. Received January 23,' at 8.35 a.m. London, January 22. The. Express states that King George, unsolicited, expressed a desire that the overseas dominions should be specially honored at the Coronation ceremonies, also that the High Commissioners should be allotted seats in the diplomatic gallery at the opening of Parliament.MANCHESTER TRADE WITH COLONIES. London, January 22. The Manchester Guardian welcomes the report on the Manchester trade, says that Australia's almost complete dependence on London is wasteful, in theextreme, and cannot continue without seriously prejudicing Australia and Manchester'on the great central railway companies' lines. MR LLOYD-GEORGE'S THROAT TROUBLE Loudon, January 22. Owing to the condition of his throat, Mr Lloyd-George expects to have to return to the South of France. A. MARRYING SCOUNDREL. London, January 22. During a wedding at' Sheffield, the bride's mother stopped the ceremony and produced a certificate that the bridegroom was already married. The clergyman ordered the removal of the ring, and the crowd threw missiles and rags at'the man. AN UNWELCOME VISITOR. London,. January 22. A madman visited Sir T. Lipton's residence, pretended that he was a policeman, and flourished a razor. Sir Thomas Lipton condoled with the man's grievances and succeeded in securing assistance by telephone. RUSSIAN CORRUPTION IN HIGH' ; PLACES. ■ St. Petersburg, January 22. ..In connection with, the army contracts' scandals, the famous Madame Vallerina is suspected of receiving bribes from agents of foreign ordinance firms, on account of her influence with Grand. Dukes. The police ransacked her house, despite the Grand Dukes' protests, and seized many cases o£. jewels in order to trace the purchasers.

TIMELY RESCUE AND RETRIBUTION. -..;; St. Petersburg, January 22. Four robbers, armed with -hunting knives, murdered four members of a houscliold near Krasnoyarsk and bound the fifth, a girl of 18 years. The brother unexpectedly returned and shot three of the murderers with a Browning revolver. He set tho dogs on the fourth, and they tore him to piece's.

STRIKE OF MOTORMEN. Johannesburg, January 22. . Conductors and motormen demanded the dismissal of an obnoxious inspector. They struck, and all trams were stopped-until the inspector was finally withdrawn.

OPIUM SMUGGLING. Yancouvcr, January 22. Evidence at. the Chinese immigration inquiry disclosed the existence of a smuggling ring among opium sellers. Many prominent subscribers to the Anti-Opium Lea; ne are involved, and huge profits have been made. One party of Chinese, learning that, another was lauding a big consignment of opium, personated detectives and captured the whole of the booty. Vancouver was used as a centre to snpply the chief Canadian cities.

CLOSE OF PROLONGED NEGOTIATIONS. New York, January 22. It is officially announced that an understanding has been reached in the reciprocity negotiations, and that details will lie published probably on Thursday. It is unknown whether or not the agreement will be ratified in treaty form, or as a simple joint resolution by the Canadian Parliament and in the American Congress.

ADAPTABILITY OF AEROPLANE FOR WAR. . New York, January 22.; Lieut. r ßeck, of the United States signal service, sent wireless messages from an aeroplane in! which he was scouting over a supposed enemy's country at San Francisco. Beck .was accompanied by a skilled aviator.. !The messages were received without error: The experiment is accepted'as' the aeroplane's effectiveness in.scouting.

THE FORTIFICATION OF PANAMA '•'" 'CANAL'.. ,- : New York, January 22. The President, speaking here, expressed a hope that Congress would promptly vote a million sterling for the fortifications of the. Panama Canal, and he would bring all his influence to ■ bear on both houses. DEATH _OF CIVIL WAR VETERAN. New Yorki January 22. General Owen Summers, a veteran of the Civil War and the Philippines campaigns, has died at Portland, Oregon. COMMISSIONER OF THE ISLANDS. Hongkong, January 23. The Hon. F. H. May, the new High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, has sailed for Australia.