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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10753, 28 April 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) "JOHN BULL" LIBEL. London, April 27. lu connection with the action against '■John Bull." based on alleged libels published on the 16th July, in which the paper stated that plaintiff was incompetent, and only held his position because 'he was the son of the general manager, Honald. cross-examined, admitted that his brother, his brother-in-law, and two other relatives by marriage, were employed by his department. AN ARMOR-PIERCER. London, April 27. The battleship Princess Royal is armed with 13.0 in. guns, nine tons heavier and seven inches longer than the Invincible's 12in. guns, and with a muzzle energy that can be increased to 60 foot-tons.' This, it is considered, compensates for any improvements in foreign armor.

AMERICA VERY TAME. Washigton, April 27. It is reported from Manila that the Dutch have occupied the Island of Palmas, lowering the American flag. The United States do not intend to protest, considering the island -valueless. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. Capetown, April 27. Sir S. Jameson and Mr Smartfc have sailed for England. THE QUEENSLAND LOAN. London, April -27. ■ The underwriters get 91 per cent, of the Queensland loan. IMPERIAL COUNCIL OF. COMMERCE. > -r'London,-April 27. . Mr Asquith to-day received the petition asking that an Imperial Council of Commerce should he set up. EDUCATION AN AID TO IMPERIALISM. London, April 27. The Government entertained the delegates to the Educational Conference at dinner in the House of Commons. Mr Asquith said if the Conference could co-ordinate the Empire's resources and provide an efficient, vital, and vigorous system of teaching it would do more for the consolidation of the Empire and the happiness, of the people than many so-called social reforms.

NEW MOTOR-BUS FOR LONDON. London, April 27. A company is being-formed, with a capital of a million to introduce a new type of .motor-bus in London. " THE STATES' TARIFF. "Washington, April 27. The House of Representatives debated the free list. Mr Norris .(Nebraska) attacked the combination controlling Brazilian coffee. Mr Hobson (Alabama) appealed for greater consideration for cottongrowing. ' SHARE QUOTATIONS. Received April 28, at 10.5 a.m. London, April 27. Share quotations:—Waihi Grand Junction, buyers 26s 3d, sellers 27s 6d; Talisman, buyers 47s 6d, sellers 52s 6d. THE NEW ZEALAND ARCH. Loudon, April 27. Mr Brangwyn's design for the New Zealand arch has been approved. It includes massive piers of Renaissance style surmounted with a message of greeting, and will be illuminated at Sight. "It will have blue draperies, with the Southern Cross. Professor Lanten will design the medallions of the natives of New Zealand, Captain Cook's vessel, and. New Zealand's Dreadnought. RAPINE IN CHINA. Received April 28, at 0.55 p.m. Ottawa, April 27. The mail news states that Mongol rebels, incited, it is believed by Russians, burned 26 Chinese villages on the Manfliurian frontier. The'leader was captured. The Chinese were afterwards ambushed, 100 Chinese being killed. Then; are also anti-dynastic rebellions in the Shansi and Hunan provinces. UNIONIST EXTREMES. Ottawa, April 27. A £SOO reward has been offered for the ■ discovery- of the perpetrators who exploded nitro-glyceriiio in a nonunion building. THE VICARS AIRSHIP. Received April 28, at 9 a.m. London, April 27. ; The initial tests of the Vicars naval airship were satisfactory. Twenty compartments are filled with hydrogen to prevent a single shot .deflating the envelope. The airship carries twenty passengers. ENGLAND'S BUSINESS APATHY. London, April 27. Mr Hamilton • Wickes complains of the -apathy of British manufacturers. He states that during a recent provincial four, out of. 138 firms with representatives in Australia, only eleven made appointment's with him to discuss business' matters. FLOODS IN THE ARGENTINE. Buenos Ayres, April 27. The floods are abating. Eight bodies have been recovered.