HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10760, 6 May 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) THE SUPPRESSION OF WOMAN. Received May 6, at 10.15 a.m. London, May 5. The Appeal Court of the MethodistChurch, Toronto, has decided against female representatives of Methodist congregations at a. general conference, the British Columbia district having brought a test case. THE "WAGES OF DYNAMITING. New York, May 0. Nineteen indictments against MacNamara in connection with the Los Angeles Times, which was dynamited, were returned by the grand jury, and two against MacManigal in connection with the Llewellyn ironworks explosion, which occurred on December 25.

AN EMPHATIC PROTEST. New York, May 5. Emulating the Boston harbor "tea party" of 1773, a mob at Cordova, Alaska, enraged at the non-settlement of the Alaskan coal lands cases by the Washington legal authorities, threw hundreds of tons of Canadian coal into the harbor, declaring that while millions of tons of Alaskan coal was unmined, foreign coal was not to be used by the Alaska Steamship Company, which owns coal but imported it.

j\LU)ERO TAKES NO RISKS. Mexico City, May 5. Mndero has appealed through peace envoys, asking President Diaz to publish the assurances he has given privately that he will resign the Presidency. AMERICA'S DUTY. "Washington, May 5. Speaking in the House of Representatives Mr Tocht predicted ail early- invasion of Mexico by the United States. He said that America wanted empire, and would follow the lure of gold and call of adventure. 1 j '■•'

ELECTION PETITION FAILS.

London, May 5. The petition against the election of Viscount Lewisham for West Bromwieli lias failed.

'WOMAN'S FRANCHISE IN ; VIEW. .J ''• ; "i-v- £ontl6ii, Msvy 5. ' Kemp's Bill, for*'tTie fe'rii'tile 'on householder lines, was-negatived by- 255 to 88, and the Bill was read a second time. A VICTIM OF MONOPOLY. London, May 5. . Harry Joyce, gamekeeper, for Sir Thomas Pilkington, was found dead oil the Wakefield estate with a gunshot wound in his body and with his head badly cut. It is suspected that the deed was committed by a poacher. THE PLAGUE. The Hague, Mav 5. If; is officially announced that Souralia'.vh j's" plague-infected. \ THjE. .VITERBO - .TRIAL. , /" „ Rome, May 5. ' ■ Do Genera's' brother, onfe of the.Cfimori'isfcs,. being tried at Viterbo, rushed "at'hVlll-'-strtick ' Abbatemaggio in- the face. A terrifice: uproarViiisued and the assailant was ejected from the court. TURKEY'S RESTLESS EVOLUTION. Constantinople, May 5. Dissensions in the Young Turk Party have led to a Ministerial crisis. Mohammed. Shevket threatened a dictatorship unless differences were settled. Ifc is understood that he favors a dissolution. , THE INDIAN CONSPIRACY. Calcutta, May 5. On" the grounds " th'aV identification was doubtful and that the records had been tampered with, the High Court; acquitted' the 1 two Bengalis charged with. shooting - Inspector Ghose,, who was a witness in live Dacca conspiracy case. ■ BRITAIN AND. JAPAN.' * _ ~ " Tcikio, May 5. Ratifications of the Anglo-Japanese treaty have been exchanged. THE QUEEN MOTHER. Received May 5, at 10.43 p.m. London j~" May 5. Queen Alexandra has arrived in London.

ORDER OF THE GARTER. London, May 5. The Prince of Wales will be invested with the Garter on June 10.

THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT. yViU' i r • Ottawa,-, May 5. Sir" TV. Laurier agrees'to' the ■ proposal <by 'the Cfehservatives ithat ' the' -House should adjourn till June or . July. ACCIDENT TO AN. AIRSHIP.

" ' " "Condon, May 5. The Lebaudy airship was wrecked at Hornborough. - This was the first trial since'the'accident'oh' October 26tH. ' A. ; large crowd was present. The balloon ascended in .a calm for an hour's: flight. The wind freshened, and on deascending the airship was entirely out of control. The soldiers failed to catch the towing ropes. Women and children ran screaming from the airship's path, and the trailing ropes tripped scores. The airship just missed the balloon factory; and fouled a clump; of trees, where it burst with a report that was heard a mile away. It is a complete aiid 'is now enveloping a three- . storey house. The crew had miraculous 'escapes, - bat received a severe shaking. THE PERILS OF MINING. Received May G, at 0.45 p.m. ' New York, May 5. A mine at- Negaunee, Michigan, is on i fire. Five are known to be dead, and the rest are entrapped. A NATIONAL HERO. • ' New ' Yoi;k, May 5. Mr A. Carnegie receives the Hero: Medal, first presented to an individual; by the group of nations. ; TO THE COLONIES. 'Received May 6, at 9.45 a.tri. London, May 5. The s.s. Mamari has sailed with 640; emigrants for New South Wales. Mr Cognlan, the Agent-General, has ar- ! ranged for a full complement to be' taken by the Shaw-Savill steamers every two months, in addition to those to be taken by the regular steamers. Two thousand six hundred assistad and nominated passengers have sailed for Westralia since the beginning of the : year. Mr Newton Moore has arranged, in addition to the Orient liners taking 450 monthly, that the White Star boats will tako 400 in each of the months of September, October, and December. Nominated passengers number 130 weekly.

TRADE OF THE EMPIRE. Received May 6, at 9.20 a.m. London, May 5.

At a meeting of the Manchester Importers' and Exporters' Association, Mr Hamilton Wickes explained the salient features of foreign competition in Australia. Mr Langdon (a merchant) remarked that Australia was penalising a large trade by excluding preference to British g&ods because the finishing process was added abroad. Mr J. K. Bvthell (Chairman of the Manchester Ship Canal Company stated that if Australian cargoes were obtainable there would be no difficulty in getting the Shire liners to sail from Australia to Manchester direct.

RHONDDA DISTURBANCE. Received May 6, at 9.30 a.m. London, May o.

Renewed disturbances have occurred at Rhondda. The strikers clothed the non-unionists in white shirts and mobbed them until the police interfered. The 3' then stoned the police, and several policemen and rioters were injured.