HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10761, 8 May 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copvrkiht.] (I'kr Press Association".) A SPLENDID RESULT. London, May G. The ladies' dinner on Thursday in behalf of the King's College Hospital Removal Fund realised £SB.O<K). MADAME MELBA. London, May 0. Madame Melba. lias arrived in London, and opens in the opera of "La IJoheme" on Wednesday. She will sail for Australia on July 13. THE FRUITS OF HOUNDSDITCH. London. May 6. Trassjonski and Looed Graustein are now mad, the result of their experiences and sorrow. They were connected with the Houndsditeh affair. Received May S, at 9 a.m. London, May 8. In the Houndsditeh case the police admitted that Gardstein, on November 19th, signed as ''Movrin" a receipt for £3l. paid in pursuance of "a telegram from Russia. Counsel for the defence criticised the police for withholding the fact until now. The Superintendent replied that he did not consider the matter material. SIR JOSEPH WARD AT HOME. London, May 6: Sir Joseph Ward proceeded to Windsor and laid a wreath on the tomb .if King Edward, inscribed:—'"ln loving memory of the universally beloved peacemaker of the world, our late lamented sovereign, King Edward, from the people of New Zealand." Messrs Wason, Fell, Hammersley, and Dr Chappie, New Zealand members of the House of Commons, will entertain Sir Joseph Ward on Monday, when he will meet the leading parliamentarians. BIRTHDAY HONORS. London, May 6. The birthday honors will be announced at the Coronation.. ANOTHER MYSTERY. Cairo, May 6. The body of an unknown-woman has been-discovered in a box at Reutra, liower Egypt. The box had been sent from Cairo. A police officer received a note signed in the name -of a wellknown, swindler, detail\ng_.the contents, Tlie : body was cut .'up,"-and Bie-limbs packed alongside.:,-:: ~..;.- -, K r!i -; A \ COLLAPSE OP 'Brussels, May 6. The supports of ffie"'aerial railway Used in transporting slag to the Terddng ironworks at Liege collapsed and five workmen were killed. LOS ANGELES OUTRAGES. New York, May 6. The brothers Macnamara, arraigned on the dynamiting charges, pleaded not guilty. • The court ordered the pleas to be entered for June Ist. CANADIAN POLITICS. Qttawa, May 6. Mr Borden, leader ofrthe Opposition, at a Conservative banquet, <;c*haracterisedi ihh Mciprocity' a&«ement -as mischievous and. damnable,'.and the Cpn-ser'vatives'in*tenoi-n¥ver'tblslacken their efforts to. defeatithe measure, and bring about closer relations "with Britain; " It, la'svl&allyibeeur arrangediiiwitliSir W. adjouni from May to July;* '•'."-■' "• '•'■"'■'" The Government refused a prorogation, as'it would mean a new start with the reciprocity measure.- -This was imperative. •BOTANIC EMBLEMS. Capetown, May 6. There is much comment on the selection of the wattle as the emblem for South Africa for King George's; stole, because of-its importation from AusThe Cape Times' announcement occasioned mingled amusement'and- chagrin. Mr Pearson, a botanist, suggests aprotest. , ._ ~, ./ ,' '.- CANADA'S. MOUNTED; MEN. '■'■"' Ottawa", May 7. A letter 'rec"eived--afe EdmOtiton tells how a Amounted;police p^tty lost owing to the guide becoming bewildered. The bodies were found in a shocking •condition. -■.■;£>

BRITISH TRADE. : ; i • London, May 7. < The imports for April decreased by ■£7,705,244, the falling off being mainly in grain, flour, cotton, wool, and silk, s The exports increased £400,241_£3d ; the re-exports decreased £2,369,843. > "HE "WAS NOT FOR AN AGE BUT FOR"ALL TIME." ' " London, - May 7. ; .«King George, Queen Mary, - MotherQueeh Alexandra; the Prince of-Wales, ' other" !ftpyalties, members of the. Household, and personal friendsr held_a private memorial 1 Service -to King; lidwara. at Windsor. Guns w,ere fired m honor 6i King George. ' another martyr of aspira- ; --• - tion.- ■ • ■'•-:••■■--:■ • Peking, May 7 : M Vallon, a Frenchman, biplaning ,at-Shanghai,- Ml from a great height ■ and was killed. WHY NOT HERE? ■ Ottawa, May 7. Otto Becker, of Hamburg, will establish an farm : in the district.. .' : : ,_ - ■-. : ,A HEROLNE,. - .,} Received Mav, 8," at 9.2fl .• * '.--C , ■"■-.. •y.'^-.K- ■••■v.-.j.: ,London*, 7: ; ' at Cheshunt, was severely burned.while rescuing from :a burning bed twc •children and a nurse,- the latter having fainted. CORONATION MAGNIFICENCE. .London, May 7. Forty-five thousand troops will be on duty on June the 22nd, and 55,000 on the 23rd. . ' -,• noe nnn The Corporation are spending on the decoration and illumination of the streets. Their. Majesties will pay State Visits-to the city on the 23rd; and 29th. :• ■■■ - .'.• '■■-■ - ■■-■ ;• -■^■z' MORE HONOR TO. SIR JOSEPH.London, May 7. The Junior Philatelic Society will entertain Sir Joseph Ward-at a-dinner, at the Trocadero to-morrow. The menu will bear a. New Zealand stamp as a recognition of the Dominion's inauguration of Imperial penny postage. LEARNING - AT LAST. The Hague, May 7. One hundred and fifty members of the British Dairv Farmers' Association have visited Dutch dairy farms and butter and cheese factories. GREATER THAN WHISTLER, London, May 7. Private purchase of his pictures and their subsequent exhibition in the Goupii Gallery has brought' Walter Greaves, a. septuagenarian, into instant fame, though he modestly describes himself as a'pupil of Whistler. Critics declare that . his style, apart from Whistler's characteristics, denotes greater originality, and that he is a better craftsman than Whistler. FATALITIES. Ottawa, May 7. Time miners wore lost i'or forty days in the blizzard. They passed through terrible sufferings, and were necessitated to eat wolf dogs. An investigation into the loss-of the police patrol leads to the supposition that, the men were poisoned by Indians. STOP.M AND DISASTER. New York, May 7. The Alaskan coast was swept by a hurricane recently. Small vessels are ashore in many of the inlets, and the boulders are strewn wi.ch wreckage. THE CORDOVA COAL TROUBLE. Received May 8, at 0.23 a.m. ' New York, May 7. Threats have been openly made at Cordova, Alaska, that when a steamer arrives with coal it will be dumped into

the sea. The Mayor has telegraphed for troops. The Copper River Railroad Company, it is believed, intend to prevent the. transportation of Canadian coal. There an- no further disorders at Cordova. [The company's action is due to the insistence of the people that local coal be used.] ; j NOT BEFORE TIME, New York, May 7. A huge women's suffrage'procession paraded Fifth Avenue, New York. From babies to grandmothers they were present in hundreds. The leaders demanded votes in the name ofAmerican women. .-,.-:. ■'■■■:■■■: ' \VHY NOT REPEAT CTisA'!3 . ....." : ';v.::; .'. 1 -'-'- -v '■■■■•■ May 7. • The prospect of the resumption of hostilities in Mexico will not affect the United States' decision not to intervene. In any circumstances, the President is undeviating in this decision. \ ______■ CANADIAN RECIPROCITY. ■ ''"' Washington, May 7. The Free List Bill debate has ended. The -vote will probably be taken- on Monday. Mi' Cannon (ex-Speaker) bitterly attacked Canadian reciprocity. He alleged that the Free List Bill was merely an effort to compensate farmers.