HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10765, 13 May 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association".) HOME SHOPS BILL. Received May 13, at 8.5 a.m. London, May 12. The Standing Committee of the House of Commons, despite Mr Churchill's opposition, introducecLan amendment into tlie Shops Bill permitting additional overtime in return for holidays exceeding a week, but under a fortnight. THE WORLD'S AWAKENING. London, May 12. Commoners to the number of 400, of all parties, have formed themselves into a committee to promote the Taft-Grey movement, and resolved to express deep satisfaction that the proposal of a. treaty with that object had met with so hearty a response by both nations. MORE CORONATION SOUVENIRS. i London, May 12, New stamps, postcards, and lettercards are to be issued on Coronation Day. STATE AID TO GREAT RAILWAY. Ottawa, May 12. In view of aiding the Canadian Northern Transcontinental Railway Government has agreed to guarantee : the line from Montreal to Port Arthur, the liability representing seven millions sterling. .., ■'}.;!,' v: ■■','/ ;>;»'i.' UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. ■ ' - London, May 11: The unemployment section of the Insurance Bill allows workmen oyer 60 to draw the-excess; of their premiums over the benefits.' "witli com-' pound interest" at' 2* per" centum.' The Government is also empowered to refund employers their contributions on behalf of wqrkynen unable to pay. . DUKE OP CONkAUGHT'S CANADIAN "VISIT.?. . '■" '•■' : - ' 'Ottawa', May'i2:. It is hoped that the Duke of Connaught will be able to tour the Dominion next year. OVER-EDUCATED FOOLS. Received May 13, at 8.5 a.m. London, May 12 : Two. hundred students seriously interrupted Dr. Maoaurii's demonstration of tho new form of medical treatment of cripples and others at Albert-Hal!, and subsequently marched with' through Piccadilly. Two bodies df police charged and dispersed them, and made several arrests. . ROYALTY EMERGE FROM SORROW'. Received May 13, at" B<4o a.m. London, May 12. On their first visit to the theatre since the Accession, tho King, Queen, and the Prince of Wales witnessed the play of "Kismit" at the.Garrick. , DR. MAWSON'S EXPEDITION ASSURED. London, May 13. The Daily Mail states that Sir E. Shackleton's appeal oh behalf of Dr. Mawson is an immense success. Dr. Mawson's ship will leave the Thames at the end of June, and will, go to Melbourne and thence to Hobart, which will be tho filial port of departure. A HUMANITARIAN ACT. London, May 13. Lord Carrington's Bill to enable the Board of Agriculture, under the Animals Diseases Act, to protect poultry from unnecessary suffering has been read a second time.

RIFT IN THE LUTE. London, May 13'. Tho Daily Chronicle supports the memorial of 55 Liberals asking Mr Asquith to grant a day to discuss the preponderance of Tories on rural benches, in order to emphasise the widespread dissatisfaction. -.

A WAGES DIFFICULTY. Ottawa, May 12. In consequence of tho Government'-s insistence that the same rate of wages be paid on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, no tenders were received'for the construction of the Pacific warships. Messrs Denny Bros., Dumbarton, withdrew their tender.

COALS TO NEWCASTLE. New York, May 12. Tile steamer Edith arrived .it Cordova with a consignment of Canadian coal. A large force of deputies preserved order. NO CADIS FOR CRETE. Received May 13, at 1 a.m. London, May 12. Router's Canea correspondent re-' ports that the decision to send a number of Cadis, or Judges, to Crete led to two thousand inhabitants of Crete assembling, who resolved to prevent their landing, arguing that the appointments are contrary to the two Cretan Constitutions recognised by the Powers. There have been no Cadis in Crete for 11 years. THE SABBATH IN CHINA. Paris, May 12. A Now York correspondent .at Peking reports that by an edict the Court will observe Sunday as a day rest, and Government boards will not transact business unless urgent. FIRE IN NAVAL YARDS. St. Petersburg, May 12. A fire is raging in some workshops at the Nikolaiev naval shipbuilding yai - d. REVOLUTION IN MOROCCO. ' Tangier, May 12. The inhabitants of Old' Fez have urged the Sultan to abdicate;'in favor of Mulai Elzin. The Sultan has issued a proclamation which urges the Gharb tribe to join him against Mulai Elzin. He accuses the latter of selling, the country to? the French. ' . '!"...' "General. Dalbiez, commanding-the 'Algerian Field Brigade, is .traversing Rabat with 1500 "men : for Elkumimra. LONDON'TERRITORIALS.

Received May 13, at 10.50 a.m. London, May 12. Lord Esher states'that the decline in the London territorials from 24,510 from early in 1909 to. 22,286 shows that recruiting is shrinking; He' blaines the Array Council, "its regulations being iin-suitable-fof London. '- ■■■ TAXING THE POOR. > -..■;■■ v -London, May 12,. Mr LloyiGeprge a deputation that the sugar a burden' on the poor and; interfered'-with s a/valuable industry, bttt; 'h/6 wafi tunable to abolish thd tax, as it'yielded overthfee inilliops..", He was convinced that such taxes' should be avoided if the revenue could he extracted from other sources.

WOMEN AND NATURALISATION, London-, May: 12. At the Australian and New Zealand women's meeting of the International Franchise Club, it was decided to form, a committee to deal with the question of women under the Naturalisation Act and lay the matter before Sir J. G. Ward and Mr Fisher preparatory to the Imperial Conference.

THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDER. 1 London, May 13. . The Houndsditch case has concluded. Peters, Rosen, and Dubof were acquitted and the woman Lena Vassiliya found 'guilty and fientcnoed to' two years' imprisonment. The jury! reco'mmended that she be not transported.

MILITARY EXERCISES IN THE AIR. London, May 12. Messrs Haldane. Asquith, LloydGeorge. Lord Kitchener, 200 members of the House, of Commons, and Messrs Kelly and Buckley (representing Australia) witnessed the aeroplane demonstrations at Hendon of bomh-despatch, machine-gun carrying, quick starting, alighting, and other military exercises. Drexel fell forty feet, but was not hurt. His machine was wrecked. Mr Balfour was a passenger in Grahame-White's biplnne. THE DOMINIONS' STANDARDS. London, May 12. Among the standards borne at the

Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey will be that of Canada by Lord Aberdeen, Australia by Lord Xorthcote, New Zealand by Lord Plnnket, and South Africa by Lord Selborne. ROYALTY AND FASHION. Received May 13, at 0.35 p.m. London, May 12. Queen Mary has directed her Maids of Honor always to wear gowns that touch the ground, with long-sleeved blouses and high collars ; also to wear toques and not hats. LOS ANGELES DYNAMITE CASE. Received May 13/ at 2 p.m. *' New York, May 12. In the Los Angeles case photographs show that M'Manigan was there at the time of the thus confirming'part Of the :? conf ession which was denied. ' ,<: \,~ " : STORM IN CANADA. Ottawa, May 12. At Winnipeg wire communications hav/e. beerij seriously damaged, by a heavy sleet- arid rain storm 'Of*" unprecedented violence. : Precipitous" rain was followed by hail, sleet, and snow.