HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10778, 29 May 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.! (Peh Phfss Association i THE KING'S BIRTHDAY. Received M;iy 28. at 5.5 p.m. London, May 20. The King's Birthday was officially celebrated to-day, the royal procession including representatives of foreign armies and navies, who witnessed Ihe trooping of- the colors. TO THE ANTARCTIC. London. May 27. The Treasury, through Lord Denman's efforts, lias granted .£2OOll lo Dr Alawson's Antarctic expedition. ■: ELECTRIC LAMB FOR, MINING. London, May 27The collierv owners have placed .it Mr Churrthiil's disposal . £IOOO as : a prize for an electric lamp to Ims used in mines. FIRE AT CONEY ISLAND. Received May 29, at 0.30 a.m. New York, May 28. A fire in Dreamland building, ..Con »v Island, destroyed threejaTiillioW dqllHrs worth of property. -. '' ■■-■■->■'

' HEAT WAVE 1$ ;QHIQAGO r New ;_york,' May 28. The heat wave in Chicago, deaths in 24 hours. The temperature | was 95 in the shade. .THE CENSUS IN CANADA. ' 1 , ... Ottawa, May "27. The census-takers begin work on Thursday. It is anticipated- the total count will show the population of Canada to be about eight millions. the coNTRoi $£ ?4|p&;- ■ Ottawa, May 28. • Before the Senate's Syisince Committee it ( was admitted thatjth'e paper proiduction had been restricted,, so tha- ': there would be noiover-supply to: bring down the prices of paper. The facturers are opposed.to^'.^-P^cyty.',c-tween Canada and' the' TJnited States. POPULATION OP IRELAND. :i , i , London,. May. 27...

: The census of Ireland shows a population of 4,381,951. . • BUILDING JAPAN'S NAVY.' ' Tokio, May 27. Beginning this yea?.and,completing In 1914, Japan is building' five' 28,000 ton battleships, whereof three cruisers -and one hattleship wilfc be-built at Barrow. Each will carry 13Jin. guns. The fifth willbbrae r a battleship built mj.lapan.

i I AIDS TO IMMIGRATION. ' ; "' \ London, May 2%y. :- '■ At the annual meeting of the Central Emigration J.JEaston, 'of Sydney, urged the sending to Australia of ex-soldiers, sailors, and reservists,' employers -generally preferring ;this class. i Sir J. Downer's motion, desiring- the ihnore active co-operation"; of emigration Ibetween the Home and Governments, was carried.

THE CAMBRIAN STRIKE. 'Received May 29, at 8.5 a.m..,,-, ; London, May 28. i ' The representatives' of •■then South iWales miners have rejected the pro;visional settlement of the Cambrian strike.

;• LADIES OF THE EMPIRE. London, May 28. I The Ladies of the Empire Club gave •a banquet to the wives of the delegates iro the Conference, among those .presen'c "being the Duchess of Conhaught and Princess Patricia, Ladies Emersey, Denman, Norfchcote, and Carrhigton, and IVlrs Joseph Chamberlain.'-': ■-'-' "•'■ "', THE CONFIDENCE;TRICK. . Received* May 29, at 9.15 a.m. ■"-' - London,"-May 28. At the New Bailey, a tailor named' Thorneycroft and an engineer named Barry were sentenced to_ four and two months' imprisonment"''respectively for working the confidence Wiok oii Eric Ebery, a Victorian stockman whom they met on the .steamer Orontes.' ;■'... ... BATTLESHIPS IN COLLISION.,. Received May 29, at 8.5 a.m. ■ London, • May 28. The battleship Belleropliori' and the cruiser Inflexible collided at Portland when returning from" the manoeuvres. The impact cue a seven-foot hole in the Inflexible's bow. The watertight doors and the collision mats were used, and the discipline of the crews averted disaster. ''