HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10780, 31 May 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[BT ELECTKIC TELEGIIAPH —OoI'YKKJUT.I (Pen Press Association.) IMPERIAL POSTAL A I-TAIRS. Receive'! May at '.KV> p.m. London. May .J'). The Scotsman -tales 111:11 Mr Herbert Samuel ha.- '! 'I". '<i proceed "with :i uniform po-tal design :<.r tile Empire. Mr t* >-h •v. Sir -Jf-- ■■j • h Ward. ami Sir \\ . l.aiiii.r im irn;it'"i tfallt tile proposal Would in.l il" iavinably received :n ;!e- dominion-. .Mr Samuel intends to exteid t fi<• Imperial postal system !•> Australia and Canada. ENTERTAINING illK ('(> l.i >M A I,S. London. May :iH. At I'rin' i Clan'- i .■<■'■(>t i«;t: to the overseas vi-itor- four hundred were present, includit'.i: I'lime-s Victoria and Princess Mari» Louise, Loids Solbonie. Minto. Kitchener, Lady Ward, the Primat" of \i v. Z.-aiaml. ami many other Australians and Canadians. Received May iVi. at 11.2."> p.m. London. May 30. ' The King. Queon. and Prince (if Wales attended the Empire concert in the 'Albert Hall. AFTER THE COLLISION. London, May. 30. The Inflexible has been docked at Portsmouth, and it is believed-she will be 'repaired before the. Coronation review. " . LEPROSY FliOM A WIG. .1 - London, May 30. liie Express states that a pretty voung London jrirl attended a fancy Srras ball as a Chinese lady, wearing a veil : nai : '<&stern, wig -once worn by a, Jep'er. She' contracted leprosy, and was r«nored; to the leper colony.

- TO BACK UP HIS CHIEF. ' f .Ottawa, May 30. -lir Feilding's departiire for London is believed to be- -due to a cable from Sir W- Laurier. Mr Feilding is expected to aid the Premier injii? reply to' the representations of Britisli tinancfers against reciprocity.

... " '.BUSTING THE TRUSTS. - "New York, May 30. The Supreme Conrt held that the Tobacco Trust attempted to monopolise the r trade to the injury of the public and their 'competitors. It had also been guilty of . intimidation. Its dissolution wasdrderedwithin six months. Sixty-five-sfah«*ricari and two English corporations,are affected. ... CATASTROPHE. !•> i-. <'• New York, .May 30.. - Titeideatt-roll in the Burlington train disaster was 14. GATHERING OF SURVEYORS. . . - London,- May 30. The Surveyors' Institution of Britain gave a banquet to the overseas dele<o the Surveyors' Conference, who" include Mr Bridge, a New Zealaifler. ; VESSEL CONFIS- - : " CATED.

Received May 31, at 8.5 a.m. : .1 u • Loudon, May oiJ. The American fishing vessel Edric, captured within the three-mile limit at Vancouver Island, lias been confiscated. An armed party from the crui-ser-Rainbow arrested the captain and crew.'in March last. SHOOTING TROPHIES. Received- May- 31, at 10.35 a.m. ; London, May 30. '" The Second Fusiliers won tho Schumacher Challenge Cup with a score, of 3604, the - next highest being tie Second Hampshires, with 3428. . lhe Seventh -Australian Infantry • -finished eighteenth. Altogether 155 teams competed.' ; -MASKED BURGLARS AT POST OFFICE. ■ London, May 30. /Ewo masked burglars bound and cagged the postmistress at Lee Green, Levesham, - and robbed the office of £l5O. ' . ANOTHER LEVIATHAN. Berlin, May 30. The Vulkan yard at- Stettin is bmldiug the Hamburg-America liner Imperatorl She is to he a 50,000-tonner and a sister sbip to the Europa.

- : AN ALPINE TRAGEDY. * 'V... r *; Berne, May 30. . *Xhe body of Miss Bates, who set out on October last to clinib the Col tie Balme, has been found at the bottom of: a gully near Lo Praz. THE ROUMANIAN WHEAT CROP. ; . Bucharest, May 30. Ad official report states that tho Roilmapian.wheat crop-is in.'good condition and-will be probably about- 20 per cenfe. abpve the average". PREMIERS WILL NOT VISIT BEL- ' * * ■ FAST." • ;f< London, j\lny 30. •iloWing to the shortness of the time .at - their disposal the oversea P rl "?' Ministers will be unable to visit Belfast. - ......

' iFSCTORIES IMPRACTICABLE IN AUSTRALIA. vlii".:..'". - London, May 31. -i-X. representative of a Leeds firm of tweed - manufacturers is. investigating thai'prospects- o£ opening mills in Australia. He considers the conditions or Labor.' will make it. impracticable. -> BRITISH POLITICS. Received-May 31, at- 10.50 a.m. . London, May 30. • lii the House of Commons Sir Rufus Isaacs moved the second reading of the Osborne Bill; ' THE KING AND THE TRADES : f - UNIONISTS- . - .liebelvid Slay 31, at 10.30 a.iri. . ..ii'.v London, May 30. ' King George.hits commanded tlie Earl Marshal -to" invite. two representatives trade'unionists'to attend the Coronation.-• : ' ■' ■'■' l l> - ■ • ■ , ' r ~ AIRSHIPS UNPOPULAR, -r . -" ■ "..J Berlin, May 31. -"The'Getmaii Aerial Company, which -has' been running ' the two Deutcliljuid airships, lost-" £l-1,000 ■ oil. 1- montlis working- '* ' . . GRAFT- IN RUSSIA. •. '' . - . St.. Petersburg, May 31. L- The' Senate tfihmial sentenced General' {Rembot, former Governor of Mosloss: ofcivic nghts for having misappropriated funds. His assistant, Korptkijj.was similarly sentenced. . A MINING TOWN. Received Ma*. 31. at 1.20 p.m. u? Vancouver. May 30. -•Five' people wer efat'ally burned >n a -fire atSilyerton. a mining town near Vancouver. • ; FATAL MOTOR RACE. s New York. May 30. : The -Memorial Day automobile race at. Indianopolis had barely started when S. P. Dickson was killed and Greener fatally injured.