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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10955, 21 December 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[Bt Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Pep. Press Association.) HIS! lop CONDEMNS MOONLIGHTERS. London. December 20. The Cath..he HMiop ■•: Kiilalo- has <h el.,red that the murder oi O'Mara 'ove.-ed the with -bane-, and was the natural owt'-oir.e oi ;, di-itraeeful —*. -1« ii'_ •■:' intimidation and rise moon-kitht.-r.-.' immunity from punishment. Ti;.. people of icrlain districts of Clare v.-i •::•! b> come completely demoralised. NATIONAL INSURANCE. London, December 20. The doctors' referendum on the Insurance Bill is proceeding, and already 2".o'H> have voted against and 352 for. E.MPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Vienna. December 20. The Emperor Josef i.s improving. WELSH FLOODS. London, December 20. The Swansea Valley floods have subsided. The damage is £'Bo,ooo. NEW ZEALAND OFFICERS. Received December 21, at 9.30 a.m. London, December 20. H. Dean, R. Barker, H. Wilcox, and O. Barnes (New Zealanders) have been appointed second lieutenants with the Dorset', Sonth Lancashire, Notts, and West Kent Regiments' respectively. [Barnes was last year a pupil at Waitaki High School.] CAMORRIST TRIAL. Received December 21, at 9.30 a.m. Rome, December 20. At Vitcrbo the Camorra trial has virtually collapsed. Witnesses refuse to appear and their whereabouts are'undiscoverable. The jury protested against the delay, and when told the Public Prosecutor's speech was likely to occupy a fortnight they threatened to strike.

NOTABLE DIVORCE SUIT. Paris, December 20. There have been live duels over Madame Langevin's separation suit against Professor Langerin, Madame Curie being cited as co-respondent. The Court granted separation. .

MEAT TRUST. Received December 21, at 0.5 a.m. New York, December 20. A jury has now been secured for the trial" of the packers case. Counsel for the prosecution, in opening, declared that the pooling practices of the packers was the most powerful device ever devised for the suppression of competition in the industrial world. NICARAGUA REVOLUTION. New York, December 20. Reports state that Nicaragua is in the throe 3 of another revolution. Rapid fire guns have been smuggled through New Orleans.