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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10956, 22 December 1911, Page 4

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£Br Electric Telegraph—Coptricht.] (Per Pp.ess Association.) NOMINATED EMIGRANTS. Rceived December 21. at I'V?') p.m. London. December 21. Mr Pratten. Vice-President, is .-übmittiug a scheme to the Xew Smith "Wales Chamber of Manufacturers, .-ungesting that they should ask rite Government to allow manufacturers to nominated skilled workman when unobtainable locally. :he = e to re'-c-iye the same subsidy as grants. Mr Pnirtvii 1= hopeful of obtaining the Government'.- approval. MOROCCA X At; RE E > IEX T. Paris. D.vmber 21. The Chamber approved of the .Moroccan agreement, by 3!)3 to 00. A NEW KRUPP Gl'X. Berlin. December 21. Knrpps are constructing a 15-inch gun. The k-r.gtlt of the barrel is 65ft. The gun carries a projectile of SoSlbs. THE DELHI'S SPECIE. Tangier. December 21. . Ail the Delhi's specie has been landed. TRIAL BY JURY. Capetown. December 21. The Southern Rhodesian Council reFi/lvod that trial by jury was unsuitcd where Europeans arid natives are nratuslly concerned in crimes of violence, a.nd requested the Administration to

provide a substitute. RUSSIA AXD PERSIA. Received December 22. at 0.15 a.m. Teheran. December 21. The Mejliss. by 39 to li). accepted the Government's proposal to appoint a : commission of five deputies, with plenary powers, to deal with the- Russian ultimatum. AMERICAN TARIFF. Wash : ngton. December 21. Congress will consider tho traff legislation after Christmas, though the democratic leaders say tho measure will not be ready to report upon for some : weeks. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Received December 21, at 8.55 p.m. Bttda-Pestb, December 21. In *he Chamber Count Hedervary, replying to an interpellation, trusted the Triole Alltance would remain undisturbed without interfering with the friendly relations of other States. THE GAEKWAR OF BARODA. Received December 22, at 8.5 a.m. London, December 21. The Daily News protests against; newspaper attacks ou the Gaekwarof Barooa, and recalls his introducing educational and other reforms long overdue in other parts of India. London, December 23. In the Divorce case Statham v. Statham and the Gaekwar of Baroda, the Court decided that the Gaekwar of Baroda was an independent prince, and consequently outside the jurisdiction .-•£ the Court.

WILLIAMSON'S MURDER. Calcutta, December 21. The headmen of certain Abor tribes state that the warriors of Rotung and Kebang, who have disappeared, are responsible for Mr "Williamson's murder. .Williamson met five Kebang men, who, on learning that he was not coining to their village, returned to Kebang. Afterwards the warriors crossed the river and attacked him.

CRETAN AFFAIRS. Athens. December 21. Ono Cretan deputy .has surreptitiously reached Athens and reshipped for Crete. Meanwhile there is a hubbub in Crete over the action of a French cruiser stopping a Greek steamer with Cretan deputies aboard. Colonel Lapathiotis, for instigating a movement in the Cretan interest, Las been- banished to Corfu for two months' imprisonment. A BYE-ELECTION. London, December 21. North Ayrshire election resulted:— Campbell (Unionist) 7318, Anderson (Solicitor-General) 7047. A LIBEL ACTION. Paris, December 21. The Appeal Court confirmed the verdict for Major -Dreyfus in his libel action against the newspaper Francaise, obtained in February, and imposed 3200 francs damages and fine, and ordering a widespread publication of the verdict. MEDICAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP. London, December 21. J. W. Jones,- of Melbourne University, was awarded the Beit Memorial Fellowship for medical research valued at £250 for three years. CONFERENCE OF MINERS. London. December 21. A conference of miners resolved to hold a ballot on the 10th of January, and if a two-thirds majority favors a strike, work will be stopped at the cud of February* A FOOLISH PRISONER. London. December 23.. MacDougaD, imprisoned for assaulting Mr Lloyd-George, has eaten nothing since his conviction as a protest against the imposition of hard labor.

KING GEORGE. Delhi, December 23. King George, in his first day's shoqt in Nepal, killed three tigers and three rhinoceroses. CANADIAN GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE. Received December 22, at 11.30 a.m. Ottawa, December 21. Messrs Moririe. Lake, arid Ducharme have - been appointed a commission to investigate the working expenditures of the Government departments. ANNEXATION SCARE. Ottawa, December 21. It is reported from Dawson City that a scheme for the annexation of Yukon territory to British Columbia has aroused opposition. Yukoners declare that British Columbia wishes to capture the Yukon trade and exclusively control the gold output. CONTINUOUS RAINS. Received December 22, at 11.5 a.m. London, December 21. There have been 1 continuous raius throughout England. SILVER QUOTATION. London, December 21. Silver is quoted at 25 3-16 d per oz standard. EXAMINER OF PLAYS. London, December 21. Mr G. A. Redford has resigned the position of Examiner of Plays,to which he was appointed in 1895. A BIG ESTATE. "London, December 21. Tho net personalty, in the estate of Captain William Warner, formerly connected with North Australian pastoral pursuits, has been proved at £131,478. , CANADIAN CADETS. •Ottawa, December 21. The Minister of Militia proposes training schools for-erery regiment in Canada, and arrangements iavo been made for 1912-to train upwards of 25,000 cadets. . CONTRABAND ARMS. < Rome, December 21. I The newspapers approve the British ! occupation of Solum and the French oc- ', cupation of Bilma as facilitating the repression of contraband trading in arms. ITALY AND TURKEY. Berlin. December 21. The National Zeitung states that the Italians executed forty natives captured while carrying arms in the oasis at c Tripoli. s PAPAL DECREE. b London. December 21. . |? The test of the Papal decree of the ll

12th instant. ordai'll3 that any layman summoning an ecclesiastical person in any layman's tribunal without permission of the cc-eliastical authority, trill incur ex-communication.

TILE X.VVY. London. I)er-.-ml»- ; - 21. Mv M'K.'nna. w : iting to hi- election a tier. l. .stages that "nobody attaches any impcrtance to Lord Beresfo;d : s speeches. It_ ;= common knowledge." lie says, ""that 1 rert:=>>l to employ ltim c.r commend u:m_for the position of Admiral of

KERO.SEXE IX LETTER-BOX. London. December 21

Emily Davidson, a suffragette, lias been committed for trial on a charge of placing lighted kerosene rags in a letter bos.

BANK MESSENGER ROBBED BY ARMED GANG. Parts, December 21. Four armed robbers shot a bank messenger at Montmartre. They then stole 20,000 francs in. coin and one hundred thousand in securities and escaped in.'a motor-car.' The messenger's condition is critical.

FLOODS IN PORTUGAL. Lisbon, December 21. Owing to rainstorms'and cyclones tne Tagns and other rivers are flooding the lower parts of Lisbon. ' -

Oporto and other places are inundated.

Thousands of cattle have "been drowned. The railways are stopped. Gnnboats are patrolling the coast to assist in tlte case of wrecks.