HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10958, 26 December 1911, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[Bv Electric Telegraph—Coptrioht.]

(Per Press Association.)

CEMENT COMBINE. London, December 22

A British cement combine lias been formed. An agreement with tlie Associated Cement Company lias been arranged. The combined capital is VI million, and it controls five-eighths of tlie British output. HANDSOME MEMORIAL. London, December 22. Sir E. Cassel has given the London hospital £50,000 as a. memorial of his lato daughter. EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS. Paris, December 23.. The scheme for the exchange of students between the universities of Paris and London has been sanctioned .

EIGHT HOURS AND THE MINIMUM WAGE.

London, December 22. The Times declares that tho demand for the minimum wage is one of the untoward results of the eight-hours' system, the men now earning less than formerly.

THE BERESFQRD LETTER. London, December 22. Mr M'Kenna, interviewed, said ho could not remember tho exact phrases in his letter, but ho believed it was misquoted. Ho expressed regret for. Lord Charles Beresford's mistake, duo to a mistranslation of his sentiments. REINHARDT'S "MIRACLE." Received December 25, at 5.5.p.m. London, December 24. Reinhardt's "Miracle" was produced at the Olympia Theatre, which was transformed into a Gothic cathedral. It was a remarkable spectacle. Hundreds of actors and 2000 supernumeraries took part in the display. WHEN' THE PANAMA CANAL IS OPEN. Ottawa-, December 24. Mr Donald Mann, head of the Canadian Northern Railway, states that he is "contemplating the establishment of Australian-Oriental steamship services after the opening of the Panama Canal. GREATLY EXAGGERATED. Paris, December 23. A further search showed that the j jewels were not stolen from Lantelme's grave, but were all found ; in .an enI vel'ope under a pillow. Tlie value of | the jewels does not exceed £2OOO.

IMPRISONED "ICE KING" ILL. New York, December 24. Charles W. Morse, at one time a prominent banker, known as the "Ice King," and sentenced in 1908 to 15 years' imprisonment on a charge of misapplying the funds of the Mercantile National Bank, is seriously ill. His recovery is doubtful. PRINCESS ROBBED. Berne, December 24. An Italian couple have been arrested at Montreux for robbing Ratival, an Italian princess, of £25,600. PRESS TELEGifrIM RATES. ' Berlin, December 24. Tiie Deutsch-Atlantische Telegrapheir Company is negotiating with the Secre-' tary of Posts and l Telegraphs for, the establishment of deferred reduced Press rates similar to those conceded by the Western Union. HUDSON'S BAY RAILWAY. ~ Ottawa, December 24. The work of constructing tho Hudson's Bay railway, which was interrupted pending investigation and award in connection with the contract entered into by the Laurier Government, will be proceeded with immediately. The railway is to be Government-owned and operated.

MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING CASE. Ottawa, December 24. Kenneth Kingston, a surveyor, was shot in tho back in Saskatchewan woods under mysterious circumstances. The police are investigating the matter. CATHOLICS AND LABOR, Received December 25, at 5-5.p.m. London, December 24. A non-unionist difficulty arose in the Nclson-Colne district owing to the Weavers' Union declining to recognise the separate trade union which the Catholics created in consequence of a secularist resolution adopted by the Trades Union Congress.

ELECTROCUTED. London, December 24. Whitakcr, an electrician, was electrocuted on the-stage at a girls' school at Rochester while he was superintending the limelight during an . operetta. When he was handling an arc-lamp his wet boots touched a regulator.

ANOTHER SHILLING. London, December 21. The Newcastle carters have settled their strike on the basis of a Is a week advance.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

-Paris,.December 24. Lo Temps states that Spain's counter proposal is impracticable. France cannot accept the co-existence of two protectorates in. Morocco.

MEN MUST W r ORK. Paris, December' 24. Fiffcv-fonr fishermen were drowned in: the gales and 20 wives arid 75 children have been made widows and orphans respectively. MADAME CURIE AS CORESPONDENT. December 24. Madame Langerin is satisfied with the deed of separation granted by the Court, and will not proceed with the charge of infidelity, wherein Madame Curie (the famous? autljfority . on radium, etc.), is co-respondent.