HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10959, 27 December 1911, Page 5

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[ By E.u:ctric Telegraph—Copyright.]

(I'f.h Press Association.')

HI!AVI". WOMAN. Received December •->!;. at !)."i a.m. London. December 2->. |{v a lire at Belhnal Green, a woman was' killed when jumping with a child in each arm from a height of 60ft-. children weie unhurt.

EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS. Malta, December 2G. Archbishop Bourne has arrived to arrange the next Eucliaristic Congress for Ireland in 1913 or 1914.

FLOODS IN IRELAND. London, December 25. The river Shannon is eleven feet above normal. There has been.a great inundation of the countryside. Many dwellings have been abandoned, .there have also' been devastating floods m tlie north of King's County, Longford and Roscommon. > ■

PTOMAINE AND TYPHOID. London, December 25. There are twenty cases of suspected ptomaine poisoning as the result ot apublic dinner at Cardiff, through eating pork. One of the victims developed acute typhoid'. .

GALE IN SWITZERLAND. Berne, December 25. A seventy-mile gale uprooted eighteen thousand trees in the Neuehatel forests.

FATAL AVALANCHE. Berne, December 25. An avalanche at Eigerglestscbea overtook a .Grindelwald ski party, killing three.

OUTPOSTS OF THE EMPIRE. Calcutta. December 25

The troops belonging to the Abor expedition are delighted with the King s Christmas greetings wishing them speed success. SPAIN'S FIERCE NEIGHBORS. Received December 26, at 9.40 a.m., Madrid, December 26. The natives near Melilla attacked the Spaniards, and there was severe fighting. Nine Spaniards were killed and 38 wounded. The natives lost heavily. Several thousand tribesmen attacked Taurirtzag on Saturday night, but were repulsed. Seventeen Spaniards, including five officers, were killed and 40 wounded.

TRAIN SMASH IN SWITZERLAND. Berne, December 25. A train was derailed at Chiasso. Four passengers were killed and fifteen injured, several mortally.

TUBE OF RADIUM MISSING. Paris, December 25

A tube containing 40.000 francs' worth of radium has been either lostor stolen. The finders are warned against the dangers of handling the substance. EGYPT'S FINANCIAL POSITION. Cairo, December 25. The Financial Adviser's annual note emphasises the satisfactory condition 11 the Egyptian finances. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE. Berlin, December 25. The Crown Prince, who is at Danzig, is suffering from an affection of the larvnx.

Received December 27, at J).30 a.m. Berlin, December 26. It is understood that the condition of the Crown Prince's throat is due to excessive cigarette smoking.

DEATH OF INDIAN PRINCE. Received December 27, at 10 a.m. Delhi, December 2G. Obituary—Maharajah of Nabha, Sir Hira Singh. TRAM CAR ACCIDENTS. Received December 27, at 11.40 a.m. Ottawa, December 26. . A Toronto street car crowded with churchgoers ran off the line at a curve, and upset. One woman was killed and several others were injured. A number oi passengers fell through windows and were jammed underneath the side of the car. The motor-man has been arrested pending investigation. New York, December 2G. A trolley car, with 35 passengers, leaped over a bridge near l'ottsville (Pennsylvania), and fell 20 feet into a riv.-r, where the water was only six feet deep. Nobody was killed, but many were injured.

BLIZZARD IN CANADA. Ottawa, December 26. Reports from Winnipeg state that a blizzard is raging in the prairie and telegraph communication with many districts is cut off.

CHRISTMAS AT HOME.

Received December 27, at 8.25 a.m. London, December 26. There was bright weather for Christmas. The King and Queen exchanged greetings with the other members of the Royal family at Sandringham. 'l'here was an enormous exodus to the holiday resorts. Large congregations attended the church services.

THE KAISER PLEASED. 4 Berlin, December 26. The Kaiser has decorated the Minister of Foreign Affairs with the Order of the Red Eagle.