HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11610, 18 April 1912, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

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EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION. London, April 17.

Mr Harcourt, replying to a. question iji the House of Lords why tho Crown colonics and India were- omitted from the Empire Trade .Commission, said' the - enquiry was into the dominions' resources, not the Empire's.

; BRITAIN'S NEW ARM. . -•-■■■:• ;/■ London, April 17.: : The Moping Post, "states that 'Britain's'new rifle is 2$ inches longer than: the last, 'tjhe calibre is .276. larger, and. the : chamber stronger. The breach .'mechanism; will permit of a. highef explosion, enabling the securing "of. a muzzle velocity of 3000 feet.' - ; '. -cabinet change: ; r ; Received 'April'lß,' at 9.15 a:m. London, April 17. - Mr Heury Webb will : succeed Sir A. Harworth as Junior Lord of the Treasury. | ■ • .... [Sir A. Harworth was defeated at the bye-.elect ! on rendered necessary by his appointment to the Cabinet.]

"TURKISH JUSTICE. I Constantinople, April 17. An irade dissolved the court-martial the Ishtib 'massacre liefore a -single sentence was. imposed. The Bulgarians are incensed.

THE POLAR HERO. - ■ j .Ghristiana, "April .17;. The Stcirthing unanimously, voted 136,365 krimer towards Amundsen's expedition to the North Pole.

ECLIPSE ,0E ; THE SUN. j ..;■-■ Lisbon,.April-,17; . The Brifiish Astrononucal As'sociatioir made successful observations of, the eclipse of ttae sun;at PenaiieL .

A NEW kEALANDER'S SUCCESS. I London, April 17. .. The newspapers publish favorable notices of j Miss Winifred Purnell's recital. The] Telegraph says she seems destined to go far. [Miss Pumell is an Ashburton musician,]j