HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11658, 13 June 1912, Page 4

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electric Telegraph—Coptright.] (Per Press Association.) VOLCANOES'.'iN ALASKA. New York, June 12. Reports from Seward, iiu Alaska, state that the volcanic disturbances 'have destroyed three -native villages with the loss of 200 lives. , :l Loss of. .life is-''also , 'pro'blabfe''ViL'-''A4"o'^ak'"Tsliurdl PANAMA CANAL. New York, June 12. The' Senate Committee is favorable to, and reported, the Bill authorising tlie opening operations" of the Pana'ma Canal, and retains the. House's provision exempting coastwise vessels from tolls. . . AEROPLANE WRECK. New Y'ork, June 12. Lieut. Hazelhurst and' a man jiamed Welsh were kiled' in the wreck of an aeroplane while, testing it for the -sunny aviation school in Maryland. JiOTTOMLEY A BANKRUPT, London, June 12. Horatio BotUmiley has been adjudged a bankrupt. ATTORNEY-GENERAL HONORED. Received Juno 2 at 2.50 p.m. London, June. 12. It is officially stated that Sir Rufus Isaacs will become a. member of the Cabinet. - '•. . ■■< Received June 12, at. 11.4.5 p.m. London, June 12. The admission of the Attorney-Gene-ral to the Cabinet is unprecedented, aaid is regarded as a personal distinction; for special services, notably in the labor troubles. ' ~^ BYE-ELECTION. !

.Received June 2 at 2.50 p.m. London, June 12. The. bye-eletetiora t»'fill the vacancy for Hytli'e, caused by the death of Sir Edward Sassoon, resiilted.:—Mr Philip .Sassoon 3722, Mr Moofhouse (Liborn]) 2004. ' '■•; ■■■-■ INCINERATED IN A BARN. Received Jane 13, at 8.00 a.m. V St. Petersburg, June 12. Fifty-nine farm laborers sleeping in a barn at Tambox were incinerated. LONG ARM OF THE LAW. Received Jnne 13, a*!-10.55 a.m. London'. June 13. "William Ward-, .wrested-in, West Aus r tralia, charged with murdering Ernest Smith at Chiswick in 1908, has been sentenced 'to nine months' for manslaughter. „. i -l While in Brixton Prison Ward saved the life of a warder when another prisoner attacked him. VANDALISM. London, June 12. John Todd', a. quarryiuan, has been sentenced to fivt? years' imprisonment for setting fire to ten farmsteads on the Duke of BuceleuchV estate at Thornhill. . . THE NAVY. Received Jnne 13, at 9.15 a.m. ... ~ , ...London, June 12. Mr Churchill, in-reply to Mr Newman, said ho was satisfied with the strength of the fleet in Eastern waters. Account in future must be taken, of the growth of Australia's navy, ho added.