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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11808, 18 December 1912, Page 3

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TBt Electric Telegbaph—Copyright. J (Pee Pbess Association.) THE PREMIER WILL NOT RETIRE. Reserved December 17, at 11.30 n.m. London, December 17. . Replying to. a question, Mr Asquith stated that he .was not aware of any grounds for the statement .that he would resign if women's franchise were granted.- ___ ", ._■.■'■; •■'• RED RUBBER. Lima, December 17. The judge, investigating tlie Putumayo atrocities has ordered the arrest of Julio Arana. ■'/■■

CANADIAN CADETS. Vancouver, December 17. The civic authorities and School Board passed resolutions of thanks for the welcome accorded the cadets by the Government, press, and public bodies on their recent tour in Australia and New Zealand. PRIZE FIGHTING. London, December 17. Welsh made a splendid defence. His footwoTk and ringcraft were very clever, frequently frustrating Mehegen's chance of landing a blow. Mehegan was very strong and always threatened! danger, but found Welsh difficult to hit. Thero was a good deal of clinching in the latter part of the contest.

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. London, December 17. The Sportsmaii says the result of the fight was a tribute to Welsh's soienca against Mehegah's The latter "made a plucky stand, though little was seen of his deadly thump. The further he went the better he fought. TITANIC INQUIRY. London, December 18. Mr Buxton states that the approximate cost of the Titanic- inquiry will be £20,231. _ HIGH TREASON. Reeeived December 18, at 10.25 a.m. Berlin, ecember 17. Sergeant Wolferling, of the heaoV quarters staff at Thorn, has been arrested for supplying important information to Russia. Received December 18, at 10.15 a.m. Berlin, December 17. Wolferling has been, sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and fined £7500 sterling for high treason. The £5700 which he received from Russia has been confiscated.

TRAIN SMASH. Rome, December 17.. Twenty-five people were killed and a hundred injured in the railway smash on the Catania line. A number of passengers were pinned under the wreckage for four hours, and begged to be killed. The dead were terribly mutilated. B DEATH OF AMERICAN AMBASSADOR. Loudon, December 17. Mr Whitelaw Reid's family have accepted an offer of a warship to convey tho rem'alins to, Washington.

PANAMA CANAL. Washington, December 17. With few exceptions the whole Eastern press denounce the refusal- to submit the Panama dues to arbitration. It is still doubtful whether the provincial element, in the Senate, which outnumbers the, will consent to arbitration.*' CANADA'S NAVAL SCHEME. Ottawa, December 1 17. Tlie Free Press States that Mr Borden will probably modify his r naval programme! jn> the .direction of adopting a part"-, of.'. Sir. W.' Laurier's-ldennite fleet unitipblicy. ,J . -.;•, ,^ IN ; THE'IIR. Berlin, December 17. Aeronautical circles protest against tile sale of a Parseval to Britain. AUSTRIA AND SERVIA. . Vienna, December 17. . Herr Edl reports that the reports of ill-treatment at Prochaska are unfounded, The Servian charges that shots were fired- from the Consulate are untrue. Herr Jsdl found'the the Servians oh several occasions adopted an incorrect attitude towards >the Consulate, for which satisfaction was demanded.

TURKEY'S INTERNAL TROUBLES. Constantinople, December 17. Nearly all the members of .the Committee of Union and Progress recently arrested have been released.

PRESIDENT-ELECT THREATENED. Received December 18, at 1.15 p.m. Ottawa, December 17. Letters threatening Mr Woodrow Wilson still continue to arrive from New Jersey. The writers demand that larger sums of money be left at a specified place in New York. Police precautions Rave been redoubled.