THE TIMES-SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15825, 25 July 1913, Page 5

THE TIMES-SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES.

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LONDON, July 23. The opinion in diplomatic circles is that the Powers will be compelled to intervene in China.

Prince Arthur of Connaughfc has taken a house in York, where he will live after hie marriage in October.

The potato blight has appeared in Limerick.

Lord Grey has outlined a scheme for concentrating the Dominion Governments' offices under one roof on the Aldwych site, off the Strand. He argues that such oon-, centration would- prove a notable symbol of Empire. Lord Grey has secured a three years' option of a site at £3000 a year, and has vested it in a syndicate. During the military manoeuvres at Elstead several picketed horses became alarmed by the crackle of rifles in the darkness, and stampeded among the sleeping soldiers, some of whom were injured. Many of the animals had to be destroyed. (Received July 24, at 6:20 p.m.) While a party of members of the Hous« of Commons was having tea with 200 guests on the terrace at the House of Commons a launch, which was filled with suffragettes, approached the terrace. The' suffragettes harangued the gathering for half an hour, the guests deserting the tea tables and listening to them. On a police boat approaching the suffragettes threw fiomo literature on the terrace, and the launch steamed off.

A house at Birmingham was damaged by fire, and a message was left stating that Mr Asquith was to blame for the release of Mrs Pankliuißt,

The Medical Association at its conference discussed the question of sea bathing. ' Dr Johns (director of the Consumptive Sanatorium at Bournemouth) said he had no hesitation in 6aying that all people suffering from disease would benefit by sea bathing, those who were afflicted with tuberculosis deserving a prominent place. He regretted that the profession did not 1 sufficiently appreciate the benefits. Dr Dale declared that judicious sea bathing was the most powerful means of combating asthma. Members of the Pharmaceutical Society were not allowed to visit Windsor Castle unless they signed a declaration to the effect that they-were not connected with the suffragettes. I In the House of Commons Mr Outhwaite asked that Lord Gladstone be- instructed to submit a statement representing the Band workers' views of the cause of the strike. Mr Hararart refused the request, stating that a commission was inquiring into the matter. LISBON, July 22. There are grave reports regarding disaffection amongst the Syndicalist sailors on the waTshipg. A Monarchist journal has been suppressed. BERLIN, July 23. Two hundred delegates are attending the International Congress of Miners at Carlsbad. Mr Smillie, the president, said he believed that the Balkan war could have been prevented if the workmen had struck before the outbreak. CAPETOWN, July 23. There is a sudden increase of plague at Mombasa, and the situation is regarded as serious. NEW YORK, July 23. The United States is convulsed by the announcement of a bomb 6care in the offices of the Carnegie Corporation. A suspicious looking packet was handled by an official, and a scientist subsequently made an investigation. The packet .was taken to a lonely place and riddled with biillets. It was then proved to be a Limburger cheese. WASHINGTON, July 23. As a- result of the Mexican rebels' capture of Taxapan, the British Consulate has appealed for help. The battleship Louisiana has left Vera Cruz at full speed.