THE TIMES-SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES.

Otago Witness, Issue 3111, 29 October 1913, Page 29

THE TIMES-SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLES.

LONDON, October 20. The Irish Methodists are appealing to their co-religionists in Britain to assist them in preventing the Home Buie Bill from becoming law. October 21. Whilst compiling the lists of military manuscripts at the United Service Institute Colonel Hale discovered the complete records of the Black Watch, which were supposed to have been lost in a transport on the coast of Donegal in 1819. October 23. At the dinner of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, in responding to th® Toast of “Nelson,” Vice-admiral Farquhar declared that the captains of the merchant service with vessels carrying British and foreign seamen, said that the Britisher was very hard to discipline, and he vra* fond 6f a “wee drappie,” but ho was the man to turn to when there was trouble. The Newmarket Guardians returned th® sgs that had been sent by the King towards a harvest treat, on the ground that the application therefor was made to hi* Majesty without their authority; Steps are being taken to form a union of the London police. The names of thos® joining have not been divulged. October 24. In the course of a lecture at Bristol University, Professor Hill ascribed the recent explosions in mines to improved ventilation, and affirmed that they could ho prevented if the oxygen in the air wor® lowered from 21 to 17 per cent, of th® atmosphere. This would not be deleterious to miners. An excess of carbonic acid gas in a crowded room was not prejudicial if the oxygen were never diminished mor® than 1 per cent. PARIS, October 21. The police .who wore accused of. blackmail, have been acquitted, the court coa-‘ sidering that tho evidence of tho othof police was valueless owing to tho jealousy existing in the force, j BERNE, October 23 A gendarme tracked an ex-convid named Kiesen, who was wanted for ty r-> cent burglary, to a mountain top when a due! was fought, and the gendarme wal shot dead BERLIN, October 24. The International Tuberculosis Gon/ferencc emphasised the necessity of isolation in all cases of advanced stages. Complimentary references were made to th® reduction in tho mortality rate in Australia during tho last decade. VIENNA, October 21. The police at Finnic assert that they have discovered a plot to form a. Slav State under the sovereignty of Servia, with ramifications in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Croatia, Istria, and Trieste Many arrests have been made. ROME, October 23. A military aviator flew from Turin l« the summit of Mount Cenis and back. / WASHINGTON, October 24. Mr Lancer, solicitor to the Department of Agriculture, has submitted to President Wilson a scheme for providing a council of members to bo selected by America, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan. This body will control th® Philippines until such time as tho natives are able to govern themselves, when they, will be granted their independence. OTTAWA, October 20. The Roman Catholic hierarchy has res ceived a letter signed by Cardinal Rampolla asking for a report on tho number of mixed mariages completed or attempted during the last decade, and whether i« the future it will be convenient to favour or oppose such marriages. ' PEKING, October 23. China is establishing a naval college at Shanghai. The British Admiralty is lending Captain Harold Christian for thro® years as director.