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Southland Times, Issue 17595, 6 March 1914, Page 5

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ARMY SUPPLIES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright LONDON, March Received March C, 3 2.10 a.m. Owing to the exclusion of frozen mutton from Army contracts the Hon. TMackenzie has offered to demonstrate to the War Office the suitability of New' Zealand mutton as an Army ration. THE SUFFRAGETTES. LONDON. March 5. Mr Ramsay Mac Donald was addreS* sing the Labour party in the Memorial Hall, when .the suffragettes took charge of the meeting for an hour. They called Mr Mac Donald a traitor and there were many free fights before they werw ejected. The woman fought in a frenzy of violence and chairs were hurled and sticks used. Glass doors and window* were smashed. AVIATION. LONDON, March 5. Mr Churchill, at the Aero Club, salif that the public should now realise that the flying risk was not excessive. Since he had been in the Admiralty more lives had been lost in submarines than in the air service. He predicted that aviation, would exercise a potent influence in the military destinies of the States. He considered the Atlantic flight was premature and unduly risky. HOME RULE. LONDON. March 5. Earl I,iuuraven in a letter to the pres* says that a fair chance of settlement is only obtainable by referring Mr Asquith's proposals to a conference on the lines of Lord Loreburn’s proposal, as coercion is impossible and exclusion unthinkable, while the general election is useless as a soWtion. Lord Hugh Cecil, in a letter, says that the difficulty in the way of the conference is unsuperable. He draws an anelogy between Mr Botha’s action in. South Africa and the possible happenings iu Ireland as creating two centres of sovereignly. Nobody could deny that the deportations were altogether indefensible. and nobody would be blind to the outrage and scandal of the infliction of perpetual exile by a retrospective enactment. True be says, lies with the South African Parliament, and Mr Botha, not with th* British Crown. Such are the conscquencies of Home Rule. SORROWS OF A KING. ATHENS, March o. Prince Wied, King of Albania, arrive* at Durazzo on Saturday. All the districts of Elhassau as well as the Musselman villages in Spethe have declared against a Christian Prince and great unrest prevails. GOUI.iI espionage case. LONDON. March o. Received March G. 12.35 a.m. Mr Bodkin staled that an official chart of Spi l head and drawings relating to engine room arrangements of a battleship, as well as a gunnery hook wa» found in the Goulds' possession. GERMAN FISCAL QUESTION. BERLIN. March 5. Herr Sidow. in the Prussian Diet, reiteraiing Herr Dulbruck’s remarks, said that if other countries forced a revision of treaties on the question of a new; tariff law if would give Germany ■» weapon to negotiate new treaties and remove the existence of blemishes, which; was becoming a burning question. Preliminary work was progressing which; would enable Germany to face the situation, Herr Hulbruek, in the Reichstag, said that existing protective duties must be maintained. For Germany's agriculture in particular they must keep in existence the present protection, and also on no occasion should Germany denounce* ; ant' of lilt- PKiti coiv.mericial .trealies. EXPLANATORY. BERLIN, March 5. - Lieuf. Pilcher asserts that he ha* transferred to Hr Koenig the. right, to carry on the uncompleted programme ofi 1 the Pilcher expedition which has en- ; titled Dr Koenig to priority over .Sir E. 1 Shackleton. i RUSSIA AND GERMANY. ST. PETERSBURG. March 5. The Minister of Finance in a statement declares that the German newspapers’ alarmists rumours have caused exi trenn- consternation on the Bourse. Th« I rumours are absolutely devoid of foua« dal ion. i OBITUARY ; MB DAVID ANDERSON, 1 SYDNEY. March 5. I Received March C, 1.5 a.m. I A private cable from London announe- ! Ed the death of Mr David Anderson, late 1 general manager of the Orient Company; 1 in Australia. CRICKET. SYDNEY, March 5. ■The proposed tour of the New South' Wales team iu West Australia at the end of March and the beginning of May has fallen through. The West Australian Assocation stipulated that the team should include Trumpet- and Macartney, and failing either, flardsley. It is understood that Macartney has stated hi* inability to go. and Trumper being away is unlikely in be able to go West.