MISCELLANEOUS.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11675, 10 July 1906, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

London, July 9. Terrific storms are raging iD Southern Europe. Hailstones as large as oranges smashed the roofs in Valencia, injured fifty people,and killed one person. The Northumberland Miners' Conciliation Board, on account of the French colliers' strike resulting in the improvement of the general trade has advanced th© miners' wages 3% per cent, bringing the advance up to 21J4 P& r cent above the basis of 1879. At cricket yesterday Notts beat Yorkshire by 25 runs. Surrey heads thejxiunties, Yorkshire, Lancashire, and: Notts following. Cambridge University [beat Oxford by 94 runs, Young (Cambridge) made 50. Fry^s leg has again given way, and it is improbable that he will play further this season. Sheep— North Island, 3^d ; best, 3%d: the rest are unchanged, Lambs : Canterbury light 5 l-16d ; medium sd ; heavy 4%d; North Island, 4 13-16d. New Zealand beef, fores, 2l^d ; ox hinds, 3 5-ld. River Plate sheep, heavy, 3d: light, 3d: beef, fores, 2^d; hinds, 3J£d. Hemp is quiet ; October-December shipments, £31 10a, The Board of Trade returns for June show that imports , increased £4,336,302: the exports increased £4,653,790. Mr Lloyd-Qeorge, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Shot leigh Bridge, Durham, declared that the machineryjof the Government of the old time had arrived at its place, the scrap heap, especially the House of Lords. He advocated the delegation of local interests to local authorities in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, while Imperial and national affairs were dealt with by the Imperial Parliament. Tokio, July 8. The steamer Ningpo struck a mine 120 miles north of Knagtse, and was badly damaged.