CABLE NEWS

Temuka Leader, Issue 582, 27 May 1909, Page 1

CABLE NEWS

BRITISH & FOREIGN. LONDON, May 23. The remains of the late George Meredith were cremated and the ashes bulled at Dorking. A quiet memorial service was held in Westminster Abbey. May 21.

Ip an interview with the Daily Chronicle Sir Robert Stout slated that from his New Zealand experience ho strongly favored a tax on unlmorovcd land and a super tax on large owners. It was shortsighted policy and wicked of the County Council to sell the Kings way freeholds. They should adopt tho Glasgow lease system. He advocated voles for men and women aged 21 years. Russia is loaning Tersia .£IOO,OOO on tho security of the Customs, to bo used to pay olf the superfluous troops at Teheran and Tabriz. The British Minister will bo consulted so as to prevent iho money jeopardising the constitutional regime. The British bllie-jackets have been withdrawn from Bushin;.

In the Evening News professional Alarathon rare, from Windsor to the Stadium, 9S started, Gardiner f Eng. land), 2hrs 53min 23scc, was first, Lahry (France) second, and -Morris ( England) third.

The estate of the late Sir Donald Currie, who was head of the linn Donald Currie and Co., shipowners, is valued at £2,377,052. Advices from Lisbon state that lightning struck a villa and a cathedral, killing a priest and throe ladies, and causing- a panic among the congregation. Twenty-seven of the injured were taken to the hospital. John Eden Savlle, an Australian residing at Stamford, Lancashire, has hern committed for trial at the Meath A si'cs for feloniously shooting at Charles Uniacke, of Ihinboync. A quarrel arose over Snvile’s libels a' out Airs Uniacke. A revolver was pointed at the prosecutor, and m ■

struggle which ensued a> shot went off, Savile was compelled to sign a document in which lie withdrew his statement and apologised.

At tin' National Sporting Club Langford Knocked out Hague in tine foiirlli round. Tlio nuiteli was for a purse of £ISOO.

1 The Admiralty have placed orders for the guns and gun mountings of j two Dreadnoughts with . Armstrongs, and Vickers Son and Maxim. Air Asj «j 11 itil refused to confirm tlu- report tlmf the Government had decided to ■build eight Dreadnoughts. PARIS, Alay 24. The launch of the 18.300 ton French battleship Dan ton was unsuccessful at I Brest, and powerful tugs failed to ! move her. The French Naval Com I mission recommended the authoriI ties io raise the number of battleships to 38, and favored fask scouting cruisers instead of armoured cruisers. It emphasised the need of destroyers and submarines, and recoin, mended the laying down in 1010 of two Dreadnoughts of ‘-21,000 tons and 21 knots. BERLIN. At ay 23. Telegrams state that the present convention of Uoumania with'Germany and Austria is to be amplified into a j partnership in the Triple Alliance. I The Burgomaster and 35 members of ; (he municipality are visiting England, j Ratter states that the Chilian AdI miralty submitted to (ho Government ' a proposal fur the acquisition of new 1 warships to supersede (hu present i fleet. j VIENNA, Alav 23. The Austrian Minister of Finance has made a proposal in the Rgichsrath to obtain a supplementarv income by ■ a (ax on bachelors, widow's, and childless couples, j ST. .TORN. May - AI I The ieo blockade at Perth has l»vn raised, and some of the t* tea tin rs have mtered harbour. The ice proved dis 'astrous to tlie fishing and general : business. | OTTAWA. May 23. I Tin- Press delegates received a great welcome at (Juebec. Madame Pellet ier. the Speaker's wife, entertained the Indies at luncheon. The authorities escorted the whole part;/ in Montmorency Palis, and entertained them at tie- (larrisnn Club. The delegates were eheen-1 mi Raving on board (be Impfe'S t if Britain. The delegates, in a .farewell message, gratefully aekinov

ladgod the warmth ol tho Canadian welcome, and added that it was made plain that the Canadians, like the Australians and New Zealanders, recognise that the interests of the whole British dominions are common. Tkie message concluded: —‘‘.We trust that Canada and Australasia will come) still closer together, and that trade and commerce will continue to increase. BERLIN, May 24. The Reichstag’s Finance Committee rejected the Succession Duties _ Bill, including the State’s right of inherieance. NEW YORK, May 24. A dry goods trust, with a capital of £1 (1,000,000, has been formed in America. It includes eight of the largest departmental stores, and the Claflin, O’Neill, Adams, and McCrceny Companies.

The pgospoct that there will bo no interference with the essential principles of the tariff has given confi d«neo 4o American industry, which has begun to .exhibit expansion.