CABLE NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5990, 30 March 1911, Page 1

CABLE NEWS.

BRITISH AND FORiiiuN. LONDON, March -JO. ihe personality of the lute Joseph ' Henry lioukisworth, rjueehorse owner, has been proved at £327,507. Ho be- , Vjiueat'hcd £20,000 to charities, mostly • irj iSco'Uau'cl, and £SOOO to James Kyau, the .Newmarket trainer. ; Germany, Russia, France, United ! .States, and Japan send «c|Uadrons to j the Coronation review at Spitheajd ; wherein the number of Dreadnoughts will be unprecedented. I LONDON, March 27. I 'I he 'Daily Mail's Cons tan tiuople cor- | respondent reports that the Porte is negotiating' in London and [Paris for a ; Joan of twenty-five millions, in live l-an-mial instalments for railway- eoni .sum-lion in Albania and Asia Minor. ; PAIRIS, March 26. Replying to an inquiry, the chair- ; man of the Chamiber of Commerce has j informed the 'Government it is uade- ! sirable to hold an international exhi- ! bition in the near future owing to the j impossibility of relying on workmen for the fulfilment of contracts, and in \'i'"i\ of frequence of sudden strike:--. Th;- . 'lowing officers 'who have iboen in the New iZtoaland defence I force are about to sail :—'Captlain A. j .A: yore, by the Tonic; Captain Jacobs, ■ l.y the liuahine ; Captain H. 0. Knox, ;,y the Turakln-a ; and Major G. Johuision, i|,y the Tongariro. Captain McArthur Onslow, of the Sixteenth Lancers, Ih, is also been appointed for service in • New Zealand. I Baron do .Forest sued Captain Henry i Marcus Milner, Lady Go-rare*, and the 'Do wager Lady Gerard for slander in ! having alleged that his brutal treatjnunt of his wife made it impossible [ fur her to live with him. Counsel for •plaintiff stated that Lady de Forest i confessed to adultery with a] young' ! army odieer named Ashconibe, and thu j I'ai'O'ii forgave her. The case failed, !own-g to insufficient evidence of publijcaiion of slander, and a verdict was L.iv'C'Ji 'or defendants with costs. !"" BERLIN, March 27. I Uerr Waechter, Minister of Foreig'u Ali':iirs, speaking in the Reichstay, Vaid I'luit the situation in Portugal j Was unsatisfactory in regard to pri'vato property, and the exclusion of GeiTOan nuns 1 and other'Germans, Kc- | presentations that had 'been made had been resultless, and the Government wus considering further 'action.', j PARIS, March 2[7. Jt is estimated that the net yield from the liquidation of the property of the religious oixlers will be £l,200,000. 'J lie ordnance factory at Cherbourg |is busy with the 'manufacture of ivn improved shell, the effects of -which ore described as terrible. ! PBKIN, March 20. J China has informed Russia of her j unreserved acquiescence in her proposals. ; ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. I Sittings of both Houses have been suspended, enabling; the Czar under . Paragraph S 7 of the fundamental laws to exercise his prerogative to pass the |Xemstv o Bill for the Western- Proj vinces, subject to future, amendment I by the Legislature. I '.l'here are indications that owing to the Czar's exercise of his prerogative, Al. Stolypin's power and prestige will be unlimited. At a meeting of Oetaberists M. Gutschk-off announced his resigntitTO* of ilia Presidency of the Drama. All ■Ocloberist members threaten to resign. ! The Octe-berists consider the application of Paragraph 87 to be a coup d'etat inasmuch as the measure was not urgent. I ROMP:., March, 27. ! Cannon salvoes at midnight ushered in the festival of Italian unity. The almost amimation -was displayed in the clubs and cafes, where patriotici/dctnon-str-ations were held, and ohaers given for Ttnly and. Rome, and the National Anthem was played. Many houses were illuminated. j TOKIO, March 27. ) The .agitation in San Francisco againsl Japanese ownership of land is ■ causing much concern in; Japan. There I is also 'talk of •«on-p>ir | ticipa't i i'On in the.forthcoming Panama exhibition, but i leading publicists deprecate such aci tion. I NEW YORK, March 28. I An electrical storim at Philadelphia, j accompanied by a cyclonic wind, I wrecked many public and private f buildings, unroofed churches, broke I telephones, lighting -and trolley wires, and all traffic was Ibrought to a standstill. A single was recorded.