THE WORLD’S NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144131, 28 June 1913, Page 7

THE WORLD’S NEWS.

Tho following cablegrams have appeared in tho Sydney Sun: — LONDON, Juno 17. Dwelling on the fact that Argentina supplies 04 per cent, of the _ meat imported into England, a special article in the Times states that tho Armours, Swifts, and tho Morrises control nearly two-thirds of the supply. The article goes on to say: “It requires no quick imagination to foresee what effects concerted notion would have regarding the prices paid by consumers, For the American companies to pass to Australia and Now Zealand would not he a great stop, because without some Govornment check the comparatively small works there would fall an easy prey to the combine. The possibility is clearly one which the British Government must study. American ho’uses aro bidding for the control of the Argentine meat trade, which appears to signify a desire to control oven a larger proportion of tho meat trade of the world.” The article suggests that tho Argentine and British Governments should hold a conference to discuss the situation. An order lias been made for the compulsory winding-up of tho Daily Herald proprietary. A mass meeting of Hindus was held in Vancouver to-day, at which a resolution was passed urging, the Government to sanction the admission of the families of those Indians already in Canada. The speakers declared that the situation was quite un-British. NEW YORK,'June 17. Philadelphia doctors are just now trying to stop the abnormal growth of a "iG-yc-tr-old boy, John Michael, who has already reached the astonishing height of 6ft. 7in. _ Tho medical men who have the case in hand have hold several consultations, and the decision to which they havo come is that portion of the pituitary gland,_ which is supposed to control the* mechanism of life, must be removed from tho base of tho brain. Mentally, young Michael is still normal, hut tho doctors say that his mind will become affected if his growth continues. LONDON, Juno 17. Tho P. and 0. Company announces a new cargo service from London and other. English east coast ports to Australia by way of the Cape. Steamers of about tons and of tho I alma class will he used. Speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Jaurcs, the Socialist loader, declared that Germany’s idea of incorporating the two youngest classes of reserves with the effectives in tho event of war, meant that her attack would ho not only sudden, but one with massed forces. German tacticians, added M. Jaurcs, anticipated that 1,300,000 men would bo present on their side at the first groat battle. A battery of tho Royal Horse Artillery did some remarkable shooting yesterday, when ten rounds of shrapnel were fired in flOscc., each shot sunning a 12ft. target at a range of 350 U yard... Thu performance constitutes a world’s record. A lady who bought a vanity bag foils at Forest Goto, London, used it while wearing a grey dress. Tho latter was mined by iho stain from tho bag, and tho lady prosecuted the shopkeeper at Bow Street Police Court, securing judgment for half tho cost of tho dress. Mr. Sidney Low, tho well-known author and journalist, lecturing at King’s College, London, to-day, on the problem of an Imperial executive, said that the Empire seemed to want an Imperial Chancellor to advise on matters which constituted tho business of the Empire rather than ofi the nation. Ministers for foreign affairs, defence,* and finauco in the overseas dominions should leave tire British Cabinet to deal with British affairs. The Empire executive was competent to advise on Imperial business. A machine has been invented in which photography and electricity have been combined m such a wiry as to produce a speaking biograph. The results obtained by means of this wonderful invention are most astonishing. Whatever voico it reproduces is piiro and natural, and can be heard tho instant the pictures aro thrown on tho screen. ' NEW YORK, June 18. The story of a sensational train robbery comes from Springfield, Illinois. It was a midnight special that was attacked. the hold-up being effected by two desperate ruffians, who forced the trainmen to uncouple the engine, tender, and express oar 'from the rest of the train, and then to drive on a considerable distance ahead, leaving all the passengers stranded. A telephone message brought along a great force of sheriirs officers, police and reporters, who came upon the bandits just as they wero dynamiting tho safe of_ the express car. The police opened fire upon the robbers, who levelled thoir revolvers at tho onginemen and compelled them to drive off at full aimed. Having got away at what they considered a safe distance, the desperadoes resumed operations on the express car, but bad not made much progress when they were once more baulked by the arrival of the police in an automobile. Again the robbers forced tho enginedriver to get away under full steam, and thus the pursuit wont on until tho bandits wore finally overhauled and surrounded. Even then, however, they contrived to make their escape, hut by this time they had broken open the safe and possessed themselves of about £SOOO. LONDON, Juno 19. Mr. Macartney and other well-known architects havo made an inspection of one- of tho piers supporting the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. Tho pier measures 45ft. by 20ft. in crypt, apd the examination showed that owing to evaporation of tho water tho mortar in the interior of tho pior had subsided and that the dome was resting on a skin varying in thickness from 61n. to XBin. It is assumed that the other piers are in a similar condition. The architects propose to put in more concrete in order to secure solidity. Tho clock tower, tho iron dials of which Sir Christopher Wren bound with stonework, was found to havo expanded owing to rust, with the x'osult that tho stone was broken to pieces. Tho iron and stone work aro'to be renewed, Owing to tho inadequate support tho steamboats running between Greenwich and Kew aro receiving the London County Council threatened to discontinue the service. The council is said to be losing £SOO a year. PARIS, Juno 19. Lecturing at the Beaujohn Hospital yesterday, Dr. Alexis Carrel, of New York, to whom last year’s Nolpel prize for medicine was awarded, . said that surgical research had proved that operations on tho thoracic cavity could bo performed easily, as iu the case of tho abdomen. Experiments on animals had demonstrated that the heart wms an organ with very great powers of resistance, and that it did not suffer any harm if tho circulation was interrupted for five or ten minutes. The brain, Dr. Carrel pointed_ out, was more delicate, and its functions could not ho interrupted for more than three or "four minutes.