A SUMMARY

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8912, 25 April 1907, Page 2

A SUMMARY

The following is » summary of n«w« which did hoi appear in yesterday's "Star": —

A fuse pushed under the door of an annexe was the cause of tho fire at the Toulon arsenal.

Judgment was entered by default nt Dublin for £'65,000 against D. E. Williams and Patrick Smith, distillers, at the instance of the Inland Revenue authorities, owing to defendants' failure to isaue permits correctly witli parcels of spirits.

The finding of the Board ol Trade inquiry was that the loss of the steamer Berlin %vas due to the master's error of judgment in entering a new waterway in th,e weather conditions prevailing, and not making sufficient allowance for the wind and sea.

The Board of Control of Australian cricket has received a cable confirming the Marylebone Club's acceptance of the Board's offer to an English team, with a proviso that the Marylebone Club approves of the Board's programme of matches which it cabled to London.

Captain Fultam, of the United States oruiaer Marietta, intimating that America would not allow insults to the British flag, compelled a Honduras insurgent leader to apologise for removing a flag which a British subject had hoisted for his own protection at Salado..

Herr Einem, in a militant speech in. the Reichstag, declared that he was confident that the Reichstag would 1 vote moneys to give the soldier the best weapon, and not act like >the> French, who, when in 1905 the sky was overcast, lavished hundreds of millions on the frontier in order to be ready for. war. ' Germany must be ready before it was necessary to use weapons.

An Empire education fund was inaugurated at a crowded meeting in London. Lord Mihier said that the movement was to familiarise youth with Imperial problems, and create a spirit of reverence and aw« for tho Empire. Mr Doakin declared that adventurers of the old type were stall required in Australia. British youth ought to be taught in the schools the opportunities existing under the flag.

In the House of Commons, Mr Haldane's Territorial Forces Bill was read 1 a second time by a large majority. Sir Henry Carup-bell-Bannerman., in yeply to Mr H. Cox. said: Britaiii's obligation to defend the whole Empire is indep-endonfc of any written agreement or treaty. Judging- from past experience, there seems no doubt that the colonies recognise their obligation to assist in the defence of the Empire as a who'd. Mr Halda.no remarked that he hoped to carry out the reconstruction of fortresses without hurry before it came to war, and before the fortresses were required.

The situation in connection with the ccal lumpers' strike is practically unchanged as far as Sydney is concerned. Picketing' js being systematically earned out. Large numbers of police are in the vicinity of the employers' bureau, and tho ships or-aling by means of free labour. Everything- is orderly. The strikers express themselves very confident. There is an important development at Newcastle. Delegates from ihn Sydney union addressed a meeting of lr<-s) trimmers, with the result that they decided not to -trim any vessels at Newcastle which usually coal at Sydney. Another effect of the strike has be«n the stoppage of work at several southern collieries.