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Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1499, 5 March 1903, Page 2

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BRITAIN AND VENEZUELA. London, March 3. In the House of Lords Lord Tweedmouth asked for additional papers dealing with Venezuela. Lord Lansdowne, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, denied that there was any risk of alienating American sympathies. Germany had assured the American Government early last year that she did not intend the smallest acquisition ot territory in South America or tidjoiniug lands. Britain's official intimation to Washington concerning the blockade was made in November, hut, there were excellent reasons for knowing how Washington whs likely to regard our action. The Earl of Rosebery, in speaking on Lord Tweedmouth's motion with reference to Venezuela, suid that the co-operaiion of Britain and Germany was unnecessary, lookiug to the fact that coercion was resolved upon before approaching the American Minister in London. It was not in accordance with the comity of nations. The motion was eventually withdrawn. New York, March 4. Venezuelan stokers affirm that Germans left a dynamite bomb amongst the Kesturadori's coal. The statement caused intense excitement at Caracas. THE LATE GALE. London, March 4. The storm damaged the telegraphs in every district in England and Wales, with the exception of a portion of the south-eastern countries. One wire connected England and Glasgow. A heavy swell prevented the towing of the Merton, which remained in a critical position. The passengers remain on board. The steamer Pus do Calais, with 180 passengers aboard, had to drift in front of the storm, her paddle being disabled. She narrowly escaped running on tho Goodwin Sands. Her damaged puddle was repaired, and the steamer reached Dover in safety. The Cambrian Prince, bound from Coqumbo to Middlesborough, foundered in the North Sea. There is only one survivor, nineteen having gone down with tbo ship. There is an impression at Lloyds that the vessel wrecked at tho Prisons is the Luno. London, March 4. A lifebuoy, a piece of boat, uitrked * Luna ' and several bodies, believed to be the Luna's men have been washed ashore at Saint Just, stripped of clothing by the terrible se.. The effects of the tugs proved unsuccessful in refloating the Merion. It is feared the bottom has been badly pierced. Tho passengers have been landed. SOUTH AFRICA. Capetown. March 4. ! Uniform time has been initiated from Capetown to Cairo. All public clocks in South Africa were advanced hulf-an-hour at Sunday mid-night. Tho Transvaal Government proposes to expend £15,000 yearly on female immigration, assisting each to the extent of £5. Lord Milner states that the majority of the Transvaal breeding stock will probably come from Australia, the United States, and the Argentine, where the natural conditions are the best fitted. MISCELLANEOUS. London, March 3. General Booth proposes the starting of international social science university establishments at London and Now York, with branches at Berlin, Melbourne, Toronto and Paris, with the object of training thousands of Salvationists as skilled rescuers of human beings from destitution and crime. In the House of Commons Mr Finlay, Attoruey-General, promised to introduce a Bill at the earliest opportunity relating to public companies' fradulent balance-sheets. Under the Act of IS6I the prosecution must prove that these were intended to defraud shareholders or creditors, but the law is silent as regards an attempt to induce the outside public to invest. Many chambers of agriculture and and farmers' club 3 in Great Britain have adopted resolutions in favour of appointing a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of food supplies in war time. The man Edwards, the murderer of Mr and Mrs Darby, and their child, was hanged at eight o'clock this morning. In the House of Commons Mr Balfour.Jin reply to a question, said that the Admiralty had carefully considered both tho Chilian and the Argentine battleships offered for sale, but found them unsuitable for our purposes, and it was not, therefore, considered advisable to complete the purchase. Piincess Louise's parents received her at Lindau. She returns Giron's letters and telegrams unopened. The breich is final. The M.C.C. Committee has decided to submit the proposal of widening the wickets to a general meeting in May. The Motor Race Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords. The Postmaster-General has stated that notice had been given to the Feninsula and Oriental and Orient Companies to terminate the mail contracts to India, the East and Australia at the end of January, 1905. The Government departments were studying future requirements, and would give their decision at the earliest possible moment. Ottawa, March 3. The Canadian newspapers congratulate Victoria on securing Mr Tait as a energetic chairman of .State railways. Paris, March 3. The Court of Appeal has ordered the Good Shephera Convent at Nancy to pay Mademoiselle Lecoanet, an orphan inmate, £4OO compensation for detention during many years, and overwork, resulting in partial blindness. Tho Bishop of Nancy stated that under the pretext of charity the sisterhood treated the inmates worse than any outside sweater. Berlin, March 3. Count Vou Bulow has drawn tho Curia's attention to Bishop Treves' manifesto refusing absolution to parents for sending their daughter to the Prussian Government's High School, though fourteen of the teachers were Catholic, and eight Protestant. Tho Chancellor claimed that tho States acting impartially deserved reciprocity.