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Waikato Argus, Volume XXVII, Issue 4182, 27 August 1909, Page 3

Home and Foreign.

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CONQUEST OF THE AIR. London, August 26. Mr Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, interviewed in London, thought the experiments at Rheims were a great triumph for the Americans. The Wright machine was the most sure and dependable of all. With others there was always a half nervous app? shension that they might descend at any moment. He added: "How I wish we were doing more towards this work, which may alter the history of the world." St. Petersburg, August 26. The Russian Government is founding professorships of aerostatics in the indsutrial colleges of the empire. Received 9.30 p.m., 26th. Paris, August 26. At the Rheims test M. Paulhan established a world's record, remaining in the air for two hours 43 minutes 28 seconds, and covering 81 2-5 miles. In the last portion of the flight he gallantly contended with rain and a high wind until his petrol was exhausted. Lieut. Hubert Latham covered 18J miles in 32 minutes. "LOADED" LEATHER. London, August 26.

Mr Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, has informed Mr Taverner, Agent General for Victoria, that he is doubtful whether any administrative measures exist whereby the importation of loaded leather can be prevented. He suggests that Victorian tanners should take united action to bring the excellence of their leather before the pubilc. INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL. Received 9.30 p.m., 26th. London, August 26.

The South African Rugby Board has decided to accept the invitation for tours of New Zealand and New South Wales in 1910, and also resolved to ask the English Rugby Union to reconsider its decision not to send a team to South Africa next season. DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL. London, August 26. The Select Committee of the House of Commons, appointed to consider Mr Willett's Daylight Saving Bill, reports that while the voluntary adoption of earlier business hours would be of great advantage to the community, the provisions of the Daylight Saving Bill would create confusion, especially in regard to agriculture and the railways.

PERSIAN BANDITS. Teheran, August 26. Eight hundred robbers are attacking the tower of a village near Kerman, Persia, where the inhabtants have taken refuge. The beseiged include Mr Wright, of the Imperial Bank, and Mr James, of the Indo-European Telegraph Co. Relief from Teheran is impossible. Received 8.35 a,m. 27th. London, August 26.

The British Foreign Office is intervening at Teheran, and the Shah's brother Mahomet Hassen has been appointed heir apparent.

DIAMOND MINING. Received 8.35 a.m. 27th. Capetown, August 26. The British firm of De Pass and Spence, of Capetown, who received in 1886 a perpetual title to the ore in Luderitzbucht, are now within the diamond district of the German authorities, and have been granted the right to peg claims of the same area as German subjects.

ADMINISTRATION OF IRELAND. London, August 26. In the House of Commons, Mr J. H. Whitley, Junior Lord of the Treasury, estimated that Ireland's contribution to the revenue of the United Kingdom for the current year was insufficient to meet the cost of purely Irish services by upwards of a million sterling. A CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER. London, August 26. George Thompson, an American, was today found guilty of having stolen £IOO from William Strong, an Australian merchant, by means of the confidence trick, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Thompson's confederate escaped. ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY. London, August 26. The consecration of Dr. Wright as Archbishop of Sydney yesterday was the first consecration in St. Paul's to an archibahopric since the Reformation. The last Archbishop consecrated in Old St. Paul's was Simon Aslip in 1349. AN UNKNOWN RACE. New York, August 26. Professor Edgar Hewitt has discovered in North East Arizona caves much larger than the celebrated Kentucky caves, also the ruins, relics, household articles and the remains of a race unknown to archaeologists. IRADE REVIVAL. Received 8.35 a.m. 27th. London, August 26. The Times' New York correspondent states that there is a general trade revival in the United States. The postal receipts show that business has improved in every part of the country.

RAILWAY STOCKS DEPRESSED. Received 8.35 a.m. 27th. London, August 26. Mr Harriman's ill-health and the reports of his intended retirement have caused a general decline in his railway stocks, and the market is unsettled. CHOLERA IN HOLLAND. Received 9.30 p.m., 26th. Rotterdam, August 26. Five deaths have occurred from Asiatic cholera at Rotterdam and 28 persons have been isolated, and are under obser/ation. AN EARL'S SUICIDE. London, August 26. Lord Eliot, eldest son and heir of the Earl of St. Germains, committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun at his father's seat, near Plymouth. THE CADET SYSTEM. London, August 26. The War Office has issued regulation for the organisation and administration of cadet corps in England. ' STOLEN JEWELLERY RECOVERED. Received 9.30 p.m., 26th. London, August 26. Mappin and Webb's jewellery recovered by the police is valued at £44,000. A BARQUE ABANDONED. Received 1.15 a.m. 27th. Fremantle, August 26. The lighthouse-keeper at Cape Naturaliste reported in the forenoon that a boat had passed within two miles containing several men. Subsequently a tug picked up the boat and towed it to Banburv. It proved to be from tl.e French barque Gael, London to Hobart, which was abandoned on Monday last 200 miles off Cape Leeuwin in a sinking condition. The boat contained the first and third officers, and 11 members of the crew, all of whom were in good health A second boat containing the captain, second officer, and 10 of the crew is still adrift. The boats parted on Monday night.

First pedestrian, walking on the footpath: "Here man, Jock, come off the coarse road on tae footpath." Jock: "No, I've paid for the stanes, and I' gaun to tak' theyus o' them!'''