The Wide World.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 13, 29 September 1909, Page 7

The Wide World.

CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Home and Imperial. /"T~\ R. BALFOUR delivered- an imI I I portant speech on the Budget. .J I 7 He denounced it as Socialistic, J and advocated Tariff Reform. A message was read from Mr. Chamberlain in favour of Preference. Mr. Asquith made -a vigorous defence of the Budget as a financial measure, and denied that it unduly menaced capital. Mr. Keir Hardie compared Mr. Asquith’s speech on the Budget to that of a lawyer defending a criminal. The Duke of Rutland denounced the Budget as Socialistic. Mr. Keir Hardie says it is the first step towards Socialism. Mr. Pease has left the Liberal Party. Mr. Lloyd George has modified some of the income tax clauses of the Budget. Sports grounds are exempted from new tax. The “Spectator” says that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is seeking to nationalise the ■railways. The Trade Boards Bill, fixing a minimum wage in certain trades, passed the Lords. Colonial stocks have seriously affected the price of consols. A motion in the Commons to exempt all colonial securities from extra stamp duty was lost. Lord Rosebery advises the dissolution of the Liberal League. Lord Avebury says economy is better than Tariff Reform. 60,000 troops are taking part in the British army manoeuvres. Lord Kitchener inspected the fortifications at Singapore, and sailed for China. Facilities are to be given to colonial array officers to graduate from an English staff college. A Federal Defence Bill has been introduced in Australia providing for compulsory training The bill has aroused great enthusiasm in England. The “Manchester Guardian” hopes Australia will not erect a r.aval bogey of her own, and make a Germany of Japan. The N.S.W. Treasury will receive £400,000 estate duty on Mr. S. Hordern’s will..

The Premier of the Transvaal and the Colonial Secretary have determined to disband the Het Volk and the Orangid Unie in order to demonstrate that there is no longer any racial feeling. Mr Botha and Dr. Jameson hope to form a coalition Cabinet of British and Dutch. The Cape Premier is not inclined to increase the lights on the Cape coast, fearing that any increase would encourage reckless navigation. The “Times” urges the Government to act in the matter of Preferential Trade. Five hundred delegates are attending the International Press Conference in London. An Internatioal Conference of surveyors was held in London. The Conference was opened by Mr. Haldane on behalf of the Government. The Home Secretary has approved of women being admitted to the examinations of the Royal College of Surgeons. 2163 evicted persons have been re instated in Ireland.

Germany is anxious for a commercial treaty with Canada, but Canadian feeling is opposed to such a treaty. The authorities in Fiji and the Commonwealth favour a State system of wireless communication between British possessions in the Pacific.

The engineering trades at Manchester have agreed that wages will not be disturbed for 3 years. The London wool sales showed an advance of fully a penny on the last sale. The Victorian Railways showed a surplus of £300,000. A seditious Indian newspaper, suppressed at Calcutta, has reappeared at Geneva. Captain Scott has completed all arrangements for his Antarctic expedition, and has purchased the ship Terra Nova. Lord Beresford says Britain’s defence plans are designed to prevent war. He emphasises the need for more cruisers. The torpedo-boat des.trover Swift attained a speed of 40 miles an hour on her trial trip. The Canadian Department of Labour rejects the contention that contractors must accept good, bad and indifferent workmen alike when labour is scarce. A “hunger strike” of Suffragettes was stopped by threat of a stomach pump. The Suffragettes smashed the windows of a train in which Mr. Asquith was travelling. Mr. Walter Long, a Unionist M.P., protested against the way Mr.

Asquith was treated, and said he had • right to peace on his travels like any other man. Nearly a million people in England were in receipt of poor relief in August. A suspect was arrested and subsequently discharged in connection with the Sevenoaks murder case of August last year. Lord Onslow’s daughter, Lady Dorothy Onslow, has married the son and heir of Lord Halifax.

Foreign. A thousand delegates attended the veterinary congress at the Hague. Dr. Hang, of Copenhagen, ascribed th spread of tuberculosis to milk products returned from co-operative dairies. Having decided to abolish lotteries, the French Government is organising a grand final lottery with six prizes of £40,000 each. Nearly £2,000,000 worth of tickets are to be sold. President Taft condemned the administration of the criminal law in America as a disgrace. He declared that the revised tariff would prevent monopolies, and still afford adequate protection. He said America and Japan were on the best of terms. Bolivia and Peru have settled the boundary dispute. Nine large steamers are being built for the South American meat trade. Uruguay has offered £5,000 compensation to the crew of a Halifax schooner for wrongful imprisonment. Austria-Hungary reduced the naval vote by £1,160,000. The German Chancellor is visiting Vienna, and had a lengthy conference with the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Spaniard’s again defeated the Moors. The Spanish troops in Morocco now number 40,000, and they have cleared all the country north of Mount Gurugu.

Accidents and Fatalities. Anxiety was felt for the overdue sloop Clio, on the China station, but she was eventually sighted at anchor in the Straits of Hartan. The destroyer Itchen ran ashore and was badly damaged. The Fiji steamer Parua was wrecked on a reef. A bomb explosion in Italy killed 12 persons and destroyed 3 buildings. The body of John Davidson, the poet, has been found. It was buried at sea. A funeral service was read over the 12 dead sailors imprisoned in the sunken submarine Cll. William Tumour, a claimant to the Poulett peerage, died in the workhouse. A man named Bradshaw, in Queensland, shot a man and a woman dead, and seriously injured another wo man. In a disturbance at Kieff 29 Jews were killed and 150 injured. The sol diery quelled the riot, but no arrests were made, and all news has been rigorously censored. The driver of an aeroplane in Franca was killed by his machine overturning. A great tidal wave in the Gulf of Mexico swept the coast of Louisiana, destroying crops and villages and killing many hundreds of people. John A. Johnson, a prominent American Democrat, is dead. The death is announced of Mr. Robert Hoe, of printing machine fame.

Sports and Pastimes. Mr. Orville Wright made an aeroplant flight of 96 minutes. Mr. Wright hat earned £2,500 in a fortnight by winning various prizes. Mr. Paulhan won £l,OOO for an hour’s flight over the sea. M. Rougier, in Italy, made a flight at a height of 645 feet. The English Rugby Union has suspended six members of the Coventry Football Club on charges of professionalism. J. R. Mason, of Kent, heads the English batting averages, and Jessop, of Gloucester, the bowling. Spofforth attributes Australia’s victories to Noble’i excellent leadership. He considers that England had better batsmen and bowlers, but that Australia excelled in fielding, and made a much better combination. The Billiard Association has delegated the control of amateur billiards in New Zealand to the Auckland Amateur Sports Club. Mr. Roosevelt has published hit first letter on “African Game Trails.”