THE WORLD'S NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1625, 17 December 1912, Page 4

THE WORLD'S NEWS.

SOME EECENT CABLEGRAMS. The followine items havo appeared in the Sydney "Sun's" special cable service: SUFFRAGETTES AND TROUSERS. London, December 8. An American Suffragette named Carrie Catt, lias struck a new idea to bring the cause more before the minds of the people. .. • Sneia urging women to abandon their millinery, tneir corsets, and their skirts,, and asks them to wear trousers.. "Revolt against the- fashion creators," she says. "Kick yourselves free from tho swaddling of draperies, and give tho money that heretofore you have expended on millinery to the cause of women's suffrage." THE LETTER BURNERS. London, December 9. ' Speaking at a Suffragette meeting on Saturday night, Miss Christabel Pnnkhurst, referring to the pillar-box outrages, | said: "We aro told that these attacks on letter boxes may cause tho most heartrending distress to many innocent and needy persons. I "We are reminded that postal orders may bo destroyed, and never reach those for whom they were intended. Well, suppose a poor charwoman loses a postal order. She may be thankful if at such a price she makes a 6tep nearer' the. great goal of enfranchisement. Thoso who Durh letters are figting above all for. poof un-der-paid w0man.'........ AMERICAN RAILWAY SMASHES. London,' Decembor 9. ' The American Inter-State Commission urges that the railway com-, panies, in. order to minimise the number of accidents, should carry out a series of experiments with contrivances designed to stop a train automatically.. ' The commission further recommends that high-speed trains Ghould ' uso only steel cars. ' .... FRANCE'S LACK OF DIRIGIBLES. Paris, December 7.. One of the Paris dailies, the "Temps," in an article oh tho subject of aerial navigation as it affects! the army, points out that as far as the number of speed dirigibles is concerned France occupies an inferior position. The paper urges the Government to ask for special appropriations for the construction of airships. MAULED BY A LION. London, December (1 A thrilling incident was witnessed nt a lion-taming show in Ea6t Ham last night During the progress of the performance one of tho animals turned on the lodj lion-tamer and started mauling her badly The spectators thought it was all a part of tho show until the lion seized the ••<>• man by the hip and made off with net towards his cage. A thrill of horror Tan through tho crowd as it realised the victim's peril, tut the attendants finally beat off the boast, and rescued the woman, who, although greatly scared, was not much injured. ' AIRMAN SETTLES ON A ROOF. \ London, December 7. An airman, who was crossing over 1 ondon in. an aeroplane, was forced to descend. He alighted on the roof of a house, to the consternation of the ocoupiere, but beyond smashing the chimneys no damogo was done.

The pilot completed his journey by train CAUGHT IN THE QUICKSAND. London, December (J A distressing tragedy is reported from Belgium. While playing on the beach a boy vas caught in the quicksand. For seven hours the little fellow struggled in a. frautic effort to release himself from his terrible situation. His.brother.,was.near at hand and witnessed his struggles, but ,waa unable to render any help. The'lad continued' to sink deeper in tho sand, until he was finally dTowned by the incoming tide. ' FRANCE'S UNLUCKY NAVY." London, December 7; A sentry •doinj- duty on board the French battleship Patrie at Toulon was suddeniy alarmed by hearing ft. crackling sound coming from the magazine. An examination, of the chamber that was immediately made revealed. that several cases of ammunition had commenr«d to warp in consequence of the instability of the powder they, contained. The magazine was at once flooded, and the cases were subsequently landed.. . With the Liberie and other naval disasters still fresh in their memory, the incident created great excitement among the officers and men on tho Patrie. PAY IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. . London, December 3. Some information relative to the Kites of pay that would obtain in connection with the Royal Flying Corps was supplied by the First Lord of the Admiralty in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. Churchill announced that a squadron commander would receive 255. a day, a commander 175., and other officers '25., in addition to which each would be paid Bs. a day when on flying duty: 'DREADNOUGHT PERFORATED. London, December 8. The French Dreadnought, Jean Bart, was examined yesterday before undergoing trials, and it was found that some of .the plates had been perforated. . Sabotage by anti-militardst3 is suspected. COSTLY GREYHOUNDS. London, December 8. At a sale of greyhounds yesterday,: 19 brought 600 guineas. The top price was 106 guineas. RELIGIOUS FRATERNITY. London, December 8. Canon Hensley Henson, of Westminster, who has been appointed Dean of Durham, delivering a farowell sermon, said that if Anglicans and Nonconformists had ' a better basis of fellowship they would hear less talk of the disestablishment of the Churoh of England. It was wrong to make Anglican isolation a religions principle, The Dean emphasised that fraternity must essentially exist between Anglicans' and Nonconformists. . The preaoher rejoiced that so many Home churchmen were turning their attentions to the colonies. ACROSS SOUTH AMERICA. London, December 9. The Chilian Government has completed all the arrangements for the Andean railway from Buenos Ayres to Santiago, along the route of the Maipo Valley. GERMANY'S PROMISE TO AUSTRIA. London, Deoember 8. A high diplomatic authority in Berlin states that the Kaiser told the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, when the latter recently visited the German capital, that Germany would give all her help tb Austria if Russia attacked Austria, but not if Austria attaoked Russia. PROPOSED NICKEL COINAGE. London, December 9. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. C. F. G. Mosterman, Parliamentary Secretary of the Home Office, stated that thore were not sufficient grounds to justify the issue of a nickel coinage for one, two, or three penny pieces, in order to relieve the public of tho bulky copper coins, PORTUGUESE WIRELESS. London, December 9. The Portuguese Government has placed a contract with tho Marconi Wireless Company ,for the erection of five uighpower stations.