TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 July 1912, Page 3

TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

[liV BLIiCriUU TELKUUAI'U-COl'yiilGmJ [I'Kll I'HKSS ASHOCIATIv^.I l Received This Day, 10.5 a.ai.) A VAGRANT SHELL. LONDON, July 28. During destroyers' night attack olf >Spithoad, in connectiou with the mobilisation of J'orLsinouth garrison, a shell whizzed past IJaslar Hospital instead of being aimed at tho moving targets accompanying the warships, and embedded itself in tho hospital lawn without exploding. An inquiry into the occurrence has been opened. food tax iu<;i>uci<;i). .Mr Lloyd-George, during tho debate on the tea, duty, incidentally btaU'd that the present Government had reduced the food taxes by over live millions sterling. A NOBLIvMAN'S DEATH. The Due de Lorgo, a well-known I'Ycneh nobleman, while visiting Air Arthur James, of Graf ton street, fell down a lift and was killed. A UIiSTRAJXIXG TAX. »Sir Edward Sassoon lol't no bequest to charities; iiivstly because he gave during his lifetime according to his means, and secondly because he protested against tlie "impolitic and prohibitive legacy duty on eharitattle bequests." IRELAND AND lIO'MK JMJLK. Colonel Seely, speaking at Northampton, anticipated a long lease of life lor the Government, and many successive- Liberal Governments with a majority. Ireland asked for Jlonie Itule. he said, and Liberals, as democrats, must acquiesce. Jt would be a mistake, when they had got so ue.ar, to dash the cup of reconciliation from the lips of Ireland, which represented the one dangerous position in our Imperial relations. LIKEUAL J, AND POLICY'. .Mr llunciiuan, speaking at Estongray, denounced the idea of rating la ml higher because it was put to better use, and buildings because they were improved. A man having a bad cottage ought to bo penalised, and' the man with a good cottage helped. This was one benefit of the Liberal land policy. A JIICAVV PENALTY. LISBON, July 28. Jas. Almeida, a loyalist, lias been sentenced to six years' solitary eou(inonietit. for rebellion, and thereafter to ton years' deportation; or, alternatively, twenty year.-. imprisonment in a fortress. CONSPIRACY. I CAIItO. July L'B. ! Wakid and his two accomplices ; have been committed for trial on a :charge of conspiracy. I mtITISH POLITICS AM) j LAMOI.'R. j -LONDON. July i>B. Mr iSnowdeii, .-.peaking at I {lackjliurn, said that L;ibour would conI t-iniie to light for indejtendeiH roi presoutalion. I Mr Arthur Henderson said that i Labour's policy in eounechon with the elc-ciions wouUI dioiniod sololy by the iivierects of iheir own movelinent. He welcomed i he. prcsoni unrest a> a proof that now consHousI ness was -laking i)ossossion of tlio I !{iT'fii of the l people, who were j dissatisfied with social extremes. A "down tool>" policy wa< <j;oing to destroy Ihp old policy of rocognilion.

A report at th<* Afiners' Demonsffation at Durham slinwed I hat the strike liad de|>lef<vl tlieir funds iiy £.?.?s.nnn. nTO OTIS OF T.I?AVETi. COIMiXJiAGKN, July 'JS. Mikkleseu and iSvensen suffered terrible liar<lshi]>.s while crossing tho ieo from Denmark l<'irtli to Shannon Island. Most of their c1o;j;h died, and the reinain<lor worn shot lor fond. A I'.UIKK; AII'ISSACJv RMIUiI.N, July 28. Kiiifr (!<>orge, as patron of thrRoyal Tn.stitnto of Ifeallh. telegraphed ho]iin<x this and similar Congresses would promote the peaceful relations which always had exi.sfc-d between the two peoples. Tho Kaiser sent <*rpetinjZß to tho Congress. AJR .KXPLOJJJfiI'vS. An aeroplaihv fell at Munich, its tuo occupants being killed. A volunteer corps of airmen is beiii£ formed in Germany, <( HUCIvKTSUOI. , '' KOGUIiS. LONDON, July 28. .lit I ward Doiiullon, share-dealer, who iireviously was .sentenced tt> twenty months' imprisonment for ji similar "bucketshop" fraud, Jia.s lioeu sentenced to two years' imprisonment, at Old Bailey, for swindling wealthy people in (Jermaiiy, out of C 20.000. Eugene Beclc, an accomplice, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment.

i \ i-:iser, cons \<:r vat j v i<: utterances. Among notable expressions by Air Hoiiar Law, of Blenheim, much attention has been aroused by hi* strung encouragement to Ulster, to niako resistance, and Li's promise to support them to any length Ulster might go; also by the statement that fiscal reform would be tho first plank of liis platform, as Asquith's legislation had raised the cost of production, and it would be commonsense to compensate people with , preference in their own market. Die did not seek preference, benefiting colonials at the expense of the British, which Canada and Australia would repudiate; ho desired to urge the need for a reciprocal preference, and co-operation with tho Empire in peace and war. The Commonwealth of Australia and the two dominion?, were going to do an immense trade, and it rated with England whether she or her competitors should have the leading share.