Second Edition TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 February 1913, Page 3

Second Edition TO-DAY'S NEWS OF THE WORLD

Tur ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH— [I'KR PRE6B ASSOCIATION] (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) < COLONIAL PREFERENCE. LONDON. January 31. Mr Austin Chamberlain, speaking at Redditoh, said the Unionists proposed (voughly) ten percentum duty on manufactured goods, and less where the goods were a prime necessity, or where they were needed in the first stages of manufacture; more where they were luxuries, or carried into the last stages of manufacture. The Unionists proposed to give colonial preference on every | duty charge; they realised that pre- ( lerence would be useful to any part j of the Empire. If food duties were 1 sought the party would seek a fresh . mandate. ( EGGS Kit Oil NEW ZEALAND. ( s The New Zealand Government s ( experimental shipments of eggs per t s.s. Rotorua .arrived in good eondi- g tioii, but sold at nitiepcnce half- f penny per dozen in a dull market. | AN UNAUTHORISED UTTER- 1 ANCE. f The Hon. James Allen, interviewed r said that the full burden of the Pacific fleet should be homo by those living 111 the Pacific: Canada, Aus- ( India, New Zealand—even South Africa and India—should unite for r that purpose. Local navies for local purposes were useless; the fleet r must he under one control. Ne>v Zealand hoped to place an ex'pedi- f tionary force of eight thousand men < at the divsposal of the Mother Coun- j try for service in any part of the j Empire. '•THE HAMMERZONS." , A suffragette has been sentenced r to one month's haixl, in Dublin, lor t having smashed windows in the Dub- r lin Customhouse. * PANAMA CANAL. NEW YORK, January 31. Goethal's estimate that twentyfive thousand soldiers are necessary to guard the Panama Canal zone. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S VIEWS. , The Pall Mall Gazette says that ■Mr Carnegie denounces wasteful < expenditure. Speaking at a, meet- i ing of the Peace Society, 110 attacked the three-battleship programme as wholly unnecessary. What en- ; emy had the United States at pre- 1 sent, 110 asked. Mr Barrett, director of a General Pananierican Union, has asked ''or a less-patronising tone towards the Latin American republics 011 the part of the American press and people, thus tending to an avoidance of friction. HOME RULE VICTORY IN LONDONDERRY. LONDON, January 31. The Londonderry by-election resulted in a victory for the Home Rule candidate. The voting was: Hogg (Nationalist), 2699 votes; Pakenham (Unionist). 2012 votes. The seatwas won by a Unionist at the General Election, by a small majority. OBITUARY. Obituary. — Lord Ilkeston. MR ALLAN'S J N DISCRETION. the Hon. James Allen's offer of eight thousand men to Great Britain is another instance of New Zealand's patriotism. If the other dominions would organise similarly, this Mould yield an army, ready for service, almost equalling the Motherland's expeditionary force. Meanwhile it would be necessary to establish Imperial patrol routes. •'PUTTING IX" WINDOWS. Two suffragettes catapulted windows in street, from a mo tor bus, with leaden discs. Oiie escaped ; the other was caught and fined. ( AT ADRIANOPIJE. PARIS, January 31. 1 lie -Matin's Sofia correspondent wires that an escapee from Adrianopje states that provisions are exhausted. Civilians and soldiers demanded the town's surrender. There was great excitement, and several officers were killed. GOLD FOR GARROS. At tile Academy Sports the judges awarded Garros ten thousand francs, for aeroplane feats. DISASTER IN A FORT. BERLIN, January 31. During a demolition at Fort Kolnifisbevg a shell exploded, killing four men. 1 TO IDENTIFY JOHN. OTTAWA, Jan. 31. The Government is contemplating the introduction cf n scheme for i identification of Chinese iby using . photographs and the Bertillon (head ; measuring) system. It is estimated ■ that 50,000 Chinese are in the Cani adian Dominion, It is not stated ■ whether the system -will include I Hindus.

CROWDED OUT. TOKIO, Jan. 30. Owing to the new insurance- a-egu-atrons the Equitable, Now Y r ork Sun dfe and Canada offices are withdrawng from business. FURTHER PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. VIENNA, Jan. 30. The Triplice considers Turkey's re>lv a considerable- concession; a suficient basis for further negotiations. LORD HARDLNCE. DELHI. Jan. 30. Lord Itardinge passed a restless light in much pain.