Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 221, 4 January 1909, Page 4

Beyond The Dominion

A DISASTROUS LANDSLIDE. Madrid, December 28. A landslide at Barcoval, near Orense, overwhelmed a church and a number of dwellings, killing 26 persons. CHINESE REGENT STABBED. Berlin, December 28. The Shanghai correspondent of the "Cologne Gazette" reports that a Southern Chinese revolutionary has been arrested for stabbing tke Regent, Prfeee Chun, outside the palace. Prince Chun was wounded slightly in the abdomen. SWEPT BY A TIDAL WAVE. New York, December 28. Fifteen hundred people are homeless at Chelsea, Massachusetts, owing to a tidal wave sweeping over a portion of the town yesterday. BELGIUM PRINCESS' DEBTS. Vienna, December 28. The "Vienna Tagblatt" reports that Princess Louise of Belgium's outstanding debts in Austria total £600,000 sterling. She expects £240,000 under her father's will, and an additional £320,000 if a pending lawsuit proves successful. GERMANY'S NAVAL PROGRAMME. Berlin, December 28. Dr. Paul Robrbacb, one of the German Government's severest critics, jn an article blaming it for alleged pusillanimous concessions in Asia Minor and Morocco, stated that there was a rumour that an understanding had been reached with Britain to slacken the development of the navy. A semi-official statement published in Berlin declares that the rumour is baseless, and reiterates that Germany does not intend to recede from the shipbuilding programme established by law. AN AMERICAN BLIZZARD. New York. December 28. There have been eighteen deaths in consequence of the blizzard in the vicinity of New York. Many vessels are ashore, and a schooner has been lost off Boston with 12 lives. KITCHENER'S CAMP. Brisbane, December 29. The weather is now clearing and there an prospects of the Kitchener camp being, held. In amm district 28 inches of nia fflMniw daya.