Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 198, 11 October 1909, Page 4

Beyond The Dominion

AUSTRALIAN !-'■! "IT:\R. Lor. ' c".oUt Ninety-thn r A\:s' ralia-. a:.-: r.\ o Canadian butters wf r- i-mim. it*i jr. the colonial i c liti'.r.s at tr.c dairy show. In thi .-'ail c.as.s Queensland won first ai.'i .-c0,:.-: ar,d \ ictoria third. In tin* fresh class South Australia <.btained second and Queensland third. SOLDIER'S SYMPATHY. Madrid, October 6. A firing party, detailed to execute Garcia, one of the leaders of the Barcelona riots hesitated to shoot and then fired wide twice, whereupon the lieutenant commanding shot Garcia with a . revolver. Twelve hundred trials are still on hand. A COLLIERY TRAGEDY. London, October 6. Reports have been received that the Dunsmuir Colliery, at Ladysmith, British Columbia, is on fire, and that thirty miners are imprisoned within the burning mine. Desperate efforts are being made to reach the imprisoned men, but the hopes of their rescue are faint. Fourteen bodies have been recovered from the mine. THE CONGO ATROCITIES. London, October 6. Sir A. Conan Doyle has published a powerful indictment of Belgian mis- : rule and atrocities in the Congo. He is heading a movement for a mass meeting forcing the Government to take decisive action. THE WRIGHT BROS. London, October 6. The Wright Brothers announce that neither will make further exhibitions of their aeroplanes. They will in future devote their energies to the exploitation of their machines. Wilbur Wright goes to Washington to instruct the officers of the signal corps in the me of the aeroplane which the American Government recently purchased. FINANCE IN JAPAN. Tokyo, October 6. The Marquise Katsura, Premier of Japan, in an important speech at the Bankers' Club Tokyo, stated that the national finances were now on a sound footing. It was impossible to read just taxation, and funds were available towards the redemption of the National debt. The salaries of Civil Servants would be raised. Relations with the United States were excellent. KING EDWARD MEDALS. London, October 6. His Majesty the King has awarded first class Edward medals to Michael Lyons and John Shields for gallantry in connection with the subsidence of ore at the Mt. Morgan mine on November 4 last, when several miners lost their lives. BIRMINGHAM STRIKERS. - London, October 6. Miss Laura Ainsworth, the first of the Birmingham hunger-strikers has been released. She was immediately driven to a nursing home. The newspapers publish realistic accounts of her forcible feeding, similar to the procedure adopted with imbeciles. TALKATIVE DIPLOMIST. New York, October 6. Senator Philander Knox, American Secretary of State, suddenly stopped Mr Crane, the new Minister for Pekin, on the eve of bis departure. The "New York Sun" alleges that lately Mr Crane has been too talkative for a diplomist. COMMERRCIAL MORALITY. Ottawa, October 7. The Dominion Government has reprimanded Mr Harris, Commissioner at Yokohama, for insinuations in a letter against Japanese commercial morality. The Government has also assured Japan that it had no official knowledge of the commissioner's indiscretion. LATE AUSTRALIAN PRIMATE. London, October 7. The personality under the will of the late Dr Saumarez Smith, late Primate of Australia, has been sworn at £l6, 013, of which the estate in Britain represents £14,183. The property is left to his children in equal shares. In his will Dr Smith states that during his life be devoted as much of his income as he could afford to charitable objects. He could, therefore, make no bequests in that direction. PATHANS RESTLESS. London, October 7. Reuter's Calcutta Agency reports that the importation of arms into Afghanistan via the Persian Gulf is becoming serious. The Waziris, a highland race who are never happy when at peace, and who have caused Britain no little anxiety during the 16 years that Waziristan has been attached to British India, are on the warpath and have committed many outrages. The Afridis and the Mohmanda the last of the tribes to rise, are quiet up to the present. The Ameer of Afghanistan is unsympathetic towards Britain, while his brother, Nasr Ullah Khan, chief of the military forces, is actively antiBritish. The Indian authorities are becoming anxious. NEW ZEALAND'S GOVERNOR. Sydney, < k-to Lor The "Herald" stau-s that it ;s n ucned in semi-official nrc.cs is.a I Aomirai Wilmot Fawkc-s wil! the* .v-.xt Governor of New Zea'.a Sir Joseph Wu: •r. : coik-si:o;.-ed as to the ;.c.r.sr:-.cy oi U:t rc-port that Lord riy.v:. : is to he succeeded as Governor <.f -'•< v.- Zea:ai.-s i-y Admiral Sir Wiirs.et hawses, replied that he could inionr.ation. Lven ;l the rvj.e: t wen- true sir Joseph .'••aid. he woui : say so, as :t was f-o early to n,ai:e a:; ar:o- j;.::en,e:.t u. regard to the matt< r.