Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 204, 1 November 1909, Page 3

Beyond The Dominion

SHIPPING DISASTER. I London, October 27. The British steamer Hestia struck on a shoal in the Bay of Fundy yesterday, » and was so badly damaged that she quickly filled. She remained on the shoal after striking, and did not sink for some little time. The boats were launched, and the captain, most of «the crew, and four passengers took to the boats. > i One, with 14 aboard, capsized, and \ all were drowned. i Two others.with 30 aboard,are miss- I ing.and it is feared that they have met tho fate of the first. I Six of the crew who stuck to the ship were rescued by lifeboats. PRINCE ITO'S MURDER. Tokio, October 27. The three arrested Koreans admit that they went to Harbin for the purpose of arranging Prince Ito's assassination. The murderer stated that Prince Ito, when in Korea, had had several persons closely connected with himself executed, and that was why he killed him. Prince Ito died 20 mimutes after being wounded, and within three hours the body was being conveyed to Japan. The Japanese received the news with calmness. The assassination will not result in any modifications of the Government's policy of conciliation in Korea. The Russian Government is aghast at the.murder, and the hope is expressed that it will not compromise the friendly understanding which Prince Ito went to Manchuria to bring about. GOLD IN MEXICO. Mexico, October 27. Gold mining has been in operation for a period of 30 years in the Zacatecas district of Mexico, and throughout that time the tailings from crude reduction mills have flowed into t'ie Laguna de Pedernalillo. An American engineer who analysed the - bed of the lake found that the tailings gave £1 to £4 worth of gold per ton. It is believed that millions of tons of tailings are available, and concession to treat them has been secured. CANADIAN DOCKS. Ottawa, October 27. Harland and Wolff, the Allan line and others have provisionally formed a company to build dry docks at Levis, opposite Quebec, which is, however, n"t large enough for the accommodation of Dreadnoughts or the largest type of merchant vessels, and at St. John's. j It is estimated that the dock at j Levis will cost £700,000 sterling, and that at St. John £500,000.

An influential deputation has urged Sir Wilfrid Laurier to grant an annual subsidy of £25,000 to each of the two ! docks. Sir Wilfrid, has promised to consult Cabinet on the proposal. COLONIAL INSTITUTE. London, October 27. The Royal Colonial Institute has agreed to a new constitution, agreeing to the admission of ladies as associates and providing for the establishment of local centres throughout the Empire. TIIE SUEZ CANAL. London, October 28. Reuter's Cairo Agency reports that the initial parleyings for the renewal of the Seuz canal concession continue. Probably Egypt will share in the company's profits after 1921, when the profits will be graduated until I%S, and the concession will be prolonged until 2008. In addition to a share of the profits Egypt will receive a lump sum of from £3,000,000 to £1,000,000. SIR J. G. WARD COMMENDED. London, October 28. The "Daily Telegraph" says Sir Joseph Ward was the only public man who bad drawn attention to the Suez Canal. British opinion was apathetic, and shipowners, who grumbled, seemed now to have thrown up the sponge, finding that the British Government was interested to get all the revenue possible out of Lord Beaconsfield's investment.

NEW ZEALAND FINANCE. London, October 28. The "Financial News" saya that one of the many satisfactory features of the governments of the British overseas dominions in the energy and vitality displayed in the administration of their finances. "A good instance," the paper remakrs, "is New Zealand's establishment of a State-guaranteed Advances Department. The bill proposes a somewhat original line of action, which must be regarded as largely experimental, but it is convincing evidence of the Government's recognition of the public's necessities and an intention to supply them on businesslike lines." SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. London, October 28. Reuter's Parisian correspondent states that a young French scientist, M. Jean Commandon, has reported that he has succeeded in magnifying a drop of blood by means of a cinematograph. On the screen microbes could be seen fighting each other, while in a drop of blood from the veins of a sufferer from sleeping sickness, the microbes of the disease were magnified until theak appeared as large as eels. It is believed that the discovery will be an inavluable aid in bacteriological research. TIIE SUFFRAGETTES. ! London. October 2*. It is stated that a suffragette named Mi.-:s Strangwavs. who was imprisoned in th.f Mar.el:c-«ter ;/ao! for btir.g cerr.fd !:■ i-i.o vcr.l i.ancoH, I r-.rri'.'f-.'lrd 1m r :i \v<m !.<-r j>la!.:: ' "1 W- warden ir.serteci a hose through