Beyond the Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 222, 5 January 1910, Page 3

Beyond the Dominion

RUSSIAN ARMY. St. Petersburg, December 31. The Douma at a secret sitting voted £11,000,000 to reorganise and redistribute the army to assure cohesion of the various arms. NEW ZEALAND SINGER. Paris, December 31. Miss Nora Long, a New Zealand singer, scored great successes in the Opera House at Nice, where she sang the principal roles in "Faust,'' "Les Huguenots" and "Sigurd." BRITISH EMPIER CLUB/ London, December 31. Lord Blyth will preside over the inaugural luncheon of the British Empire Club, which opens to-morrow. The club has a strong membership, including many colonials, and has. secured fine premises in St. James' Square. BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. London, December 31. The newspaper "Engineering" states -that the tonnage of ships built in 1909 in the United Kingdom was 1,203,496, which is 126,000 in excess of the total of 1908, but 827,000 below the record year of 1906 MINING DISPUTE. London, December 31. A serious difficulty has arisen, in South Wales owing to the High Court's decision that miners are liable to work 60 extra hours yearly. Owners claim £960,000 damages, due to the men not working these extra hours. ■ " The miners-' representatives threaten to terminate the .wages agreement, involving 150,000 miners, in March, unless the owners forego the claim for damages. NEWCASTLE STRIKE. Sydney, December 31. The" Sydney Daily Telefgaph" estimates that Labour has lost over a million in wages through strikes during the year. ■ Sydnfey, January 3. The aggregate tonnage of shipping at Newcastle awaiting coal is 142,225 tons. . The Melbourne steamer Zambesi arrived with 5000 tons of Japanese coal.

NARROW ESCAPE. Brisbane, January 1. . A lady visiting Barron Falls had a thrill ingi-ad venture. She fell over a cliff and her dress caught in a tree 80 feet down. She hung suspended 500 feet from the bottom, until she was rescued. She was cut and bruised slightly, but escaped from her perilous situation without serious injury.

UNITED SOUTH AFRICA. London, December 31. The "Times" Johannesburg correspondent reports that Dr. Jamieson has interviewed Mr. Louis Botha, Premier, and members of the Transvaal Cabinet. He adds that there are many indications that a coalition Government is again within the region of practical politics. . Possibly it depends on whether Botha's influence is sufficient to. dispense with the support of his Blackveldt followers, who do not desire to divide what they regard as their legitimate spoils. LORD KITCHENER AT HOBART. Brisbane, January 3. Lord Kitchener made no speeches at the civil welcome. He briefly thanked the Mayor for his reception, and proposed the Mayor's health. It has been semi-officially announced that at none of the functions which he attends unless they are of importance, must Lord Kitchener be expected to make speeches. Lord Kitchener * yesterday visited Lytton camp, where 1000 troops held church parade. The local military authorities had prepared a ceremonial review to-day, with carefully rehearsed effects, but Kitchener of Khartoum is not viewing things that way. He intimated that he would issue his orders at midnight for the work of today. He did not wish to have ceremonial reviews.

UNIMPROVED LAND -TAX. London, January 1.. The " Westminster Gazette" reports that within a period of six weeks 32 German towns or communes have decided in favour of a land tax on the unearned increment or an approved impost on the value of the land. CANADIAN GAMBLER'S LOSSES. Paris, January s. Creuzier, the French-Canadian, who at Monte CaHo on * Tuesday won £23,200 sterling at roulette, and on Thursday lost £22,400, but recovered it all, finally .lo it the whole of his winnings. ...