Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 223, 8 January 1910, Page 3

Beyond The Dominion

NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE. Sydney, January 5. The continued idleness of the miners' mines, which it is now announced will not again work during the strike, coupled with Mr Peter Bowling's repeated assertion that the strike is approaching settlement, lead to the belief that important developments are likely, as the growing opinion is that Bowling intends to advise the miners to accept the compulsory board as a means of settling their grievances. SeveraF southern miners' lodges after addresses from Mr Bowling and other leaders, adopted a resolution supporting the Bowling Congress. The coal-lumpers' union carried a similar motion.

ENGLAND'S MINING TROUBLE. London, January 4. Upwards of twenty thousand miners are now idle in Durham and Northumberland as a result of the dissatisfaction regarding the shift system under the Eight Hours' Act. JERUSALEM FOR JEWS. Berlin, January 4. The Zionist Congress, which is sitting at Hamburg, has unanimously dceided to establish a co-operative settlement in Palestine. The sum of £BOOO has been voted for preliminary operations. BRITAIN'S NAVAL POSITION. London, January 4. Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary, made reference to the naval position in a speech at Craster, Northumberland, last evening. "We have kept the navy up to the mark," he said, "building many ships, because abroad, especially in Germany, so many new ships are being built. "It is quite true that there is competition in naval shipbuilding, but it is untrue that we have fallen behind. X do not like this increase in the naval expenditure. It must be a burden on the resources of any country, but the naivy is essential to our safety, and we cannot afford to let other countries get up to us. "We have been keeping ahead of them, and, much as I may regret the increase of expenditure on armaments which is already so enormous here and in other countries, it is essential to us that we should be on the safe side in regard to the navy."

THE RUSSIAN ADMIRALTY. St Petersburg, January 4. The Russian Admiralty continue disorganised. The four Dreadnoughts cannot be completed within the time fixed without recourse to foreign aid. The Government works, which undertook to supply the necessary armour in two years, find it impossible' to deliver the turrets and plates for a decade. LIBERALS AND LORDS. London, January 4'. The "Times," discussing the future of the House of Lords, says that Mr Asquith has definitely disclaimed ending, and the party has sufficiently indicated its objection to mending, which means altering and improving the composition. There remains bending, .which seems to mean curtailing of the powers while leaving the composition alone. This alternative, which jurists consider the worst, is chosen by the Government. GOLD IN NEW GUINEA. Brisbane, January 6. It is reported from New Guinea that payable alluvial goldfields have been discovered on the Williams River, 120 miles eastward of Port Moresby. Miners are warned against rushing the field pending further information. KITCHENER IN AUSTRALIA. "Sydney, January 5. Crowds on the stations all the way from Queensland watched the train conveying Lord Kitchener pass through. The Mayor of Newcastle welcomed Lord Kitchener at that city, and he inspected the defences there. A big gathering, including the Admiral and military heads, the Minister for Defence, and members of the Federal and State Parliaments, welcomed Lord Kitchener on his arrival in Sydney. He was entertained at a civic banquet in the Town Hall to-night. Lord Kitchener remains in Sydney till the 10th inst. Seven thousand troops will participate in the special encampment to be held. ANGLO-AFRICAN CRICKET. Capetown, January 5. The South Africans -won the first Test match at Johannesburg: today. England, wanting 100 rufls to win and with three wickets to fall, resumed their second innings to the bowling of Faulkner and Vogler. When the last wicket fell the total, for the innings was 224, South Africa thus winning by nineteen runs.

Thompson, 63, made a great effort to save, the game, and was the last man out;

, Faulkner was the hero of the mktch, scoring 79 and 143, and taking seven wickets for lSlLruns. He and Vogler had all the wick£tsbetw£en-them r the

googly bowler capturing thirteen for 181.

Simpson-Hay ward, the underhand slow bowler, in the first innings, took six of the South African wickets for 43 runs. A ROYAL VISITSydney, January 6. A private letter received in Sydney predicts that the two eldest sons of the Prince of Wales wilt-make an Empire tour next year. Probably a small fleet of warships will form an escort. The visit will include Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa.