Beyond the Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 229, 29 January 1910, Page 3

Beyond the Dominion

BRITISH GUNS. London, January 26. Lord Charles Beresford, speaking at Dartford, said H.M.s. [nvincible, which <was commissioned in March last, had never been able to fire her 12in guns. If war was threatened the Invincible would have to be ordered back to dock and her crew transferred to another ship. (The Invincible is an armoured cruiser of 17,250 tons. She was built in 1907, and cost £1,750,000. Her armament include eight 12mch guns and sixteen 4inch.)

REPAIRING THE PAPANUI. Melbourne, January 26,

It is reported that a tender of £23,000 has been accepted for repairing the N.Z. Shipping Company's Papanui, which struck a reef off Waterhouse Point, Tasmania. (When the boat was docked it was found that along both sides for a distance of about 250 ft her plates had either been torn asunder or otherwise seriously injured. Experts say that the repairs will be the largest shipping work yet undertaken in Australia. It will, it is expected, occupy at least two months, and employment will be found for all the ship repairers available.)

MILLIONAIRE'S BEQUESTS. London, January 26.

The personalty of the late Mr George Salting amounts to. £1,287,906. The will was made in 1889. It bequeaths £IO,OOO to the London hospitals and £2OO to the Prince Aflred Hospital in Sydney, £30,000 to various relatives and friends. The residue of the estate, which was left by the will to deceased's brother, devolves on his daughter, Katherine, Lady Binning. The death duties amount to £280,000.

KRUPPS' WORKS. Berlin, January 26.

Referring to the controversy going on in England between "The Chronicle" and Mr Blatchford regarding the number Of guns being turned out at Krupps', the naval correspondent of the "Hamburgh Nachrichten" recommends secrecy regarding the output of the works at Essen. He says the uncertainty would be favourable to Germany, inasmuch as an enemy would be unable to calculate the number of battleships likely to be added to the German fleet before war had reached a decisive stage.

NEW SEA LORD

Berlin, January 26.

Count Reventlovv, a German naval expert, in an article in the "Deutsche Tageizeitung," says that in Sir R. Knyvett Wilson, now First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, Sir John Fisher has left a successor who will see that the fleet is prepared in the fullest measure for war, and is also fully equal to future requirements.

IMMENSE MUSIC HALL. London, January 26,

The largest music hall in Great Britain is being , erected for Mr Walter Gibbons on the site of Hengler's circus, in Oxford Street. The hall will seat 5000 persons, and is to cost £200,000. ENGLAND V. SOUTH AFRICA.

Durban, January 26.

The cricket match England v. South Africa was continued today. South Africa's second venture realised 347. —White 118.

England's second innings realised 252 —Hobbs 70. South Africa won by 95 runs. GERMAN LOANS. London, January 26. German Imperial bonds to the value of £17,000,000, and Prussian consuls to the value of £7,000,000, will be i? sued on February 5, at a minimum of 102, bearing interest at four per cent; The underwriters have paid 101 S-lfi- The riehfc nf th P ft*rmnn