Beyond The Dominion

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 247, 2 April 1910, Page 3

Beyond The Dominion

ETNA ACTIVE. Rome. There has been a further vigorous eruption of the Mount Etna volcano. The lava is now invading the Fra Diavolo district, and a stream 400 yards broad is steadily devastating the orchards and vineyards of San Leo. A thick rain of ashes and small stones and continuous loud rumblings are producing a terrifying effect. TEN YEARS FOR SEDITION. Calcutta. The editor of the "Swarajya," a native newspaper published in Allahabad, has been sentenced to ten years' transportation for publishing seditious articles. Kenare's two confederates in the murder of Mr Jackson, at Nasik, have been sentenced to death, two others to transportation for life, and another to two years' transportation. JAPANESE SPIES. Manila. Two Japanese, who recently arrived at Manila, bribed a member of an American engineer corps to take photographs and secure plans of the harbour defences. The officials discovered the engineer at work, and he then revealed the scheme. The two Japanese were arrested. Local Japanese residents declare that the prisoners were acting for a European Power. NO-LICENSE IN N.Z. Sydney. The president of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, addressing the annual conference, stated that prohibition had wiped out happiness and comfort in Canada and New Zealand. In the latter country the tourist traffic had fallen off by 60 per cent. Tourists could not have fun when they could not get liquor. BUTTER BOYCOTT. Berlin. The Machine Builders' and Metal Workers' Unions of Germany, representing several million consumers, have organised a butter boycott to protest against the prices charged. The boycotters allege that the price is maintained by hoarding supplies for cold storage. WIRELESS TELEPHONY. Paris. After making a lengthy series of experiments at sea ar.d from sea to shore in the Mediterranean, in the Bay of Biscay, and in the open sea, the French navy has adopted wireless telephony as the means of communication from ship to ship. CANADIAN RAILWAYS. London. The Hon. James Bunsmuir, Lieu-tenant-Governor of British Columbia, has assented to a British Columbian Act relating to the extension of the Canadian Northern railway to Barclay Sound, costing, apart from the Victoria Ferry, £0,000,000. CORRUPT POLITICIANS. New York. The New York State Senate by 40 votes to 9 has found that Senator

Jotham P. Allds accepted a bribe of 1000 dollars to suppress legislation. Allds earlier in the day resigned his seat. Senator Cobb introduced a resolution demanding a formal charge against Senator Conger for bribing Allds. MARRIED IMMIGRANTS WANTED. Sydney. The Premier (Mr Wade) has cabled to London denying the statement that married immigrants are not wanted, pointing out that the Government some months ago reduced the fares to specially encourage this class of immigrant. A RISE IN WAGES. New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, on whose lines a big strike is threatened, has decided to increase the wages of its 100,000 employees by six per cent WELSH MINERS AND A STRIKE. London. A conference of the Miners' Federation has advised the South Wales miners to accept the colliery owners' modified proposals.