Abridged Items.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3613, 28 December 1905, Page 2

Abridged Items.

Calcutta, Dec. 26,

The Princess of Wales gave a large Christmas tree to the Gwalior children, the Prince and Lord Kitchener giving the deceorations.

New York, Dec. 26,

Thirty miners were suffocated in the Santa Gerbuidos mine in Mexico.

London, Dec. 26.

The Duke of Connaught has started for South Africa on a tour of colonial military inspection. The increases in membership of Friendly Societies in Great Britain during the present year is small, but the financial resources of the majority have steadily advanced. Though there was a slight decrease for the present month of the paupers in London, the figures this year show a higher percentage than any since 1874. Many have been attracted from the provinces by the Queen’s fund for the unemployed.

Madrid, Dec. 25

A desperate attempt was made to assassinate Cardinal Casanas when he was leaving the Barcelona Cathedral. The attempted assassin of Cardinal Casanas suicided in a cell in prison. Brussels, Dec. 25. The Belgian papers assert that King Leopold a year ago morganatically married the daughter of a caretaker in Louvain, and that a child has just been born. Berlin, Eec. 26, The Kaiser has given German instead of Polish names to 36 towns in the Posen province. Nearly 600 Hottentots in the Tibeon district of south-west Africa have surrendered. The rebellion is now confined to a small part of the country where Morengo continues to resist. Paris, Dec. 26. Two Germans have been arrested at Marseilles on a charge of espionage. The documents seized included detailed reports of the practicable roads and paths leading to Italy.