Various Items.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3619, 3 March 1906, Page 3

Various Items.

Suez, Feb. 28. The Oroya, which grounded in the Canal has been re-floated and has proceeded. London, Feb. 28. The House of Commons voted as payment for the Samoa arbitration claims under King Oscar of Sweden’s award. A staff of engineers has stopped the moving mountain at Grugnay. [A few weeks ago it was reported that the mountain was on the move, that it had overwhelmed one village and threatened to destroy the town of Grunay in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.] New York, Feb. 28. China, represents to the Washington authorities that the military preparations in the Phillippines are unjustified since no anti-foreign movement is likely in China.

President Roosevelt lias addressed to Mr Taft, a long letter reciting the Japanese achievements in the war, especially dealing with Admiral Togo’s operations. Mr Taft has published the letter as a general army order. Pierpont Morgan’s syndicate, formed in 1902 to underwrite stock in the International Mercantile Marine Company of New Jersey, has gone into liquidation. It is understood the membership lose one million sterling, but the company itself is not affected, London, February 23.

The widow of Hugh Lewis Taylor, formerly of the Bank of Victoria, died intestate in 1904. There were no relations and the estate of ,£51,084 reverts to the Crown. London, February 26. It is stated that several influential War Office and Admiralty experts support the Commonweath's naval plans, and estimates and efforts are being made to discover a workable mean between the two extremes represented by the Imperial Government’s and the Commonwealth’s views. Brussels, Feb. 26. The Red Star Co. has established an auxiliary fortnightly service between Antwerp and New York, It is anticipated that 100,000 emigrants will embark at Antwerp during this year, Tokio, February 26. The Japanese Toyo Risen Co. has bought the Pacific Mail Company’s liners, Korea, Manchurian and Siberia. They gave ,£220,000 sterling each for them. Paris, February 27.

General Recamier and .other demonstrators have been arrested for obstructing the inventory makers at the Church of St. Thomas Aquimas, Paris.