Various Items.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3631, 31 March 1906, Page 3

Various Items.

London, March 28

Great Britain has reiterated the demand for the dismissal of the eleven regicides concerned in the murder of King Alexander and bis Queen in 1903. This step is necessary preliminary to the resumption of relations with Servia. Four Servian Minister; fevor the British conditions, and three, including the Premier, reject them.

Vienna, March 28.

An avalanche of rock buried twenty-six persons at Bozen, in

the Austrian Tyrol. Three were killed and the rest were rescued. London, March 28,

The National Sheep-breeders’ Association is strongly urging the reduction of inspection fees for

live stock shipped to Australia. The National Sheep-breeders’ Association is strongly urging the reduction of inspection fees for live stock shipped to Australia. The Standard’s Berlin corres-

pondent states that with a view of stopping the sale of estates in *-Eastern Prussia to anti-German Poles, the Kaiser has conferred peerages on a number of wealthy merchants, who are mostly of Jewish origin, in order to encourage the purchase and entail of estates and thus permanently preventing Poles from securing land. The Daily Mail's St. Petersburg correspondent states that the Commission of Inquiry holds that Port Arthur might have been held fortwo months longer in the recent war. The Commission censures General Stoessel for surrendering without 1 the knowledge and concurrence of any of his officers. Sydney, March 29.

The Japanese mail steamer

takes away 500,000 sovereigns on behalf of British banks at Kobe, and an additional 8000 011 private account.

Melbourne, March 29

Mr JDeakin states nothing is known by the British Government respecting the projected sale of Fanning Island. The Minister for Agriculture for Queensland, in an interview With Mr Deakin, pointed out the serious position which would arise after December 31st, when the Kanaka agreements become inoperative. No provision had been made for their maintenance pending deportation. Six thousand Kanakas will be debarred from work.

Hobart, March 29.

The Premier is endeavouring to secure exhibits for the New Zealand Exhibition.