Various Items.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3635, 5 April 1906, Page 3

Various Items.

Sydney, April 3, Dr Grattan Guineas has arrived from Japan on a missionary tour round the world. He visits New Zealand.

It is understood litigation has been commenced against the A.M.P. Society on behalf of those opposing the extension of operations abroad on the grounds that the extension is ultra vires and that the method adopted in obtaining the vote to amend the by-laws was invalid. The trial of Burcher, Rochester, White and Cato, in connection with the will conspiracy case, has been postponed till next criminal court sessions. Speaking at Corowa Sir William Lyne predicted bloodshed over the smaller states having equal representation with the large in the Senate. Melbourne, April .3. Father Hays has concluded his temperance crusade in Australia. Reclaimed that QVet 51,000 had taken the pledge during the campaign, Paris, April 2. _ M. Barthou, Minister for Public Works, conferred the cross of the Legion of Honor on Nemy and Provost, the miners who led the survivors who were cut off, and gold medals to eleven others. He confers the decoration of the Chevalier Legion on the chief ef the German salvage corps, who took part in the rescue operations, and gold medals on the rest of the corps. The explorers estimate that 150 miners lived for several days after the Courtiers explosion. Rohr, April 2. The King of Italy gave audience to Senator Hughes, a member of the Commonwealth Parliament. The King expressed great interest in the progress and development of Australia. . London, April 2. The quarter’s excise for Great Britain amounts to ,£8,810,000. The Hottentots attacked a German convoy at Ukavas, killing a lieutenant and ten troopers, and wounding four. In the House of Commons Sir L. Mclvor, with a view to providing compensation for sailors under the Compensation Bill, moves that a tonnage tax be imposed on all vessels using British ports. Sir Thomas Lipton has commissioned Mylne, of Glasgow, to design a yacht to race for the America Cup. ... St. Petersburg, April 2.

The troops, under threat that they would bombard the ironworks atßadom, obtained the surrender of alleged murderers. A Russian Consulate has been established at Bunderabbas, on the Persian Gulf. Belgrade, April 2. The position of the King of Servia is becoming very difficult. The regicides are using threats to secure immunity from punishment. New York, April 2. Five thousand Dowie disciples In- Zion City have repudiated Dowie on the ground of extravagant living. Mrs Dowie and her son concurred in this action.