HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10063, 3 February 1909, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

By Elkctuh; Tkleobaimi.—Coi'ybidbt.j

(Pun Press Association.) Received February 3, at 8.10 a.m. London, l'chniiny 2. Continuous slight eurthipialo. have occurred at Sakhalin lor several i\„ w 1 Three shocks were also felt at Muutvea'l. Rome, l'cbniiiiy 2. A boat capsized at Lccco, Lake l*» >mo> 17 women and two men being drowned, Berlin, February 2. Lieut, von Stuckrad eloped wii'h t > ( wife of a comrade. Captain V"» Yc1,,,,,, Subsequently a duel was louglil at l-'iunk. furl, Lieutenant .Stuckrad hciiia fatally Lisbon, I'ehruary 2. To-day being the anniversary ..[ Kiii(. Curios' 'assassination. King Mann..l , IW | (Jueeii Amelia, drove to rccpiiem lua* nl the cathedral. The populace iniiinl.iin,,| an attitude of imlill'crcncc, and \\\ m was iio disturbance, despite the .disci,,,, of police precautions. ■ London,' February '}„ . The Chamber of Commerce lias >h'af| f ,p • •lutinns for the I'ortlicoiniim, M.iiii lH .oeatinc. the extension ol ■ Hade tre,i. u'o'cifv between Uritain mid t hecoloiiuvnj,,!! co-operation, in keeping British «'ini-I;nit« ■ under' the • flag,' and suggesting;, that ;i|j D( postal deparfineuts of. the hiupnc ~,„(,,,' with'the object (if devising a .-. linur („ t rheaper cablegrams. Received February 3, at B.oii a.m. London, February 2.

The lale dailies Duncan, of Alylh. S™t laud bequeathed JJ60.000 to lo 1,, Him.l of industrial art at Dundee. \ ladv has anonymously presented (|, f Royal Institution Willi illl'.Ol'Hl. the iimni'y hei'nc "iven lincondilionally. Mujor-licneral lload, Comiimuw.allli Coimi'iamlaiit, was granted a ..penal )lr i. vale audience by King Edward, wlm „i B . Missed the Australian hirres. Lord N'ortlirolc has bivn created a I'nvy Councillor. Obituary- laud Burton, alter an itilcrnul operation. | Michael Arthur Haw, Ihe | m ,| |„„,| Burt.in, was burn in 1H37. and war, nimiaginn director of the great 'icvvnie ceir,. paiiv Bass and Co., Ltd. 'I lie lille was eonicrrcd ill UIBO.I lliirlian. I'duuaiy 2. I

The tension in the South African Convention continues, and several dclcyatr, threaten to leave. Neither the I rum. vaal nor Cape Colony is prepared In u , V i. Wav The onlv chance ol a mutc.slhl ,» elusion seems'to be a .•oiupr..iuis.., Car*, (own becoming the legislative capital, will, Hie Federal Parliament : Pretoria. I lie ml niini-drative canilal, with the (nil Sitvice; and Blociufonlein the lie:idi|ii;irlrti „|' the judiciary. London, February 2.

I ciuoino, tilt' diamond )nunn!'a.liui : r,«» sentenced l.v default to ten years' iiiiiirisounient for fraud on tf.ir Julius Vmulioi, who was awarded £IOO damans. Renter's Salonika. correspondent Mutes that Macedonia, is threatening l» whips. into its old prc-constifulion comhliniif. Villiiiii'i'M trained in arms are ro;u y to take the licld. Outrages are Impii'iil mill illegal ta-ws arc extorted.