HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10069, 10 February 1909, Page 2

HOME & FOREIGN CABLES.

[By Electiuc Tki.khiiai-u.—Cnry m()]1 . (Pun Pukss Association.) Received February 10, at 8 a.m. London, February 9 Mr T. .1. Macnamara, Financial' tary to the Admiralty, speaking at avou. said Mr H. M'Kouna, First l/>r ( | J the Admiralty, was under no ilclu.siou uarding the vital uciossity for iti.-iirttuinl ing the navy's unassailable tsupicinaey. The engagement, is announced ~| \ Mti Dalineny, sou of Lord Hoschei-y, , v Lady Dorothy (irosveuor, dauglu n - „| Lord lleiu'v tirnsvenor. To-day Field-Marshal Sir Fvcly,, \v, H)tl will unveil, in the crvpf of St. Paul's i>, lliedral. .Mr Muckeiinal's ili.uld,- !,„.,( „| l)r William Howard Hansel I suniiniimj,,, the inscribed tablet. The siib.sn-inti™J I,.tailed £SOO. |l)r William Howard Russell wa.- t,| Mv j,| correspondent for the Tiltms during ||' l( Crimean war, and was present ;u u battle of Alma, the battle of ll.ihuluva an<l Inkermau. His letters ilcscribitii; ||,' 1- ' management of I lie war olli, iaU U .ne downfall of the Ministry. ||,. i India during the Mutiny, was altacU to-the hcadquarlers of. Item-del, daiim, the Auslro-Piui-sian war, and was with \yj,(j selev during the Zulu war,, and lh,. |.;„ vp liaii war oi' 11182. I)r llussell died a v'eif or two ago.] Mr .1. Shipley, solicitor. U'i[ii..nll lc j JU 1.00,000 In Newcastle charitie*, 1,, M ,|„ 2500 pictures In the Art Callcry, uu-j„,| inn many old masters, ami iUt.nOO [«, Hie cnlaigiiienf of that iiustitut Ueceivc.rj'Ybniiiry 10, at if 10 a.m. London, February ') King Menelik's condition has i 1 n)'. 1., v ,"51. lie is now engaged on 11 motor t,,,,, ' Captain F. T. Quail rougli. of the ( „j N Stales battleship Ccorgia, was nicl „ Cihraltar on a charge oi drunk.'iitii-ys, l| c was suspended from the command ~( i lm ship for six intuit lis and placed in a fO . dtiocd position 011 the promo!inn |i h | New York, February >J. A. Hill has been inti-odu, cd in the StaU, Assembly of N'obraska for separating .)a|iauese and Chinese workmen Irom Aint. ricans, in order lo prevenl. a, rniun.|, co of the condilions prevailing in I lie South (hnaha packing houses. Calcutta, February 10 The Karl of Miuto's Council Ihe report of I hi' ('oinniilfee of Kr1,,,,,,, As a result of their deliberations 11 |,.| r ! grain was framed for despatch to \ imm\)\ Morlcv to assist him in \prcpai ing l,i s Indian legislation. Received February 10, at «.">!) .-1.111. Merlin, February !), The Kaiser's permission lo allow .1 a-ivic welcome to King Edward suppli-iiii'iitim lo Ihe ollicial reception, led to ivmai-UI,!, demonstrations, lierlin never hefori' ili|. playud such enthusiasm to a visitor, ilct.|ii|| thirteen public Socialist meetings uf pio. test, The people are. deliglileil 111 11, prospect, of better relations, but thciiji no sign of the reduclion of armanii'iilt. Cairo, February 1), The Khedive opened the Isna hamej for saving the province of Keiicli dui'ir drought-. Copenhagen, February 'J. At the Itallic ami While Sea. cuiifcrciict at Copenhagen foin-teen eouutrieii are ropresentcd. A unauinioiis resoluliiin of sympathy was passed with the Ncwivisile proposal for international union. [The tcnl.itiv<> scheme is lo lay «|i nil tonnage annually for two cuiisivuuvt pi -noils of a- month each, because l.luviln'l and the insurance clubs would rnktiU rebates only after ships are out uf iniiimission for a. month.J

.London. Kclmiiirv !). The Admiralty is forming ii. revive el operators lor wireless telegraphy. Paris, February 'J. Obituary— Krncst t'oijuelin (Cadrt) in rn a.-vluni from melancholia.

if'.rncsl Alexandre llomirc Cui|uulin Cadet) was horn in .h'Mll. In Ih\i7 he carried off tiic lirsl priw dit .■mnedv at the Conservatoire. During lII* siege of Paris lie .ilitaiued the uiililnrv medal for gallanlry al the hid lie of llnwii. val. lie wa.s next, lo his hrnllier (('o(|iii'lii .Aire', who died about a month ago) tin most brilliant- member of the Conuilii Frainaise C'ompauv. | .New York, February 9. The American battleship Delaware, i 20,000 tons, has been launched.

|The battleships provided for in lie Appropriations for .1007 are I lie IMwaw and Ninth Dakota. Their displacement ii £O.OOO lons, and I heir a nun incut ii strengthened by the, addition of n liflli two-gun turret "placed as if were astiTlHll the aftermost turret in the Michigan Ii !9i;o tvjie) in I he. centre line. The liinail side of Ihe Delaware is ten V.'. inch gnu with lour ahead or astern. The nnih'rtiu l.elt has a width of Kilt llin and a tliiflr lies of IK-10 inches. | llcceived I'Vliruary 10, al H. 39 a.in.

" Loudon, February 9. France and (lerin.'iny have :i riangcl willi Morocco a. signed'doclnrul ion emphasising the integrity of I lie Stale I'Yanci: will not impede Gerniuu cimimcirial and industrial intercuts, while tiermany recognises Franco's political claim Mr A. Crc, M.l'., speaking :il Cortamouth, said :i severe .struggle with ll* House of Lords was alioul- to begin. Hi a single clause in a single Act. the Lilti'iM would end, the House of Lords' eluiiw and instantly restore the inalienable ligllll of the people's representatives. Mr M'Kenu.i and Mr llarcnurl. nro »l» threatening the House of Lords mi * lines of Sir 11. OaiiiplNdl-BaiiiicriiinnV resolution.

Tin- Archbishop of Canterbury bus unletcd Iho Vicar of Charing, Kent, im>l !'> refuse communion to a married couple mi lII' ground (hat the woman hud been div.nwl i'r her hiisUnid, she hcrscll' being innocent.