MAIL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 317, 16 January 1908, Page 4

MAIL NEWS.

SOiIIARY OF WOULD HAPPENINGS. | London, November 22. I The death is announced ol Admiral 1 Mr Fvauci, Leopold .NlcClinlock, the discoverer oi the late of Franklin» expcdiU Tlu- United States Government arc contemplating tt now currency - lor tlif relit'! oi monetary sUingem.. A daring outrage l.a, been coin,,., ted on an lrisli landlord, who wan shut at from a thicket while returning i.um church in company with his " I " tlier - Owing to the uusatistaetoiy =taUi lie.many'.s linauee* the Budget provide for raising Jl 13,000,01)0 by loan. The Mauritania lias made a new it cord lor the best day's steaming, but covered 021 nautical miles in 2-1 hours. The Kaiser -)>eiit the first day ol' his "rest inre" iu motoring through the New Forest at a speed of tiO miles an hour, and altogether is having a strenuous holiday. Collitant in FSevastopoulo, a wealthy llreek, bequeathed £120,000 lor divers philanthropic purposes. Seven men were killed in a colliery : accident near Barnsley by falling 2101 ' 'feet down a shaft. About 20,000 persona took part m a . •• right to work " demonstration, under I the'auspices of the London Trades Conn- J ' til, at Hyde Park. An Edinburgh firm have obtained tlic 1 contract for the electrification of the Moscow tramways at a cost of ,C 2,000,For the year ended June 30th last precious stones to the value of nearly nine millions were imported into the I'nited States. The London Coaaty Council instructed its committee, when purchasing, to prefer goods made in the I'nited Kingdom, with the view of decreasing unemployment. The fierman syndicate which has been trying to secure control of the new coalfields in Kent is stated to lutve secured *OOO acres of coal land. The Kaiser intends, it is said, to give his vaclit Hohenzxilleni to tlio Crown Prince, and to huilcl for himself a new ■IOOO-ton yacht with turbine engines. Owing to the high prices of butter at Toronto, the dealers are importing butter from Ireland for retail at 25 cents per lb. It is said that a perfect mania for shopping has seized Queen Victoria of Spain. She spent £2OOO in jewellery m Paris alone, and she ha* spent as much again in 1/jndon on a new trousseau for herself and baby. A French expert says that flying machines can be built with an expenditure of £7OO or .CBOO, a much smaller undertaking than the airship, which runs into thousands of pounds.^ All has been bv the London Countv Council for subscriptions to n fund of at least £ 1.1,000 needed for the relief of distress among children during the winter. Eleven steamers and 27 sailing vessels have been wrecked, involving the loss of 8!) lives, during a storm which has raged for two days in the Black Sea. I/>rd Strathcona has, says the Canadian Courier, recently given €IO.OOO towards supplying every school in Canada with a Nelson shield made from the copper of Nelson's flagships. Remarkable heat prevails throughout Italy. Fmit growers are anticipating fresh crops, and everywhere trees are putting forth new shoots. Hundreds of people are passing the nights in the open air. Experiments are being made in New York with a new type of steamer to run (Ml miles ail hour. The keel is practically one huge propeller, with flanges working up and down, enabling the vessel to travel at a great speed. Dr. Jameson, the Cape Premier, declares that Mr. Balfour's declarations in favour oni Imperial preference and the summoning of another Imperial Conference are a great encouragement to the colonies.