The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-19

nine tails is stiIl permissible in soran- 7 gia for the enforcement of prison dis- cipline. In the course sf debate on the prison bill, Sir John Fraser moved that In prison discipline flashes" should mean ''cuts or stroxes with rod or cane" He referred to flashing with the cat O nine tails as a relic of bar barism which should be abolished.
 Mir. A. q. Barlow also pointed out that the ."cat O. nine tails" was not used In, tho Transvaat. where, punish- ment was by the rod, and proved eff fective without leaving permanent In jury. The Attorney General said he would not be justified in accepting the amendment and 1t was rejected.
 A long standing feud between the 1ulus and the xosas. employed at the Cinderella Deep Mine, Johannesburg. culminated the other Jay in desper- ate nght. in which many of the rival tribesmen were badly injured. Drum kenness Is sais to have been tho im- mediate cause of the outbreak. Dee spite the ,efforts of the compound au- the natives seem to have no trouble in getting liquor. -4s r .,aast.ss
 As soon as the trouble began the, po- lice were summoned. and when about dozen constables had been collected. the compound gate was opened. and the force advanced to quell the dis turbance. Thereupon the combatants promptly joined forces. and the police were met with showers Of broken bot ties, stones and pieces of Iron. Aivoi- ley was fired over the heads of the natives. but it had little effect. and presently the inter tribal fight was re- sumed. the compound being speedily strewn with wounded men.
 Shot guns were then sent for, and a volley from thesa drove the rioters back into their rooms. The ground presented the appearance of a battie- neld. Natives horribly wounded about the face were lying everywhere, the total casualties being forty-seven in- Dy the police.
 Put Down Lawlessness.
 Apparently the authorities in German South w est Africa are determined to put down native lawlessness with J firm hand. Recently number of Hot tentots were. arrested in Cape Colony on charges of raiding German terri tory and murdering German subjects in South west Africa, near the Cape horder.f They applied to the Cape supreme Court for their reiease on the ground that their offences were of d political character. but the court held that the crimes with which they were charged were not political. that they were marauders not patriots, and that they were, therefore, extFaditable under the treaty with Germany.
 In giving. Judgment. however, tho Chief Justice said the court was bound to assume that the prisoners would be duly tried before the civil court fin Southwest Africa, and that the same measure of justice would be meted out to them as would have been meted out by the judicial authorities of the Cape l if the position had been reversed A dispatch from Luderitzb ucht now states that i've of the prisoners have been sentenced to death, and that four oth- CTS have each been condemned to re- ceive 100 lashes. and to be imprisoned in chains for life.
 The Transvaal Observatory is about | to install, at cost of sEn,000. teie- 1 scope which will be the second iarg- est in the British Empire. According | to the director of the observatory. the l Instrument will be of the type known | as a visual refractor, with an aperture twenty-five Inches in diameter, which is only two inches less than the tele- scope at Greenwich. The lenses alone will cost s12.5oo. The work of con- SLFuCLlOn WILL occupy tW0
 By command of King George of Tom ga, a baker of Auckland. New Zealand. 1 has designed and built cake for the | coming nuptials of that potenaate. In it's splendor and imposing proportions, the cake. to quote the local press, "has | never had an equal in the annals of | Australasian confectionery.
 It weighs 500 pounds. and stands eight feet high. Decorating various panels are the Tongan coat-of-arms, the Tongan royal crown and the int- tials of the King and of his bride. Curioualy enough. the lady's initials are concealed from the gaze of the crowd who admire the cake In the bakers shop window.
 The identity of the future oueen Is. in fact, e mystery, and one or the con ditions imposed on the baker was com pIete secrecy regarding her initials. If is understood that there has been some competition among the ladies Of tho Tongan Court for the kingly bride groom, and that in order to defer the dIsapp oin sment of tho unsuccessful ones til the last possible moment. his ma jesty will not reveal the name Of the bride until the day of the ceremony.