, 1909-10-13

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the world desires,
Ottawa, Oct. 11th-Domestic shipbuild-
ders are competitors with Messrs Harland
and Wolf for Canada's naval work.
Philad elphia, Oct. 1lth-Miss Dorothy
Campbell, the British champion, has defeated
Mrs. Barlow for the United States golf
championship three up two to play. She re
ceiyed many compliments for her stead'-
ness, which chiefly won over her rival il criti-
cal and difficult plays.
Washington, Oct. llth-Mr. Wilbur
Wright flew in a closed course five hundred
metres in fifty eight seconds The previous
worlds record was Delugrauge's seventy nine
seconds.
London, Oct. 12th-The Newcastle Mag
~istrate has sentenced Lady Constance Lytton
and Mrs. Brailsford to a months hard labour,
they refusing the alternative to find securi-
ties to keep the peace. Mrs. Brailstord's
husband resigned the editorship of the Daily
News recently. Three other suffragettes
were sentenced to a fortnight's hard Ia
bour The magistrate refused to listen
to any explanation, ruthlessly stopping their
speeches.
The King has abandoned his visit to
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London, which is construed that he desires
to continue his efforts to ameliorute the
political situation. 1t is believed that His
Majesty does not like the Budget, but he is
more averse to the constitutional crisis
which would follow its rejection.
The Times saws the Government is con-
sidering whether, if the Lords reject the
budget, they should pass a bin for q popular
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Lords would logically assent, because it
would remove their objection that the
budget is unpopular, and if after q ref
erendum the Commons returned the
budget the Lo DIS presumably would
pass it leaving q dissolution uncer-
tain. II they should reject it II dissolution
upon their veto power would follow. Now
the ministry is acting upon the assumption
Of it's passage according to constitutional
usage, nevertheless the ministry Is necessari-
~ considering the possibility of rejection
and the financial situation thereafter.
In q leader the Times says a referen.
dun would be agreeable to many besides
the Ministry, because it avoids friction and
gets directly at the country mind.
The 4 1miraIty announces the creation Of
a War Council or mobilization department
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John Fisher as President and Vice Admira
King Hall as Director, The scheme is re-
garded as a sequel to Lord Charles Beres-
ford's charges.
1t is announced that Sir Charles
Rivers will shortly resign The presidency OF
the Grand Trunk Railway Of Canada.
A despatch from Berlin reports that the
"Westfalen,' il the first super-DreadnouBht
trial, developed a speed Of twenty knots and
twenty four thousand horsepower. The
contract required nineteen knots and twenty
thousand horsepower.
Advices from Barcelona state that Fran
cisco Ferrer has been sentenced to be shot
and will probably be executed tomorrow.
Demonstration are being made against his
execution in several European cities, amongst
them Zurich, Amsterdam and Rome, and it
is predicted that King Alfonso's death will
follow the carrying ont of the sentence.
New York, Oct. 12th-Despatches from
Cape Haitien report that rovolutionists UNI
der General Navarro attacked Dajabon, but
were repulsed by the Government troops.
Ottawa, Oct. 12th.-Ihe death Is an
nounced of the Hon. l.. A. Ta8chereau, Min
lister of Public Works and Labour,
It is understood that the Harland and
Wolff shipyard is to be located at Lewis on