, 1911-09-02
KILOGRAMS.
ST. 0 STATION.

london. August DOlD.-4 HC -
announce that the seizure Of the Foam
Oueeu was due to representations made 70
,to Government bv the Portuguese envoy.
r. addition to the Foam Queen. Arizona
and Bessie. there are reports that SIX otnet
vessels are detained IN British ports, ana II
Is limited they we're engaged by Portuguese
monarchist p|lotters who have transferred"
their operations from Spain to England.
Mr.. Iloyd George, in laying the corner
stone Of a chapel at Meath, said the people
had lust emerged from what mIsht nave
haan \ disastrous catastrophe, and now nat
t,me to think, and unless church people fga-
lie their responsibility and the causes Tor
.ra unrest are removed, the next struggle
may prove infinitely worse.
qbe Secretary of the Society of Locomo-
iva Engineers testified before the Royal
Commission that the Cancellation Boards had
fo;Ied and recommended their abolition, and
when disputes arise they be hrst sub
mifted to the officers OF the company
where the trouble occurred, tallln9 q seItle-
ment a eeuetal meeting OF the trade con
,erued be called to elect a doputa'Ioh 70
meet the management OF the company 1t"
o4ther with officials Of the Trade Ohlon.
\ Calcutta despatch announces the death
Of the Nizam OF H~rderabad, tae premier
Prince of the Indian E nplte.
- Iobn's f., Aug 3Oth-The J~eu'zens
Of the forest together with domestic an!ih'1s
arc stompeding towards the sen TO escape
the flames, and the inhabitants OF the Village
Of Enisten took ia boats. The fires III the
vicinity Of St. Johns are abatlng duder the
Influence of rain. Very extensive timber
areas have been destroyed, and the none
tarv loss will be several millions of dollars.
New York, Aug. 30'h-Adyices from
Charleston state that the hurricane or sun
day and Monday caused twelve and possibly
more deaths and much damage ut the navy
ward, including the blowing ashore OF SIX
torpedo boats and unro0tiug he workshops
and other buildings. Ii is feared the coast
islands are the heaviest sufferers.
Washington, Aug. 30th-ILe BorIncr
Tageblatt, having stated that Turkey had
decided to purchase the United States clm-
sers Brooklyn, Saratoga, Olympia and Ra-
leigh, the Secretary Of the navy says there
is no truth in the story, and add tlaj There
is no authority in jaw-for the disposal u
war vessels to any foreign power.
London. Aug. 3lst-Mr White. Secretary
of the Midland Railway employees, tesutylng
before the Royal Commission, suggested that
the Cancellation Boards should give way to a
Central Board Of Arbitration, consisting Of
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of the nineteen principal railways. Mr.. Nhto
declared that the men VIII not accept any
machinery for settlement Of disputes unless
the Unions are represented; but he would
not undertake to declare there would be u
continuity of work under his scheme. Mr..
White 5 testimony, as we'll as that OF other
labour leaders, is tantamouut to admission
that nothing could guarantee that the men
would not strike unless they got their own
way.
The Stock Exchange looks upon the
evidence before the Commission as dlsqulet-
ing, particularly as the Great Eastern railway
men are again assuming a threatening attn
tude. and prices Of railway shares are further
depressed.
Sir William Ramsay, addressing the
British Association for the advancement
of scie. ce, estimates that with the present
output of coal, he British store Will be eX-
lausted in one hundred and seventy five
years, a mere span in the nations life. Stop
page of waste and economical use of coal IS
necessary for the prolongation of its power
in commercial competition, which would be
governed by the relative prices of coal when
prices roe owing to its threatened eXhaus-
ton. and the country would be face to face