, 1912-08-03
TELEGRAMS
ST. CROIX STATION.

ieir first innings. Rhodes did not increase
ais overnight score Of 50, Australia IN their
,irst innings had made i runs for no wick
is when rain put an end to the days play
.fter only Is minutes.
Tie worlds Aquatic Championship has
Teen won by Mr.. L. Barry defeating Mr., X.
Arnsl, thus reversing the 1910 result. Arnst
s opped half a mile from the finish, Barry
then eading by four lengths Barry's victory
i, regarded as atriumph OF style over
strength.
The Insurance Companies are recovering
iudg tents against Mrs. Pankhurst and Mr..
and Mrs Pethick Lawrence for damages by
saiTragettes.
A few dockers have resumed work, but the
temper against the blacklegs continues so
lad that the police have had to be re-eu-
toI ICED. The Stevedores' Union has ordered
its men to resume, but q referendum to the
Other Unions resulted largely against a re-
sumption, doubt being expressed as to
whether the employers would observe the
uudt rstnndings with the leaders for the
maintenance Of The conditions prevailing be-
lore the strike. Nj. Ramsay Macdonald, MIR.
O'Grdy and Mr.. Ian bury Eave announced
that they would move that the House OF
COMMON should investigate any breach OF
the under standing.
The King has approved the appointment
of Il ROYAL Commission to investigate the
suitability Of liquid fuel for warships.
The DAILY Mail" says the Dominion
Ministers have invited Mr.. Asquith and Mr..
Churchill to visit Canada when the question
of her naval contliGu ion comes before the
Dominion Parliament, and it believes both
will go, Mr.. Churchill certainly. The Chimes
expresses approval of the suggested visit.
The Manchester employers threaten q lock
out at all the mills in the federation if
the wage question is not settled satisfaction,
ly.
Mr.. f. r. Benson has been engaged by
The management of the San Francisco Pana-
ma Exposition to superintend a pageant on
the greatest scale, rivaling anything he has
ever lone in London
GIr. Borden aud his colleagues have sym
pathetically received n delegation upon an
al Red Steamship service between England
md Australia via Canada, armed merchant-
men, on both the Atlantic and the Pacific, are
specially favoured.
Mr.. Borden authorizes a denial of the
ports that he has resolved to contribute
* million pounds for three dreadnoughts
for Imperial defence. He and his colleagues
nave been entertained at luncheon by the
Lord Mayor, and at dinner by Lcrd Strath-
,0na.
The Daily Mail snys the Government IN
ends 70 use the Canadian generosity to cover
re shifty compromises within the Cabinet,
" Canadian contribution being reckoned
.'.slde Mr. Churchill's programme and not
J." addition thereto. The Pail Mall Gazette
considers there is too much babbIe and cash
ever the Canadians.
The Privy Council has decided that the
DOMINION Parliament exceeded its powers
IN !es1s!ating, contrary to Quebec, regarding
marriage, that is, it sustains the validity Of
Inc provincial law requiring the canonlcal
celebration Of marriage according to the
1apal he temere decree.
Dispatches from Toxic state that twenty
thousand persons stood before the palace
M1lle the Mikado died; the announcement
vas received quietly, except for a long deep
SIGH. Within q few minutes of his death
lS son., Prince Yoshihito, acceded to the
rome, wooden tables were placed before
e throne bearing the sacred sword and
ck'ace and the Imperial seals, and hotables
~'tlessed the new Emperor's assumption Of
the insignia without even changing the gar
iients he had worn in his fathers sickrootn.