, 1913-01-01

AN@~
of the KINGS first MARIA" v"s suppressed
and TINT he IN T a44 FFas convTc1-u through
perjury.
The State Department IS embarrassed re-
gardino the deportation OF ex President
Castro, through it's inability to find proof of
conviction for crime. he having merely been
indicted.
st. Thomas, December 3Oth-S. S. St.
Croix-from Europe arrived 80 a. III.
Copenhagen, Dec. 31st-The West Indian
Company has given the order for deepening
St Thomas barbour and for pier works To
the Firms OF Onberg and Saabye and Lerche.
The. essential part of the works is to be ready
by October 1913 aud the whole of tn4 first
erection to be finished during 1914
London. Deer. 31st.-rha appointment
is announced Of Sir w. C~onyingham Green,
the present British Minister to Denmark, rs
British Ambassador to Japan, IN place OF
SIR Claude Maxwell MacDJnrId.
The London panels of doctors who will
agree to work under the Insur nee Act are.
near,l completed and it is stated hat adho-
81 ~ is being constantly reported Newcastle,
Gtteshead, Leeds, Hull, Leicester aud else
where, also that there are further resiguo-
tions from the Medical Association in dlsap-
ployal of its action,
Mr. Lloyd Georges Co nmittee repots that
the rural housing conditions are appalling AMI
i4tolerable, and it Il minimum
wage for agricultural labourcrs. 4 big ma
ti0nal grant is expected for housing aud
peasant proprietorship, also as part OF the
land tax reform campaign, which VIII begin
in January aud be the leading plank in The
next general election.
Beginning with the New Year, the White
O., Sst,,p,. I,i,, Nnv Will iunrAa., tbn ~ r.S
OF The deck aud stoke hold crews by ten
Shjllings per month.
The Operative Spinners' Association has
resolved to withdraw from the BrookIaud's
aereeln mt as the result Of the accumulation
or MINOR grievances, for example, loss Of
wages through bad cotton, the speed OF the
machinery beng such that it was impossible
10 avoid hreukages.
BY q royal decree the Elder Brethren OF
The Trinity House are allowed to bear the
tide OF Captain, which is incongruous for
Messrs AsquIth aud BaIfour, Lord Rosebory
and Prince Arthur OF Connnught.
The sentence mas been suspended on one
Larrett,a plumber's assistant, who on CHRIST
lnas d1y stole decorations. jewels and orders
which had been conferred upon Sir ID rex
keppel, equelry and ordinary to the A'o8,
by the lat King Edward, Queen Alexandra
and the Kaiser.
Knox, the North Eastern Railway driver,
has been suspended for one month for run
mug past a signal, but another stAke IS
not expected. The previous strike cost The
North Eastern r UIwly fifty thoosan pound
in lost trade and the aggregate losses IN
other trades approximate one million
pounds.
Among the New Year honours it is ex
ppct4d that Dukedom4 will be conferred on
Prince Alexander of reck and Prime Arthur
OF Connaugbt, but no other new Peera8es
are anticipated outside Of Parliament, pro-
baby since the Government does not desire
to create ~hye-elections.
Dispatches from Paris state that the
French court uphoIds Mr.. Alarconis patent
and monopoly, aud has ordered the conti5ca-
ton aud destruction Of his competitors APP
paratus in France.
A communique from Constantinoplo says
thnt after a Cabinet discussion Of the plenlI-
pgteutiares' COMMUNICATIONS 1t was resolved
that peace is desirable. but not at the cost OF
the cession of Adranople, aud 1T Is under
consideration to instruct the pienlpotentIl-
1ies to recommend The submission OF Their
terms of peace to the Ambassadorlai cOnte-