NEWS IN BRIEF

Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3456, 22 February 1912, Page 2

NEWS IN BRIEF

There have been heavy rains in Townsville district. Several washaways on the northern railways have occurred. A drought had been feared. A ballot of miners in Newcastle and Maitland districts voted against compulsory training by a majority of two to one. An official statement of the operations of the Victorian State brickworks shows that the cost of construction was £IO,OOO, and working expenses £5700. The revenue was £16,000. The works have been closed pending experiments by the manager of the New South Wales State works. Air Griffiths, discussing the failure, declared that he had obtained an expert from the combine. _ Deliveries show that the Australian Government Statistician’s estimate of the wheat crop as 26,500,000 bushels will not- bo realised. It is now estimated at 22,000,000 bushels, which is 13,000,000 below that of the previous year. . . * Air. Lloyd George is appointing a committee of"doctors and others, with Air. William Waldorf Aster as chairman, to report concerning a general pohev m connection with tuberculosis, preventive, curative, and other aspects, to enable the Government to provide ior treatment in sanatoria.

The late Duke of Fife’s remains are to be temporarily interred in the vault at St- George’s Chapel. They will be finally buried in the autumn. A special tomb is now being constructed at Marlodge. The Oxford crew for the boat race has been filially selected. Littlejohn is the only Australian in the crew. Sir Edward Grey, in the British House of Commons, said that it- would not serve any useful purpose for the Government to make representations regarding the case of Captain Stewart, recently convicted of espionage in Germany- ' . tl Bank shares are quoted as follows m London: —Australasia £lls to £ll7, Mew South Wales £43 to £44, Union 1 £57 10s to £SB 10s. National Bank of New Zealand £5 3s 9d to £5 8s 9d, New Zealand £lO 10s to £ll 10s. , ~ , The British War Office has decided to extend separation allowances to all teritorials attending camp for a fortnight. The Austrian newspapers print lavoiable- notices of the debut of Emily Dynson, the Bendigo pianist. Andrea Mantegna's picture of “Madonna and Child,” was sold at auction at Berlin for £29,500. Mr. Graham, Canadian Minister for Railways in the late Laurier Cabinet, who was defeated at the elections, is seeking re-election for South Renfrew. Sir William Laurier is assisting in the campaign, and refrained from criticising the Government, and promised to aid some projects, notably the construction of the Georgian Bay Canal Fifty persons were drowned through a launch capsizing near Rangoon. Terrific snowstorms are raging in Missouri. Frozen ice jam Its are causing uneasiness lost thei bridges should be carried off. 'Train communications are interrupted. The latest aviation sensation is that Atwood plans to fly across the Atlantic, carrying sufficient gasoline to last 900 miles- He hopes to replenish his supply from passing ocean liners. Aviation experts regard the scheme as visionary. A masked man jumped aboard a New York-St. Louis train when the train was mounting a heavy grade near Altmont, and held up the passengers, robbing them of al] their money and jewellery. He then dropped off the train, and escaped to tiho woods. The robber fired two shots, but nobody was hurt. A Russo-Bulgarian t treaty has been signed concerning Eastern Bulgaria. Bulgaria agrees to pay 10,680,250 roubles in annual instalments of half a million roubles each. A desperate battle occurred at Puebla. Armed guards fought prisoners who tried to escape. Twenty-seven persons were killed. A fierce battle occurred within the gaol. Twenty prisoners escaped during the affray. The Mexican Government has agreed to pay three million dollars indemnity to China because of the murder of 300 Chinese during the late rebellion. A fire at Bombay, oni Cotton Green, destroyed cotton valued at a quarter of a million sterling. The cotton was chiefly owned by the Japanese Trading Company-