HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14841, 5 December 1913, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

, *_ (By Cable.—Press- Association.—Copyright) ANOTHER MAIL ROBBERY. BRUSSELS, December 3* A bag containing paper money to th© value of £17,500, was stolen between Brussels and Verviers while in transit from the National Bank of Belgium to Cologne. MAROONED. SAN .FRANCISCO, December 3. The Moana has sent a wireless message stating that eleven of the crew of the schooner Alvaredo, bound for Antofagasta, are marooned on Easter Island. After abandoning the Alvaredo, the captain and several volunteers sailed in the lifeboat for Papeete, leaving the others to await rescue. JAPANESE ARMY. TOKIO, December 3. The Japanese Cabinet haa postponed the carrying out of the War Minister's Army increase scheme until 1915. UNIVERSITY DECISIONS TO BE REVERSED. (Received December 4th, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, December 4. The Oxford Athletic Club propose to amend the resolutions that no competitor at the Freshmen's and University sports exceed twenty and twentyfive years of age respectively. PANAMA EXPOSITION. BERLIN, December 4. Two hundred and thirty-two Reichstag delegates are supporting a motion to include 500,000 marks in the Estimates as a first contribution towards an exhibit at the San Francisco Exposition, the outlay to be met by an increased duty on cigarettes. BENEFIT TO TARRANT. LONDON, December 3. The proceeds of the next Whitsuntide match at Lord's will be allocated to a benefit on behalf of Tarrant. JAPANESE IN CANADA. OTTAWA, December 4. Five hundred and seventh-one Japanese have arrived in British Columbia during the last six months. Their movements are being watched closely, and if their number is likely to increase, British Columbia will protest to Japan. BELGIAN CONSTITUTION. * BRUSSELS, December 4. The Socialist Party has passed a resolution that it is prepared to declare a Parliamentary strike, provided the Opposition will co-operate, until the Government agrees to revise the Constitution.