British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 May 1912, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[ST BLSC'IKW rXLKGHAPn--COPYRIGHr.I i_i'iir ruxaa association ] MOTS IN I'KSTII. I'KSTII. .May -I. Despite organisers orders to cca.se t<n> (.h'iiioti>t.rations, several trades have r-truck and there lias been fierce li_i;litiiiii with tlii' police, in Iho course of which many persons wero injured. J)lS'i;r ÜBANCKS IX I'M. FEZ. May '-'I. Multai Ual'id lias determined to abdicate. The .soiitliern pretender .Mn!.ii-cl-H:iiba . has been proclaimed. Hi- army of lour thousand is reeoivill lc constant additions. KM PI UK DAY. LONDON., May iM. Five and a quarter million school children in the I nited Kingdom and lour and a quarter million in the dominions celebrated hmpire Day. Lord Meath and the Lord Mayor ad-dru-sed a leathering in the Guild Hall ol' all the members ot the Stock Kxelian'_ro. The National Anthem was slln<£. I here were processions and s[)e<'ches in many towns and villages. The l iiiics publi.shes a lorty-eiiiht pane Kmpire Mippleniont. chiefly dealing with Canada. 1 >ut there are articles also on Australian defence, and life in New Zealand. TUF. G J MOAT STlti.lv li. LONDON, May '21. Ten thousand carmen air out and an additional thirty thousand are expected to cease work. Already one hundred thousand men are idle in London. Anions vessels hold up are live laden with 100.000 carcases. The strike at Coveiit Garden chiefly eoiicerus the foreign 1 ruit trade. London s■.'< ir'-aii traders and tin 1 Federation cl Meat I'etailers' Association have appealed to the Government For adequate pi'otection ol' vans mid viiic'es to ensure distribution of and lootVtufls. It is stated that the members of the Dockers' Union at S'outhampt: n refuse to unload any vessel di'.vted from Loudon.

Sir F. Clarke. K.C.. has opened the i!if|iiiry into th" strike. Mr Harry Gosling (president of the Deckers' I'nion) seated the men's grievances and add : that the strikers were prepared to do their best in protecting tlie public health and caring for the infirm and children.