British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 January 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

(nr KLHcrmo telegraph- ooi'yuiourj [P»R PRESS AHBOCMTION ] (Received This Day, 9.10 a.m.) PERILS OF THE SEA. LISI3ON, Jamiarv ID. 0 J V Captain Turner was the lai-L u> quit tho wrecked steamer Veronese. Smith, tho Marconi operator, goi into communication with tho whin Holkuidia five minutes alter the 1 Yoroneso struck, hut the engines then becoming flooded, no further j communication was possible. Mr Henderson, third officer, flng-sigua!- . led throughout. interviewed, he L . paid a tribute to Mr Martin, ihe boatswain, who repeatedly risked his life to got a. rocket line from the senswept (leeks. Henderson added that the seamen Jay showed givaf courage, though injured. Chief o! : - , ficer Hugo had tremendous dilficul- , tv in removing the third class p:e-- , sengers from their flooded quarters, j as they were paralysed with fright and several were drowned. Turn- , hull, a passenger, said his five-voar- , old son was swept out of a ln.dv'hands and drowned. NEWS OK Till'; WMI. CONST AXT IN OP L I l ], Janu. |!i. There have been several slight encounters between Turk* and 1j 1;:■ rians at Chataldja. BUCIIARFST. .lan. V.). Tt is reported thai ai Galaz am! Reni .Russian .steamers are loadii: provisions and arms I'nr Servia. .-!- ready [Russian vessels have transported specie, many sieg ( > guns, and provisions for the Bulgarian- and Servians. FIGHTING IN TAN'GIKRs. TANGIKUS, .1 ;• li. i>.> Rebels fiercely attacked a Fr< n-.-n column at Agnari, hut v.v-ie n-pus-ocl. Three Frenchmen were k-Me : and eighteen wounded. FRANCE'S NEW PR FSI DLNT. PARIS, January f;!. News of M. Point:.are s cli'ciiun n,■ excellently received throughout .ivirope. Tho general opinion i;, tii.i'. there is no doubt he will play a iuwv active role than hiis predeee-yois di'i in the interests of J'ranee and li'-v triple entonto. A FAITHFUL SKR YANT. BERNE, 'lanuaiy I!.;. Doininine Uuf, driver o) the Czar train, died at Olten. lie many times had been offered hi in..;-, :<> wreck the train, i THE WHITE SLAVERY ACT. LONDON, January i.:'. Timothy Patrick Connor ha- 1 ; ,.,-s: I sentenced at the Old Bailey to e'.,l - [ ten months' imprisonment and thi! i • ' strokes of the cat for forcing hi- I wife to lead -'in immoral life. Fr> j erick Austin, musician, also char:--< ; | under the White .Slavery Acl. v. -- ! sentenced to twelve months' im;.; : - j sonment and twenty-four shok--s. j (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) j IN STORM AND .STRESS. | The Hamburg-American In: ; j Christian X. iias readied Quc.-i: 'j town, broken down, after forty-! hr ■ days' battling with storms in t:.-. Atlantic. THE TURKISH "FLEKT." POUT iSAII>, January li). The Turkish warship' Tlainii.ii« ,: : lias arrived .here. Tlie ofliceis stu'" that the Hamidieh encountered tw., small Greek cruisers last night, i li Port Said, but escaped undaniag after a running fight. The 'Hamidieh is now coaling and loading provisions. A DISHONEST DIRECTOR. BUDAPEST, .January ID. Iynaz Polios has been arrested i*»r embezzling £330,000 sterling, belonging to the railways of which in was director. lie confessed to is- , suing ;G-il(j,ooo\s worth of forged ' shares. Two employees iniplicaie'.l in the forgeries also have been ar- , rested. MILITANT TURKISH 'WOMEN. CONSTANT!NOI'IsF, Jan. VX A proclamation signed by the inen of Turkey suggei-Ling the i'oiishould sink the Turkish warships in the Dardenelles, "because the of!'cem are too mean spirited to figh'.' led to a- quarrel on Monday anionc . the officers as to whether they should | engage the Greeks Blows were •?:- changed and fifteen were wound;-. 1 . Tho HamiiLieh and Mcd.jedieh hat- . vdileshipsj the Massudieh and .siv .-'»>• 7 stroyors,. left Nagara on Tuesday, j but all except tho Hamidirh and four of the destroyers returned at sunset.