British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 May 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

"HI ELHOTIIIC TELEaiUrH-CUrVKICIHt]

J»HR PREBB ABSOLUTION.]

(I'oceived This Day, U. 10 a.in.)

THE MADRAGFTTFS

I/ON DON, April .1

The suffragist conspiracy case has been resumed. .Bodkin, for the prosecution, described Mrs Drumniond as "violent and unscrupulous.'' lie said Kenney had made inflainatory speeches, and Clayton, the (analyst. in return for payment, had prostituted his knowledge of .science to the furtherance of crime, producing what their newspapers misCiiilled 'a reign of terror.' Documents showed that a man named Muck nor. of Hamburg, wrote to Miss Kerr (one of the defendants) a telegram, "how to terrorise audiences with a powder causing violent snoozing, and severe irritation of the skin." RAILWAY FREIGHTS. The railway companies are raising goods traffic rates by four per cent., from .1 tily Ist. KfXG NICHOLAS '-OLIMUM nowx." The lion. .M-r Asquith. in the House of Commons, confirmed tin statement that King Nicholas was leaving Scutari in the Rowers' hands.

IMPROVING. LONDON. May The Duchess of Counauglit passed a lair night, and some improvement is noticed. a harqit: ashork. The Queen Mar gaiei. a barque with 11.38.-) bags of win ■at on board, bound from Sydney to Queenstown tor orders, is ashore at Stag Rocks, near The Lizard. She is a total wreck. IX CAMERA. LONDON. May The House of Lords, on appeal, ha.s decided that Ihe Divorce Court

cannot sit in camera. AX OFFICLVL EYACTATIOX. Jving Nicholas has informed tin Powers of the surrender of Scutari, unconditionally. (Received This Day. I la.m.) A CREAY SAFE. LONDON. .May .*>. 1 lie crow of the vessel Queer, Margaret, which was wrecked at Tin. Liz: ml . has landed. LAIHM'I! FEDERATION. NEW YORK. May D. Another .stage has lieeii reached in the case against .Samuel Gompers. President ol tiio Federation of Labour: .John Mitchell, vice-president, and 1' ivink Morrison, seeretarv. who oil June 2otli, were sentenced for contempt of court in connection with a trial involving a labour ((iiestion. Iho Court of Appeal has sustained the conviction, but reduced the senfence of Gompers to thirty days. The others were fined CI(10. wit lion 1 imprisonment. HOT TrMES IX IfAYTP PORT OF PRINCE. Mav .1.

The Tlaytien Congress has elected .Michael Oristes president, to succeed Goneml Augusto. who died last Friday. Ride shooting was continued in' the street during the funeral. and a panic occurred at tin 1 church. Many people were injured. hut the troops restored order. Much fighting marked the <'fc TToti.