Second Edition British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 September 1913, Page 3

Second Edition British and Foreign.

v [IaKCTKIC TKl.Ktilt.U'll, t'OL'YHKJUT.] [I'KK I'IU'.SS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 8.40 a.m.) AFTER THE WAR. Athens, August 111. The Greeks continue to hold Dedengatch on behali' of Bulgaria. The International Commission at Salonika, to enquire into outrages, abandoned its inquiry, owing to Greece and Servia objecting to Milenkoff (Russian) and Brailsford (British) delegates, on the ground thai they favoured Bulgaria. <2* Constantinople, August 111. inhabitants of Kirdjuli and Eyridere are tightiug strenuously against Bulgarian occupation. BLOODIlurXI) DKTECTIYKS. Si. Petersburg, August 111. After six days' fruitless attempts to trace the murderers of a Jewish family of live persons near Kiskineff, Ihe authorities utilised dogs, who followed the trial lo some infautry barracks. There the clothing of two soldiers was found to be bloodstained, and they confessed. ("Received Tliis Day. 9.40 a.m.) • THE LONG AND THE SHORT. London, Augusl -51. Hainel beat Hucks by -10 : l- ; > seconds in the eighty miles' challenge Jlighl, at Birmingham. Burrows collapsed after { JTI hours' club swinging.

(Received This Day, 0.50 a.m.) xavat; stokes hurnt. Londou, August ;,!l. A tire at the naval stores at ilautbowline Island caused damage estimated at .£'lo,ooo. The wind swept the flames m the direction of Rocky Island powder-stores but hundreds of bluejackets prevented their spreading. IRISH STRIKERS. The Coachbuilders' Association, at Dublin, has retaliated against strikes by locking out every member of the Transport \\ orkers' Union. Larkin, the leader oi the Transport Workers, publicly burnt the proclamation prohibiting a demonstration. Larkin, who was remanded on bail, has eluded re-ar-I'est. The Transport Workers are pledged not to pay rent until their demands have been conceded. Two hundred civilians and thirty constables were injured in the I ram war riots. 'new biplane. Lira ha me White has a new biplane, with a span of 70 feet and seats for four passengers. The machine resembles a motor car. It has been successfutlv Tested. ALAS, POOR DAYrS! Davis - Lloyd George's famous Dartmoor shepherd- has been arrested on a charge of robbing churches at Whitbv.

TRADES UNION CONGRESS. The Trade Union Congress opens at Manchester on Monday. Mr W. J. Da vies will preside. When the Congress met at Manchester in 1882 the membership was half a million ; it is now twenty-four millions. The delegates include representatives from the United States, and now, for the first time, from Germany, France and Canada. The purposes of the Congress include the .securing of ;m interchange of information regarding wages, hours and. conditions of work, with a view to ultimate conjoint action. Home and international questions of common interest will be discussed. The Congress will debate the Parliamentary Committee's resolution condemning compulsory service, and expressing as-

tonishment "at the manner in which alleged patriots—having r learned art of killing while servants of the Crown—are allowed to sell such knowledge as shareholders and directors of companies dealing in foreign countries, while receiving pensions or allowances jfj-'oin the British Government.'' ; WOMEN'S HOSPITAL. Delhi, August 31. Lady Mardiuge lias received seventy thousand pounds sterling for the Women's Medical College Hospital at Delhi. The ruling princes are the principal subscribers.