British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 1 October 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

J [EIiECTttJC telegraph, copyright.] I [I'ER press .association.] (Received This Day, 10.15 a.m.) FAMILY TRAGEDIES. London, Sept. ?30. A remarkable family tragedy has been revealed owing to a Mrs Bowe being discovered unconscious in a hotel at King's Cross, and her son, Alec, a Blue Coat boy, dead near by, from the effects of eating chocolates containing morphia. Her husband, who was a silk merchant at Cork, previously drowned himself in a bath, owing to business trouble, and the eldest son, William, committed suicide with gas, Alec narrowly escaping, as William placed the tube from the gas bracket under the clothes of the bed which the boys shared. The mother, apparently determined to give Alec a final "good time," came to London for a fortnight, took a t.axi cab drive daily, and went to the theatre every evening; then gave her son poisoned chocolates. The mother is likely to recover. AN AVIATOR'S DEATH. Captain Diokson has died from the results of an neroplaning.collision at Milan, in 191.0, in which >ear lie won ,£IO,OOO in a few months. THE KING OF GREECE. King Constantino has left for Athens, having cancelled a weekend visit to the Emperor Franz Josef, at Trieste, owing to the troubles in the Balkans. LIGHTNING CAUSES DEATH Paris, Sept. 'SO. Lightning demolished three houses at Cerbere". Eight persons were killed and many injured. THE REBEL NORTH. London, Sept. 30. The London Times says his followers awaited Mr Redmond's speech with not a little anxiety. His remarks infused a degree of optimism which musi startle all his friends and opponents who have any grasp of the political situation in the present phase. The Union Jack was torn oil a motor char a banc at Belfast on Saturday. The proprietor chased the offenders, and was attacked by the Nationalists. Fie drew a revolver intending to frighten them, and shot and injured a little boy standing in the street. He was arrested and charged with intent to commit murder. SOUTHAMPTON CONGRESS. London, Sept. -50. At tin l Church Congress at Southhampton, the Bishop of Winchester will preside over 2-JOO delegates. The congress departs from the beat en, track and instead of discussing the ecclesiastical polities of parochial ritualism the programme will be arranged on various heads centring on the idea of the Kingdom of God in its relation to the complex problems of life. Leading Nonconiformists will address the Congress on Friday.