British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 25 November 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

! [electric telegraph, copyright.] j [I'Kil PRESS ASSOCIATION.I (Received This Day, 8.45 a.m.) THE INDIANS IN AFRICA. Durban, Nov. 24. A thousand Indians at Umzinto marched to the magistracy and demanded the release of their compa!riots, who are charged with theft. The magistrate refused, and tluj Indians returned to the barracks, ' stoning- the police en route. THE RIFLE SPEAKS. Pretoria, Nov. 24. Five'thousand natives looted the Premier mine. The police fired a volley, killing- three and wounding twenty-two. * PLATELAYERS KILLED. Berlin, Nov. 24. A train ran into a gang of platelayers at Ivarlshorst, and killed seven of them. DEVIL'S WORK IN BRAZIL. London, Nov. 24. In connection with the Deniacre horrors, a book called "The Green Heir' is exciting attention in Brazil. The cover portrays a naked Indian woman scored with cuts, whence her life blood is drained into the little tin cups used by rubber collectors. The book describes how South Brazilian natives are eprsuaded to work in Upper Amazon district, and are domiciled in. a forest vlearing. Here they stop till they d#>, as they are put into debt for clothes and food, and are unable to secure sufficient rubber to pay off the ruinous cost of the goods supplied. The density of the jungle renders escape impossible.

A traveller who voyaged from the Amazon to Bolivia states that live hundred lashes is a comman punishment. A woman was cruelly beaten at Deniacre for upsetting a lamp. There are no missionaries or travellers in the district to report such tragedies. One feature of the traffic is the frequent suicide of despairing I white agents. (Received This Day, 10.50 a.m.) APATHETIC. London, Ifov. 24. Larkin's campaign has aroused no enthusiasm. The Dublin strikers are apathetic, and picketing has been discontinued. THE PEARL NKCKLACE. The pearl necklace case has concluded. Loclcett and Grizzard were sentenced to seven years imprisonment, Silverman to five years' imprisonment, and Gutwirtli to eighteen months' imprisonment. Lockett and Gutwirtli were also recommended for deportation. The jury found that the necklace was stolen in London. * A NAT?BOW ESCAPE. Lee Temple, aged 21, ascended five thousand feet in a monoplane at Hendon. He dived for a thousand feet, and then for six seconds the machine flew on its back. Temple lost control of the monoplane for a few seconds, and was in extreme danger unfil he was able to complete the dive. VOLUNTEERS FOR ULSTER. Major Macdonald, of Mackairn, Oban, is raising a volunteer battalion for Ulster. Many Highlanders have enrolled, and prominent lairds are supporting the movement. FRENCH MINING LAW. Pans, Nov. 24. The Chamber of Deputies passed a law fixing eight hours a day for the miners. Overtime is optional, but not to exceed sixty hours yearly, compared with the Senate's provision for 150 hours overtime. Most of the strikers in the Calais district have resumed. NATIVES OUT OF HAND. Capetown, Nov. 24. Five thousand out of twentytwo thousand natives attacked the compound of Shangaan. The ntives looted the stores, doing damage to the extent of three thousand pounds. Twenty police fired two volleys and restored order.

(Received This Dav, 11.15 a.m.) A DENIAL. London, Nov. 24. Lord has been officially denied. DUBLIN HOIUiOBS. At the Housing inquiry at Dublin, a nfcmber of the corporation gave evidence that 11.,42fi people lived, seven to twelve in one room. Father Costclla said in many cases there was only one bed for the entire family, and added that Dublin suffered through lack of employers. Capetown, Nov. 24. General Botha, in the Congress, hotly protested against the allegations of the ill-treatment of Indians, which he said would do incalculable harm. He expressed surprise that responsible statesmen should go so far as. to question the Government's good faith. If the accusers did not abandon that attitude, he saw very little hope for the future.