British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 31 December 1913, Page 3

British and Foreign.

[electric telegraph, copyright.] [I'ER PRESS ASSOCIATION.! (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET. Johannesburg, Dec. 30. South Africa, in the second innings, made 23J-. Nourse, c Strudwick, b Barnes, 56; Hands, c Rhodes, b Barnes, 40; Tancred, b Barnes, 20; Ward, b Barnes, 0 ; Newberry, st. Strudwick, b Barnes, 5; Blanckenburg, not out, 12; Cox, b Barnes, 0. Sundries 17. Bowling analysis—Barnes, 9 wickets for 103; Woolley, 0 for 45; Rhodes, 0 for 20; Douglas, 0 for 2T; Relf, 1 for 19. THE THREE SHIFI SYSTEM (Received This Day 9.40 a.m.) London, December 30. The Miners' Federation Executive has recommended the Northumberland Association to call out all men at the three shift collieries in order to secure the abolition of the three shift system. MORE LOVE LETTERS. The Nineteenth Century publishes eight love letters from Jane Welsh to Carlyle, three years prior to their marriage. The existence of these letters was unknown when the others were published in 1909. COTTON MILLS CLOSING. The slackening of the cotton trade boom in Lancashire is evidenced by the closing down of eighteen mills, throwing four thousand operatives out of work through the shortage of orders. QUEEN DOAVAGER'S DEATH Stockholm, December 30. The Queen Dowager Sophie, after ailing for a few days succumbed to acute inflammation- of the lungs. GERMAN TRAINERS. Berlin, December 30. The Government of Paraquay has arranged with a German military commission to reorganise its army. NO FATALITIES. Madrid, December 30. The circus and theatre at San Sebastian were deserted at the moment of the outbreak of tire. The barracks were saved and there Avere 110 fatalities. SHACELETON'S TRANSPOLAR JOURNEY. London, December 30. Sir Ernest Shackic-ton estimates the cost of his forthcoming Antarctic expedition at £50,000, if properly carried out. He does not intend to make a public appeal. He states that Marstou, the artist, rejoins the expedition, and that ail members will learn cooking. A wireless installation will enable them to communicate with the- base. If the sledge parties use the Aurora to navigate the Weddel sea, which is ; difficult, , another ship will await the party, and the Rossia will be fitted with tanks to bring back fish, seals and penguins. Commander .Evans commands the vessel during • Sir Ernest Shackleton's absence on the transpolar journey. THE LAST STAND. (Received This Day, 11 a.m.) Mexico City, December 30. The last stand made by the Federals in the neighbourhood of Cjinaga in Northern Mexico resulted in the wiping out of hundreds of the Federals and the practical destruction of their entire forces. When the men fled across the American border the officers shot a number of them dead when they refused to obey orders. Later 011 the Federals received small reinforcements, but the rebels attacked these, and the final stage of the battle is now ' proceeding in the trenches around Cjinaga.