British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 January 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign.

. ■, . — w [KLKCTIUC TELIiUKAi-H, t.'Oi'YKIGHT.J U J JijLt jL'ICJiSs -ASSOCIATION.J lIRST 12s SIX YEARS. i BKLleceived This Day, U. 50 a.m.) \V*' London, January 20. . The (Victorian loan was subscribed threefold. This is the first time in six years that a colv onial loan has met with such suc- ' ccbs._ it is understood that a prominent syndicate applied heavily on the strength of the /isew Soutli Wales loan having gone at a premium.' There is a probability that the bank rates will be reduced to four per cent, on Thursday. HONOURS YOU NEW ZEALAND. (Received This Day a.45 a.m.) The Royal Society of Arts has awarded the Swiney pme of £11)0 and a cup valued at <£100 to Professor J. W. Salmond, SolicitorGeneral of New Zealand, for jur- ' . isprudence. ' NOT TRUE. The lit. Hon. Winston Churchill announces that the newspaper statements concerning tlie Cabinet are based merely on surmise and gossip, and should be uniformly distrusted. He denies that the Board of Admiralty has expressed its intention to resign. ' OBITUARY. . ; . Erancis Depresseuse, journalist, and one of the foremost cliamDreyfus and a promoter , of the Entente Cordiale. (Received This Day 11.40 a.m.) SHAKESPEAREAN LEC-' TURES. London, January 20. Miss Ellen Terry will make a Shakespearean lecture tour of Australia and New Zealand, commencing in Melbourne in April. ' RESCUED. The steamer Lusitania, homeward bound, encountered the bri- j gantine Mayflower in a ' sinking* condition. The first officer Alexander, with a volunteer crew, launched the lifeboat, but it was impossible to reach the sinking vessel. They threw a line and life belts, rescuing the crew of the sinking vessel through a raging sea. STILL SEARCHING. j The search vessels at Whitsond are sweeping further seaward, where the water is too deep for divers. The theory is gaining ground that the crew was suffocated by gas, and the submarine, heading seaward, the machinery continued to work until the electric batteries were exhausted. INDIAN MURDER. Calcutta, January 20. The police believe the last murder indicated a whole series of , further nests of conspiracy in Northern Calcutta. Grhose's orderly pursued and captured the second assailant. NO CHANGE.

Johannesburg, Jan. 20. '■ There is no material change in V the mining position. The maj- *,« ority of the mines are in full I, swing, the mills are crushing, ; and the drivorg are at their posts, ■.*;but the mines workshops einployf. 'ees have not yet signed on. | • It' is dfficially stated that the railway. position is almost normal everywhere, and newly eight liun- . .died men are working in the workshops at Dunbar,, where the * ma jority of the firemen and cleaners have also resumed. . (Received This Day, 12.15 p.m.) NO IMPROVEMENT. London, January 20. , Lord Strathcona passed a quiet day, and had a considerable amount of sleep, but his condition

bus not improved. [ FOUND DEAD. < Mr Hamilton Gordon (the Earl Of Aberdeen's cousin) in command of the Thrasher, has been found dead in his bunk. SAFETY AT SEA. The Conference for the condi- -i tions,'of safety at sea has conclud-

ed. It lias signed a draft convention, establishing, under the United States control, an international service for ice observation and patrol; also the destruction of derelicts in the North Atlantic. The conference ruled that prudence, seamanship anil speed as embodied in the Titanic judgment, be internationally affirmed. The recommendations made in December last were confirmed; also the measures for the prevention and detection of fire. All merchantmen carrying fifty passengers and upwards must be installed with wireless, with a maximum range of one hundred miles. The Hyn. Mr IJaxton announced ftirth« international confensjje woulu be held here, to deal with the loadlme and kindred subjects. i U.S.A. TItU'STS. Washington, January 20. President Wilson personally read his message to Congress on the subject of Trust legislation. Applause greeted his announcemenf that legislation would give power to instute a Commerce Commission to regulate the financial of all American railroads. President Wilson declared that no radical changes were intended, but penalties would be made to fall, not upon the business itself, but personally 611 the men responsible for tLe lawbreaking. The president added thaf the business of production must be separated from the measures of transportation.