British and Foreign.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 February 1914, Page 3

British and Foreign.

ELECTRIC TELEUKAFH —COi'I'MUHX. [PER I'PESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) CENSURE MOTION. London, Eebruary 27. Mr A. H. Paget, M.P., moves on. Tuesday next £lie Opposition's motion of censure on the Government because of its persistent re- , fusal to produce the Home Rule m■ amendments. TROUBLED PORTUGAL. .The Spanish Under-Secretary Lfor the Interior declares that there is an extensive revolutionary movement in Portugal. He is unable to obtain wireless information. LIBEL ACTIONS . The Daily Citizen states that |£, Bain has instituted legal pro- " - eeedings against several London newspapers for libel regarding his career. A POWERFUL AEPOPLANE. Pans, Eebruary 27. The, aviator Dimus submitted k. plans for crossing the Atlantic to a trial navigation society. The "machine is a tnplane, and is fitted with four 200 h.p. motors and ha<' a speed of 51 miles an hour, an- 1 its crew consi-fcs of three pilots, three mechanics, three naval officers, and the commander. Its total weigh.' is nine thousand luß'giunmies (roughly about IHjOOnibs), A HEAVY SENTENCE. Vienna, February 27. Lieutenant Jandrif?. arrested last July for espionage, has been .. i .sentenced to nineteen years' imWf prisonment. His brother now is being tried on charges concerning espionage. IRRIGATION. • St. Petersburg, February 27. The Government lias prepared L ' a bill authorising the irrigation of ij-'t-lic Karabagh Stepp*' at a cost of one million sterling. The 000 neres will bi 'i'-voicd io colton plantations. m ALL-NIGHT SITTING. Capetown, February 27. There was an all night sitting of. the Assembly. Labourite obstructed business and (r many divisions were taken, and * frequent scenes occurred. All amendments were rejected and the l, committee'passed a clause indemrtifying the Government against all its acts.