Second Edition British and Foreign

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1914, Page 3

Second Edition British and Foreign

ELECTttIC XELiSGBAPH —COtYEIGHT. [PEE PPJESS A.SSOCI A.TION. 1 (Received This Day 8.30 a.m.) THE CANTEEN SCANDALS London, May 27. Whitaker and Minto were found guilty in connection with the oanteen scandal.

Whitaker, in defence, said that no favour was shown to Lipton's. The only money received by him was in compensation for a visit to Crete. He read a letter from Colonel Fiennes, representing a firm of, Maidstone brewers offering himI*a1 *a free trip, and asking him to use his influence with a coTonel in Crete on behalf of their beer.

Judge Darling, in summing up, said it was regrettable that Fiennes (now Baron Saye- and Sele) whose ancestor put his hand to Magna Charta, should have written, such a letter. .

WJiilaker, in broken accents, 59§'id"' t he-was unaware, that. Ke was ;sbirig; rcrong. . At the insfane of thegeit iVraan named he did it ;Kecaiifl,e'fhe was- in need of money, having two so;is nt Sandhurst. He threw himself on the Judge's mercy. Judge Darling, animadverting on the letter, stertily t'vommented on the decadence shown fcv, a representative of a great famirf. in cadging orders for beer. WTiitaker was sentenced to six> months' imprisonment. - Other military accused were bound over. Minto and Ransfield were fined £500; Laing, Owen, Peglev and Lynch £50. 13wain was . bound over. Whitaker made a second appeal for clemency, but' the Jucfge ordered his removal. THE ENGLISH DERBY. The.result of the Dei*by was:— Durban 1, , Hapsburg 2, Peter Mettermit 3. (Received This Day, 9.45 a.m.) •SILVER. London, May 27. Silver is quoted at 2s 2|d per oz. MAORIS IN LONDON. Mr T. Mackenzie, High Commissioner, accompanied the Maoris on a visit to Sir John Gorst, who is recruiting at Margate. There < was an affecting meeting with Taingahawa, whose father saved Sir John Gorst's life during the Maori war. Mr T. Mackenzie to-day introduced the Maoris to the Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt, who promised to assist them in securing an audience with the King on tße understanding that it was purely a courtesy call—no grievances to be discussed. ' Mr T. Mackenzie explained the 1 constitutional position, and the Maoris now understand the Right 1 Hon. Lewis Harcoiirt. The King will receive tliem as < bearers of historic names. < A WINDFALL FOR THE 1 EXCHEQUER. ' The Strathcona death duties amount to £837,838. The shares owned in the estate include £1,321,000 sterling in the United States Great Northern, railway; £822,000 in the Canadian Paci- s fic, £676,000 in the Northern 1 Pacific, £248,000 in Hudson's Bay- Company, and £129,000 in the Bank of Montreal . GOLF. 1 Paris, May 27. j In the golf semi-finals, Ouimet beat Apperley 4up 3to play; Topping beat Travers 3—2. (Received This t)ay, 8.50 a.m.) 1 TALLOW SALES. J London, May 27. A Tallow—l3o3 casks were offer- fi ed and 825 sold. Mutton, fine t 36s per cwt., medium 32s 6d; t beef, fine 34s per cwt, medium ; 325., * J (Received This Day, 11.25 a.m.) [ HINDUS BARRED. d ' Ottawa, May zi. The lin migration Department intends enforcing an order-in- ( council, prohibiting artisans (As- J latic or otherwise) from entering the dominion during the next six j months. The result of the order- f in-council is to prevent the admis- v sion of a .ship load of Hindus seek- s ing entry at Vancouver. b . Gurdit Singh, a wealthy Hindu jj aboard the Komataka Maru, was g refused permission to land, and ( therefore is unable to carry the I case to the dominion courts. (, Extensively signed protests are (. reaching ( the Government against admitting Hindus. It is point- 0 ed out that if the present arriv- ( ids. are admitted, the Canadian a immigration laws will become a s Earce and, Oanada will remain open a to the whole* population of India e if its wish is to enter the domin- c ion.

LYNCHING? New York, May 27. Sir A. (Jonan Doyle, interviewed anticipates lynching if the , suffragettes continue the outrages in England. When the English mob get thoroughly aroused it is no respecter of sex.