BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 23

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

• " LONDON, Au^ 31. Twenty-two of the miners who were entombed at Dom'brovo, near Sosnowice (Poland), saved themselves by reaching another old shaft. " It is feared that the remainder have ; perished. ■; A letter to .The Times from its Aus- [ tralian correspondent, Sydney, sets forth ''-' the English grievances in the New Hebrides. The correspondent alleges that : the British Resident has been holding _ aloof from th 9 settlere and traders, that lie is chiefly concerned to avoid doing anything that may hurt the feelings of his ? French colleague, and that he makes no ;~" endeavour to secure a modification of the : regulations which press over-hardly on the British. : Bishop Gore has abandoned his intended [u^ proceedings against Canon Henson in conwith the latter's preaching in the -Rev. J. H. Jowett's Free Church Institute | at Birmingham. f Mr Winston Ctiurchill, in reply to a s- deputation who suggested that steps be $ taken to compel the railways to issue f-" monthly third class season tickets, stated t that he contemplated the introduction in [ Parliament of a general reform dealing " with railway travelling in a much larger ' and bolder manner. A corporal has disappeared from the r barracks at Chalons (France) with plans I of a machine gun of the latest pattern. (Th« affair is grave, as the construction of s the guns is a secret. The authorities are I making great efforts to capture the cor- | poral before he is able to communicate 'S the secret to a foreign Power. r ! A party of Dutch soldiers and native L* police were ambushed at Manggaria, on l .iPlores Island, in the Malay Archipelago, p. and 15 men were killed. Subsequently jr jjthe troops killed 67 insurgents, while ; another body of police killed 35. i f Armstrong - Whitworth and Vickers- j , jMaxim respectively will supply the armal for the large cruiser and battleship ! : Io be laid down at Devonport and Ports- ' Jnouth on the Ist of November. r* September 1. [; The five men who were concerned in the j y^Kbt robbery at Messrs Mappin and ': {Webb's warehouse have been committed : jfor frial. ' The Government Has appointed special Selective inspectors at the Portsmouth, ' Chatham, and Devonport dockyards, with p > view to safeguarding naval secrets. E* September 2. E*,The Liverpool and London Steamship HBrotection Association bag given notice

to the companies trading in Australian and New Zealand waters of its intention to refuse renewals of their entries after February 20, because the claims have been far in excess of their contributions to the association. The trades union section of the S-alford Catholic Association protested at the Trades Union Congress against the endeavours that were being made to secularise education. General Aguileras routed the Moors, whose force consisted of 400 horse and 1500 foot, near Elarba, inflicting heavy losses, especially on the cavalry, who charged twice under a heavy artillery fire September 3 The Financial Times announces that a combine is being formed between the dv\ goods manufacturers and the retail drapery houses to establish a central distributing house. It is expected that the turnover will be about £6.000,000 annually. * ' Some detonators have been discovered ! among the bunket' coal aboard the scout Forward at Portland. The~ Lusitania reached New York in 4 days 114 hours. She lias thus beaten all records. The Pacific Cable Board's receipts for the year ended the 31st of March last were £113,093, the expenditure £96,435.and the number of messages despatched 243,922. Beckert, ex-Chancellor of the German Legation at Santiago, was found guilty of murder, arson, falsification of accounts, «nd swindling. He was sentenced to death The magistrate fined eight suffragettes j 40s each, but agreed to state a case in order to test the question of the suffragettes" right to present petitions to the Prime Minister. Forty-six representatives from the Cham bers of Commerce at Tokio, Oaka, and • Kioto have arrived at Seattle, on a three months' visit to America, with a view to strengthening the bonds of friendship and trade between the two coanrties. Advices from Victoria state that Lord Lascelles (Earl Grey's aide), as representing the vice-regal shooting party, was ■summoned for shooting game out of season and fined 250d0l (£5O).- The six deer the < party had shot were confiscated. PARIS, August 30.' M. Millerand, the Postmaster-general, has reinstated the postal officers who were dismissed last May as a result of the strike. September 1. During the French northern squadron's practice off Quiberon the "ruiser Gloire, through 'p error in direction, fired six

shells at the cruiser Marseillaise. One pierced the hull and exploded, but the damage was slight. September 2. Owing to a French army captain assaulting another publicly, a fierce duel with swords was fought. There were seven bouts, one of the principals being wounded twice and the other thrice. September 3. Ah anti-w:ir meeting held here under the auspices of the Trades Union Conference culminated in a free fight. AMSTERDAM, August 31 Cholera is spreading in Rotterdam. Many of the cases are attributable to the use of unpunfied river water. MADRID, August 31. King Alfonso has signed a decree making 65,000 men liable for military service this year. This is almost double the quota of preceding years. September 2. Ferrer, an "Anarchist, who has been sought since the Barcelona outbreak, has been arrested at 'San Sebastian. ROME. August 31. * Italy is about to construct 24 600-ton destroyers, and numerous 120-ton torpedoers. September 1 A severe earthquake shock, lasting 10 seconds, has been felt in Rome. Pictures in the upper parts of the city were thrown to the floors, and much alarm was occasioned. ST. PETERSBURG, September 1. A fire at Krivoirom, in the Kherson district, destroyed 450 buildings, and did damage estimated at a million roubles (about £100,000). Five thousand people are homeless and foodless. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 3. The Sultan of Turkey is making a tour of the Brusa district, in Asia Minor An explosion on a Turkish troop train between Uskub and Mitrovitza, due to a dynamite bomb, killed a number of soldiers. The outrage is supposed to be the work of Albanians. NEW YORK, August 31. There has been much gambling in New York for several days on the strength of rumours concerning Mr E. H. Harriman"s illness. Railway stocks are jiow buoyant, consequent on Mr Harriman issuing a statement that the surgeon's examination ha<l disclosed nothing seriously wrong with him, and that he only required rest. NEW YORK, September 1. An explosion on the line at Lewiston Narrows (Pennsylvania) brought the express to a standstill. A masked man then climbed on to the train, intimidated the officials into delivering up £1000 in bullion and another bag filled with cent

pieces, and compelled them to carry th bags up a mountain. Then he dismisse them. Subsequently the bag oontainin £1000 was recovered, as the highwayman being unable to carry both bags, ha' dropped the wrong one OTTAWA, September 1. Earl Grey, the Governor-General, whil hunting alc-ne in the woods at Jerri Inlet (British Columbia), lost his way a nightfall ,and was bushed for five hours He narrowly escaped falling over a preci pice, but eventually was found by a searc! party and rescued. September 2. The west wing of Parliament House Toronto, was completely destroyed, in eluding the library. ONTARIO, September 2. The Parliament Buildings in Toront< have been partially burnt. Th© damagi is estimated at 1,000,000d01. PEKING, September 4. The Russian Minister at Peking ha; been instructed to urge Russia's claim foi participation in the Hankow- Szechuai railway loan. France supports Russia it regard to this matter. September 6. The agreement between China anc Japan regarding Manchuria has beer signed at Peking.