British and Foreign.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43116, 11 July 1907, Page 3

British and Foreign.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) ; . NEW YORK, Yesterday. An expedition leaves San Francisco .at the end of July to lay mines and submarine torpedoes at Manilla and Subiz Bay; Schmitz, mayor of San Francisco, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment. K • LONDON, Yesterday. Lord Churchill states that by legal statues slavery was abalirhed in Mombassa and the East African protectorate .from October. Parliament would be asked to vote compensation to Runciman. He stated that the Moorish Minister for War has no anxiety as to Maclean’s personal safety. Britain is urging Morocco to secure his release without imperiling his safety. The Government have under construction a large torpedo factory at -Clyde. :v. Playing for the players in a match against the gentlemen, Hayward scored 146 not out. He carried his bat throughout an.innings of 278 In the Life-saving Society’s 100 yards invitation swimming race at the Bath Club, Derbyshire beat Tarkakover, of Sydney, by a touch. R. L. Baker,'of Sydney, also competed, but was unplaced. The Australian shooting team are having satisfactory practices at Bisley, though the weather prevented consistent shooting. MELBOURNE, Yesterday. The Postal Administration have received advice as to a deficit in the Pacific cable for the year ended March of £69,000, of which Australia will contribute one-third. The PostmasterGeneral has given notioe of Postal Rates Bill which eontains provision for penny postage, but the measure seems doomed, as the labour party have declared against penny postage. In the event of the defeat of the ' measure, an effort will be made to . secure penny postage within the States. ADELAIDE, Yesterday. • . Obituary: Joseph Berry, Methodist, formerly of New Zealand. OTTAWA, Yesterday. A great rush has set in to the Canadian goldfields at Lake Larden. SYDNEY, YesterdayA cable has been received stating that the steamer Nithsdale, from Australia to Karachi, India, is ashore in a bad position at Karachi.