BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 281, 11 July 1908, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Mr Asquith has declined to facilitate the passing of the Daylight Saving Bill. The Josses by the fire at Port-au-Prince total £2,000,000. There is intense heat in New York, and twenty-three deaths had been recorded up to Tuesday last. The Congregational Council declined the Australian invitation to hold the next council there, owing to the impracticability of securing adequate representation at so great a distance.

Advices from Salonika states that a soldier assassinated General Shemsi at Monastir. General Shemsi had frequently been engaged in punitive operations againat Albanians. The assassin escaped.

Preparations on a remarkable scale are in hand at Yokohama to welcome the American fleet on its visit to Japan. Twenty - four armoured ships and many smaller craft will participate in the demonstration.

In response to Lord Desborough’s appeal through the “ Daily Mail ” the public in a week subscribed £12,000 to entertain the Olympic athletes, whom the Government, are also banqueting.

Eight out of nine German cars competing in the Dieppe motor race gained front places. One hundred-thousand persons watched the race.

The report of Mr Ernest Aves (the economic authority who recently toured Australia) on shop legislation in Australia has been published in London as a White Book. It recognises that it is generally accepted in Australia that regulative Acts are desirable and advantageous to the community.

The House of Commons listened for ten minutes to a Bill introduced by Captain M. KincaidSmith (Liberal member for Stratford, Warwickshire), providing that adults must undergo 48 days’ compulsory military training a year. The Bill was greeted with laughter and cheers, and was rejected by 250 votes to 34.