BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Waipukurau Press, Issue 321, 15 October 1908, Page 5

BRITISH & FOREIGN.

Q King Edward and Queen Alexandra are to visit Berlin in February next. Queen Alexandra proposes to publish a Christmas book of photographs, devoting the proceeds to charitable objects. Mr Chamberlain expresses hopefulness that he will yet again take an active part in public life. Mr Asquith says the Government cannot assent to any settlement regarding education legislation that does not redress the injustice of the Act of 1902.The men in Furness, Withy, and Company’s Hartlepool shipyards have been offered a year’s trial of the co-operative system. The new steamers Malwa and Emmeralla, for the P. and 0. and Howard Smith lines respectively, have been launched from Scottish yards. Work on new vessels building for the Australian mail service is progressing well, and the first launch is expected next month. Harry Thaw has been remanded to Matteawan Asylum. An application for a retrial to determine his sanity was refused. An important congress has been opened in Paris, twenty-nine Governments participating, to study the best means of adapting roads to the conditions of modern traffic. Owing to the prevalence of cholera at Manila, none of the men from the American Fleet were allowed ashore, and all the celebrations were consequently abandoned. At a gathering of a thousand unemployed on the Thames Embankment, speakers fiercely denounced Mr John Burns as a traitor. Some of the leaders urged the men to arm themselves. Others advised a united attempt to overcrowd the workhouses.