KAISER'S EXILED COUSIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 66, 18 March 1910, Page 5

KAISER'S EXILED COUSIN.

' . BECOMES A MONK. .. HIS FORTUNE TO 'I'm-'. CHURCH. "•-.'-"_:'• .(Received 8.35 a.m.) '.- ' ■ LONDON, March 17. ~- ".5 The "Express" states that the Kaiser's :• ■ exiled cousin Frederick, son of the late •i* prince Albrecht, Regent of Brunswick, ;-;• jias become a monk, and has ceded his fortune of £200,000 sterling to the Ca- >. ddie Church in Italy. ———————— SEAFIGHTS OF THE FUTURE. '* AGGREGATION OP DUELS. COMPOSITION OF UNITS. .'■'■'■!''■:., .; (Received 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, March 17. • Ttear-Admiral Bacon, speaking at the '■■■ Institution of Naval Architects, said ■r the problem of torpedo proof battleships lad proved hitherto insoluble. The battle - .unit of the future would probably con- • sist of a single battleship with a comple- /> ment of torpedoera of high seagoing .- speed as offensive and defensive satellites. The fighting would be an aggregai tion" of duels between battle units. ABOVE PARTY. GERMANY'S FOREIGN POLICY. j !'. .CHANCELLOR'S APPEAL. '•?i\ BERLIN, March 17. •'si'The'Chancellor (Herr yon Bethmann- = .Holhveg), during a debate on the subject of the mining concessions of the ■Messrs. Mannesmann (a German firm) in Morocco, made a remarkably direct appeal to every section of the House to place foreign policy above party and to unanimously support the Government in "• all questions affecting Germany's position in the world. 7 LA MILO'S JEWELS. THE CHARGES OF FRAUD. . " (Received 9.5 a.m.) ;J'-="?'.■■' LONDON", March 17. jja Ifilo, of living statue fame, and her lusband, Ferdinand Eggena, have been I _' committed for trial on a charge of ob- .- taining jewels by false pretences. \%sftThe cross-examination of witnesses suggests that the defence will be that isi'. prisoners obtained the jewels for the -purpose of selling them to the King of - Portugal's suite during the London visit. I JgJ, La Milo was at one time a chorus gi~l 13,', in Melbourne. Her real name was Miss ■ tansy Montague, and she was the pos- ■ . sessor of an ideal ■ figure. In. partner- ? ,: ship with Mr. Cruickshank, a Melbourne '■ " artist, she put on a "turn" in Austra- . lasian theatres, appearing clad in tights ■ and covered with bismuth powedr, in representations of famous statues, includ- . ing .that of the Venus de Mi]o, whence • .her stage name came. She subsequently 5. 1 went to London, where pulpit fulmina- , _ ,thns against her, caused her turn to-become a regular furore, and she had " ' another good advertisement when she apI peared as Godiva, clad in a flaxen wig. . .'in. the Coventry pageant. A host oi J * ■> imitations sprang up, but La Milo con- ;"- tinned to draw a heavy salary. Recently r^ , . 'she-was arrested for being concerned' in ;'frauds upon various jewellers, her husband representing himself as the owner , ;0f 28 motor cars, and getting £8000 \ worth of jewels sent to him on this pretence. TARIFF REFORM. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE %O.C ■ ' SUPPORT. .A? ; ,i;>v ; • (Received 8.40 a.m.) LONDON,. March 17. The Associated Chambers of Commerce discussed tariff reform to-day. Fifty-one :-,.,.Chambers voted for reform, while twelve Sere against or were neutral. THE TARIFF WAR. *i2W YORK PERTURBED. E , ! l ' 15 : '■'■ _____ ...- .. (Received 8.40 a.m.) • ' ■' NEW YORK, March 17. . Commercial circles in New York are ;peatly.. perturbed at-the- prospect of a .anff war with Canada. AUSTRALIAN OIL COMPANY. FLOATED IN LONDON. —- - ■ ' ■ . ' (Received 8.35 a.m.) - . . : 4. LONDON, March 17. The vendor syndicate of the Australian Oil Company . receives 96,000 shares and «4.000 in cash.. 4 , ~'M -'"British Australasian" considers IT).;the company over-capitalised, and the ' - purchase 'f consideration, excessive. It • 1 r 0 ™ 1 * if the concern -would see the light -'- b . u * for the oil boom. '■ . " " . -Mie-"financial Times" ■ says that the - f?pany affords very fair opportunity &r.speculative investment." WORTH FOLLOWING. •■_■. . 8.10 a.m.) , LONDON, March 17. . _Jvf?; ' South Wales is ' arranging ' for .. !? l? li V 6i New. South Wales products ~- the leading agricultural shows in .the • "Prang and summer. Mr. Ooghlan finds «at- they attract desirable emigrants. PVER TWO MILES A MINUTE; * " -"" , " i „ . -- •-*" ■' NEW YORK, March i 7. J 2-arrjey Oldfield has-but W a new 'aator KNEW YORK, March 17. > Barney Oldfield has put nn a new aato«*>le record. . Driving a Benz car, on {he. Dayton ''■ 27Ti" Florida, he • covered aniilein