HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12569, 11 August 1906, Page 10

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. HEAT WAVE IN LANCASHIRE. LONDON, August 9. Great heat in Lancashire has incapacitated thousands of mill hands, chiefly women. THE PROPOSED JEWISH COLON V. Dr. Arthur, of the New South Wales Immigration League, in a lott<-r to the "Jewish Chronicle." suggests the establishment of a Jewish colony in Australia, preferably in the Northern 'Jfcrritory. GREAT INTEREST IN COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP. Great interest is taken in the cricket championship. Surrey, Kent, Yorkshire, and Notts havo each lost two matches. PREVENTING THE IMPORTATION OF CHINESE. In order to prevent tho importation of Chinese for the mine 3, Newfoundland is enforcing a ]x>ll tax of £00, and a similar tax oi £100 is Wing enforced in British Columbia, and is causing a great scarcity of unskilled labour. The salmon canners are jietitioning for a reduction of tho amount. AN IMPETUOUS YOUTH. ROME, August 9. A youth whose family fortune had gono to tho propaganda funds, entered tho Vatican during a public audience and asked Cardinal Volpe for assistance. On being refused, ho boxed Cardinal Volpe's ears. MILWAUKEE BANK'S FAILURE. NEW YORK, August 9. Theodore Stensland offers to hand all his father's real estate and personal property to the official receiver of tho Milkaukee Bank, which has failed. It is believed tho depositors in the bank will be paid in full. THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICA. Mr Eliihu Root, the American Secretary of State, in a speech at Santos, said in tho near future Brazil and tho United States would bo acting together, aaid would form a single eternal guarantee for the integrity of America. I AMERICAN SILVER COINAGE. | NEW YORK, August 10. For tlio first timo since 1893, the Treasury at Washington has resumed tho purchase of silver bullion for subsidiary coinage. A hundred thousand | ounces will W required weekly. AMERICAN IMMIGRATION RE- | STRICTION. I Mr Watchorn, tho United States Immigration Commissioner, is visiting Europe to enquiro whether the measures to eliminate undesirables at sourc<« of supply, thus obviating fruitless voyages, can bo improved. . [Tho numWr of immigrants pouring into America increases every year. Ls*e year people wero dealt with by tho immigration depot at Ellis Island, Now York, and it was estimated rooently that the number this year would W over 1,000,000. Of tho 135.LM.5 which arrived at all porta in March last, fVi'J were debarred and sent back. Most of the immigrants come from Italy and Hungary.] THE POPE AND THE SEPARATION LAW. (Received August 10th, 9.3-1 p.m.) PARIS, August 10. The "Matin" and other newspapers state that the Pope makes a distinction in regard to the acceptance of submission to the French separation law. Ho forbids the formation of associations for public worship, but permits canonical associations, the membership to bo under the approval of priests and bishops. [The Separation Bill became law on January lat last. Within twelve months of that date it is required that associations shall bs formed- in accordance with tho Association- 1 law of 1901 for the maintenance of public, worship, and to accept in trust oocksiafctical property of all kinds. Property, real and personal, derived from tlie Stat© is to bo returned to the State. It was to decide what- were State and what eoclcsiast.cal properties that tlie inventories, tho taking of which some months ago oaused so .many disturbances, became necessary. If the Church fails to form the associations required' by tho Separation law during tlio present year 1 thorp will be danger of tlie k*K of ecclesiastical property. The church buildings are 'to bo held rent free for two yeans, and after that to be leased at a reratal of not more than 10 per cent, of tlie parish revenues. The Church loses State subsidy amounting to about £1,250,000.] ALPINE ACCIDENTS. LONDON, August 10. There have been soventy-five alpine accidents in tho present eoatson, and fifteen fatalities in the past fortnright. THE WALLAROO. H.M.S. Wallaroo, which waa recently condemned aX out of date, is being prepared for use as an instructional sliip. THE KING AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. (Received August 10th, 11.35 p.m.) LONDON, August 10. King Edward sent to tho meeting of the Ancient Order of Forestore at King's Lynn a message of hearty welcome. His Majesty said Itc was pleased to recogube- in tho Order the same spirit of self-help and good fellowship prevailing in other national friendly societies, in whoso welfare his Majesty I was so keenly interested.