HOME AND FOREIGN.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12827, 11 June 1907, Page 7

HOME AND FOREIGN.

United Press Association—By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright. DRUNK ON CHLORODYNE. LONDON, June 9. Mr W. J. D. Burnyt-at, AI.P. for Whitehaven, was summoned before a London Police Court on a charge of drunkenness. Ho pleaded that he had been suffering from the effects of chloiodyne, taken to relieve griping p..iiu. He was acquitted. THE STATE OF IRELAND. Mr Augustine Birrell, in reply to Air John Rutherford in tbe House of Commons, said that twelve persons had been committed for trial in connection with tho raiding of three farms at Tliomastown. Several local traders had refused to supply tho police with goods. lAIPERIAL TROOPS IN THE TRANSVAAL. (Received June 10th, J).18 p.m.) LONDON, June 10. Air Churchill, replying in tho House of Commons to Air Cox, said that Air Botha, in asking for tho retention ol tlie imperial troops hi .South Africa, had not offered to contribute to thoir maintenance out of tho Transvaal*, revenue, as India did out of its revenue A CHANNEL FERRY. "Tho Times" states that an AngloFrench group of financiers has found nil the capital for a Channel Ferry Company. [Now that tho Channel Tunnel Bill ha.s been killed, the promotion of a scheme for a train ferry is to bo expected. Tho idea of such a ferry uato. from 1862. According tt> tlie scliemo, presented to Patliameut during tholait. few years, the-' train will run out on to n huge lift at Dover, and in less then three minutes bo transferred bodily to the deck of the stenmer. All tho time wasted in transferring baggage, nnd the personal inconvenience of changing from train to steamer.in bad weather will bo avoided, and ii' the traveller wishes, he need not leave his carriage on the'journey from London ti> Pn:i_ Tho estimated cost is £1,000,000 and tho annual profit, £140,553, alter paying interest on debentures.] A CLOUD-BURST. NEW YORK, June 10. A cloud-burst caused a flood i*t Cr adyville, Kentucky, and killed twenty persons. A HUGE UNDERTAKING. ST. PETERSBURG, June 10. It is now announced that tho Czar has ratified a resolution of tho Council of Alilusters in favour of grantirig concessi_tis for tho construction of a railway from Kansk to tho Behring Straits, and a submarine tunnel under the .Straits to America. [It was announced not long ago th*t a committee set up to consider this huge project had reported against it.] SEDITION IN INDIA. BOAIBAY, Juno 10. Th© Lahore weekly newspaper, "Hindustani," has been suppressed, owing to inflammatory articles. *